16.5% of the Israeli population live in the Northern District, but only 14.7% of the employed.
The rate of participation in the labor force is relatively low and stands at only 58%, according to a report by the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion.16.5% of the Israeli population live in the Northern District, but only 14.7% of the employed. The rate of participation in the labor force is relatively low and stands at only 58%, according to a report by the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion.
According to the report, the average compensation per job in the manufacturing industry in the Northern District is about 80 percent of the average national job compensation – the lowest of all the districts except Judea and Samaria.
