Top Israeli Budgetary Pensions Reach Nearly 100,000 Shekels Monthly in 2025
Ministry of Finance data for 2025 reveals top budgetary pensions in Israel reach nearly 100,000 shekels monthly for retired judges, highlighting vast disparities with teachers and healthcare workers.
The Israeli Ministry of Finance has published its financial reports for 2025, revealing that the highest budgetary pension in the public sector reaches nearly 100,000 shekels per month. According to the Accountant General, a retired judge received a gross monthly pension of 99,541 shekels in September 2025.
Pension Disparities Among Public Servants
The data shows that six out of the ten highest budgetary pensions in the judicial system exceed 80,000 shekels monthly. A religious judge (dayan) ranks second with 97,140 shekels, followed by another judge with 88,707 shekels. Judicial retirees received an average monthly pension of 45,654 shekels, starkly contrasting with the average pension for teaching staff at 7,865 shekels and health system workers at 8,206 shekels.
"The data reflects gross budgetary pension payments for September 2025, including survivor pensions and full amounts before commutation reductions, excluding annual bonuses like convalescence pay."
Security Forces and Long-Term Liabilities
Retirees from the defense establishment also command top-tier pensions, with the highest reaching 81,386 shekels per month, while the total monthly payout to defense retirees hit approximately 995 million shekels in September. The comprehensive actuarial liability for budgetary pensions is estimated at roughly 758 billion shekels.
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Total actuarial liability: ~758 billion shekels
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Current retirees liability: ~511 billion shekels
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Active employees liability: ~247 billion shekels
The Treasury projects that budgetary pension cash flows will reach about 32.1 billion shekels in 2026, climbing to a peak of approximately 40.7 billion shekels by 2038.
