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Who is working in Palestine today, at what, and for how much.

West Bank unemployment 27.9%; 53,000 work in Israel and settlements

PCBS's latest labour survey (April–June 2026) puts West Bank unemployment at 27.9% (about 284,000 people) and the average local daily wage at 134.3 shekels. About 53,000 West Bank residents worked in Israel and settlements, earning an average 263.4 shekels a day; 15.5% of private-sector employees earn below the 1,880-shekel minimum wage. No newer survey had been issued by 15 October.

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Abu Ibrahim, 43

Civil servant in Gaza, paid in worn banknotes (name changed)

Gaza

₪1,500every 45–50 days; it was ₪2,000 every 30–35

Mondoweiss, 14 Oct

Nasr Ouda

Olive-press owner; one production line rebuilt from the rubble

al-Zawayda

1 of 7press lines running again

Palestinian Information Center, 14 Oct

Ahmed Khader, 38

Harvest day labourer; the season used to give him two or three months

Deir al-Balah

1 dayof harvest work this season

Reuters, 14 Oct