3 times a regular soldier: the economic cost of a month of reserve duty reaches 68,000 shekels

The Ministry of Finance publishes a review updating upward the estimate of the economic cost of a month of reserve duty: 39,000 shekels for those aged 22-30 and 68,000 shekels for those aged 31-39. This compares to previous estimates of 33,000 and 54,000 shekels. The cost to the state treasury of a regular soldier stands at an average of about 22,000 shekels.

The Ministry of Finance, through the Chief Economist's Division, publishes a review updating upward the estimate of the economic cost of a month of reserve duty. According to the review, the cost for those serving aged 22-30 stands at 39,000 shekels, and for those aged 31-39 at 68,000 shekels. This compares to the previous estimate of 33,000 and 54,000 shekels respectively. The review notes that the burden of reserve duty is concentrated among non-Haredi Jewish men aged 25-44. For comparison, the cost to the state treasury of a regular soldier stands at an average of about 22,000 shekels. The Treasury emphasizes that since the beginning of the war, hundreds of thousands of employees have been absent from their workplaces due to reserve duty mobilization, and that about 70% of those absent have children. The data illustrate the economic necessity of expanding the army's ranks with regular soldiers rather than expanding the reserve duty burden.