Eight of the top ten highest paid public employees in 2010 are doctors, according to the annual public sector salary report published by the Ministry of Finance today.
The gross salary of Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, the chairman of the committee for social and economic change, is NIS 77,000 a month, and his gross salary cost (salary and benefits) is NIS 116,000, as the chairman of the planning and budget committee at the Council for Higher Education. He is the 19th highest paid public employee.
Clalit Health Services cardiologist Dr. Gideon Sahar was the top paid public employee in 2010, with a gross salary of NIS 107,226 and a salary cost of NIS 124,604. He was followed by Clalit vascular surgeon Dr. Gabriel Sandro. Prof. Haim Schneiderman of Bar Ilan University was in third place, followed by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1) legal counsel Yaacov Galazan. Four of the next six spots were filled with doctors from Clalit and two with doctors from Meuhedet Health Services
Bank of Israel officials continue to slip in the rankings: its top-paid official is in 152nd place, with a salary of NIS 70,000. The average salary of the Bank of Israel's 715 employees was NIS 23,531 in 2010, triple the average national salary, and is second only to the ports' employees. 101 Bank of Israel officials earn more than NIS 46,000 a month. Bank of Israel employees repaid the government over NIS 10 million in excess pay.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 10, 2011
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