Jerusalemruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Government & public administration
The Knesset, Supreme Court, Bank of Israel, most government ministries
Jerusalem is the seat of national government, which makes public administration the city's single largest white-collar employer and gives it an entirely different professional culture from the coast.
Healthcare & medical research
Hadassah Ein Kerem, Hadassah Mount Scopus, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Two major hospital systems with large research arms. Medicine and biotech are among the strongest routes into skilled employment here for foreign professionals.
Higher education & research
Hebrew University (Mount Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Kerem), Bezalel Academy, Israel Museum
The Hebrew University anchors an unusually deep academic and archives sector, and Bezalel gives the city a serious art and design school with its campus in the centre.
Technology at Har Hotzvim
Intel, Mobileye, Teva, Cisco, Medinol
The city's dedicated hi-tech park in the north-west. Mobileye's global headquarters and main R&D campus are here, which makes Jerusalem a genuine centre for autonomous-driving and vision engineering specifically.
NGOs, diplomacy & international organisations
Human-rights, development, archaeology and religious institutions; consulates and missions
One of the densest non-profit and international-institution sectors of any city its size, and a common first job for foreign arrivals with languages and a research background.
Tourism, pilgrimage & heritage
Old City institutions, hotels, tour operators, the Israel Antiquities Authority
Religious tourism is structural rather than seasonal, and heritage, conservation and archaeology employ at a scale you would not expect from the city's size.
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