Editing Rehovot (section)

==Economy==
{{As of|2004}}, there were 41,323 salaried workers and 2,683 self-employed. The mean monthly wage for a salaried worker was [[New Israeli Shekel|ILS]]&nbsp;6,732, a real change of −5.2% over the course of the previous year. Salaried males had a mean monthly wage of ILS 8,786 (a real change of −4.8%) versus ILS 4,791 for females (a real change of −5.3%). The mean income for the self-employed was 6,806. There were 1,082 people receiving unemployment benefits and 6,627 people receiving an income guarantee.<ref name=CBS/> In 2013, Rehovot had the highest average net monthly income among households in Israel, at NIS 16,800.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article--1000893437|title=Rehovot is richest Israeli city, Bnei Brak poorest - Globes|date=12 November 2013|website=en.globes.co.il|access-date=30 November 2020|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529125858/https://en.globes.co.il/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rehovot is home to numerous industrial plants, and has an industrial park in the western part of the city. Among them are the [[Tnuva]] dairy plant, the Yafora-Tavori beverage factory, and the Feldman ice cream factory.
[[File:Kaplan_Medical_Center_Aerial_View.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of [[Kaplan Medical Center]] in Rehovot]]
The Tamar Science Park, established in 2000, is a high-tech park of {{convert|1000|dunam|km2|1}} at the northern entrance of the city.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lior Dattel |author2=Erez Sherwinter | date=18 August 2008 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/the-science-city-is-not-sparkling-1.252019, |title=The 'science city' is not sparkling |access-date=29 March 2014}}</ref> The Tamar Science Park adjoins the older Kiryat Weizmann industrial park. Although the entire extended science park is largely conceived as an area of Rehovot, the Kiryat Weizmann part is actually under the municipal boundaries of neighboring Ness Ziona. Tamar Science Park is home to branches of leading hi-tech like [[Stratasys]], [[Imperva]], [[Applied Materials]], [[El-Op]] and bio-tech companies like [[Aleph Farms]].