$421 is average monthly salary in Georgia:
But men earn more than women

Men earn more than women in Georgia and have a greater presence in the business sector.

Latest quarterly figures from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed men earned about 400 GEL more than women each month.

In the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 female workers in Georgia earned an average salary of 746.2 GEL (about $323/€287*) per month, while male workers earned 1,172.9 GEL (about $507/€451*), said Geostat.

In general, the average monthly salary in Georgia was 973.7 GEL (about $421/€375*) in Q2 of 2016.

In Q2, 2016 the average monthly salary per sector was:

• Financial intermediation – 1,964.5 GEL
• Construction – 1,398.6 GEL
• Public administration – 1,377.9 GEL
• Mining and quarrying – 1,205.7 GEL
• Transport and communication – 1,244.4 GEL
• Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water – 1,219.1GEL
• Real estate, renting and business activities – 1,068.7 GEL
• Health and social work – 918.3 GEL
• Manufacturing – 819,8 GEL
• Other community, social and personal service activities – 809.7 GEL
• Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and personal and household goods – 837.3 GEL
• Hotels and restaurants – 692.8 GEL
• Agriculture, hunting and forestry – 531.2 GEL
• Fishing – 907.1GEL
• Education – 544.3 GEL

Meanwhile figures showed about 601,000 people were employed in Georgia’s business sector in Q2 – a 5.7percent increase year-on-year (y/y). Of this, 59.4 percent were male employees while 40.6 percent were female.

The average monthly salary for a person employed in the business sector between April and June was 978.1 GEL. This was an increase of 35.9 GEL y/y.

Meanwhile the average monthly salary for women in the business sector was 727.5GEL - 37.4 GEL more compared to the same time last year.

Geostat said more than half (60.9 percent) of all workers in the business sector were employed in a large companies.

This week Geostat also published data about the minimum subsistence level, which revealed a person needed at least $67 USD each month to support themselves in Georgia.

The minimum subsistence level for a working age male in August 2016 was 156 GEL (about $67/€60*).

*Currencies are equivalent with the latest National Bank of Georgia exchange rate.