Q1 of 2019: average salary in Georgia increases to 1,092.7 GEL
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The figures show that men earned almost 418 GEL more than women each month in Q1 of 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The average monthly salary in Georgia has increased by 33.5 GEL (about $12.23/€10.90) year-on-year and reached 1,092.7 GEL (about $398.80/€355.64) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The highest monthly earnings were observed in the following fields:
- Financial and insurance activities – 1,894.3 GEL (annual growth -17.8%)
- Professional, scientific and technical activities – 1,799 GEL (+3.2%)
- Information and communication – 1,751.8 GEL (+3.9%)
The figures show that men earned almost 418 GEL (about $152.55/€136.05) more than women each month in Q1 of 2019. Female workers earned an average salary of 8,76.1 GEL (+58 GEL) per month, while male workers earned 1,294.1 GEL (+22.4 GEL), said Geostat.
Another data from Geostat showed that about 20.1 per cent of Georgia’s population is under the absolute poverty line.
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men earning more than women
The average monthly salary in Georgia has increased by 61.1 GEL (about $22.80/€20.07) year-on-year and reached 1,202 GEL (about $448.51/€394.92) in the fourth quarter of 2018, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
About 20.1 per cent of Georgia’s population is under the absolute poverty line, shows the latest data of 2018 poverty indicators published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Most people under absolute the poverty line live in the country’s rural areas.
The average monthly salary in Georgia has increased by 56.4 GEL year-on-year and reached 1,125.5 GEL in the third quarter of 2018, show the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The average monthly income in Georgia was 1,016 GEL (about $408.85/€348.77*) in 2017, shows the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Average monthly earnings in Georgia increased by 76.3 GEL ($25.8/€23.2) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 1,179.8 GEL ($398.5/€359.1), reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The average monthly salary in Georgia was 1068.3 GEL ($359.98/€327.99) in 2018, which is a 6.9 per cent increase compared to last year, show the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) is developing a new methodology to calculate average monthly salaries starting next year, said Geostat Director Gogita Todradze yesterday.
Average monthly earnings in Georgia increased by 117.6 GEL ($39/€34.9) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 1,319.6 GEL ($438.1/€391.8), reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The average monthly income of a household in Georgia was 1,175.3 GEL ($368.2/€337.8) in 2019, while it amounted to 336.1 GEL ($105.3/€96.6) per capita, shows the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).