Georgia's Managers Earn GEL 3,609 a Month, Over Three Times Elementary Workers

Managers in Georgia earned an average of GEL 3,609 a month in 2025, more than three times the GEL 1,132 earned in elementary occupations, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) said on 30 October.

The figures come from Geostat's release on average monthly nominal earnings of employees by occupation, which also reports what employers spend on each worker. By CBJ's calculation, managers earned 3.2 times as much as workers in elementary occupations.

A wide gap at the top

Men earned more than women in every major occupational group, Geostat said. Among managers, women earned an average of GEL 2,713 a month and men GEL 4,312, a difference of GEL 1,599, or 37.1 per cent of the men's figure, by CBJ's calculation.

Geostat's release on the adjusted gender pay gap for 2025, published on 16 October, puts the gap at 13.3 per cent when calculated on an hourly basis and 20.4 per cent when calculated at the monthly level. The hourly gap widened by 1.8 percentage points from 2024 and the monthly gap by 1.1 points. By occupation, the largest adjusted hourly gap was among plant and machine operators and assemblers, at 30.2 per cent.

What a worker costs

Employers' average annual labour cost per employee was GEL 26,671 in 2025, Geostat said. Earnings made up 97.4 per cent of that cost and other labour costs, such as social security expenditure, vocational training and cultural, educational and recreational activities, 2.6 per cent.

Labour costs varied widely by sector. Financial and insurance activities had the highest average annual cost per employee, at GEL 51,494, and other service activities the lowest, at GEL 14,537. By CBJ's calculation, a finance employee costs about 3.5 times as much as one in other service activities.

The wider picture

The occupation data fill in the national averages Geostat published earlier this month. Its release on average monthly nominal earnings for 2025 showed earnings up 9.9 per cent, or GEL 194.5, to GEL 2,165.2 a month. Financial and insurance activities paid the most, at GEL 4,123.6, followed by information and communication at GEL 4,042.6 and construction at GEL 3,026.1. Women earned an average of GEL 1,743.4 a month and men GEL 2,586.5.

Managers' average of GEL 3,609 is therefore about 1.7 times the national average, while elementary occupations earn a little over half of it, by CBJ's calculation.

What it means for business

For employers planning payroll in Georgia, the release gives a benchmark for what each level of staff costs. Managers earned about GEL 3,600 a month on average in 2025, a benchmark for companies hiring at that level, and the total annual cost of an average employee, at GEL 26,671, is only slightly above the earnings paid, because other labour costs are a small share.

The sector spread matters for investors comparing locations. Financial and insurance activities and information and communication paid the highest average earnings in 2025, and construction was third, in line with the building activity CBJ reported in its piece on Georgia's 8,632 construction permits. Service exporters face the same labour market: the IT category's sales abroad rose 51.5 per cent in 2025, as CBJ reported on Georgia's services exports.

The gender figures matter for employers reporting to international investors and lenders that track pay equality: Geostat's data show men out-earning women in every occupational group, and the adjusted hourly gap widening in 2025.