BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 22. Employees in
Georgia's information and communication sector earned an average of
4,400.4 GEL (approximately $1,692) per month in the second quarter
of 2026, approximately 3.2 times the average earnings recorded in
the sector with the lowest figure.
This is according to Trend's calculations based on data released by Geostat
on September 15.
Geostat reported that information and communication recorded the
highest average monthly earnings, with the figure up 5.4%
year-on-year, followed by financial and insurance activities at
4,074.1 GEL (approximately $1,567), up 9.2%. Construction ranked
next at 3,496.6 GEL (approximately $1,345), up 0.8%, while
professional, scientific and technical activities posted the
fastest growth among these sectors, rising 10.3% to 3,304.8 GEL
(approximately $1,271).
According to Trend's calculations based on the sectoral
breakdown in Geostat's data, average earnings in other service
activities stood at approximately 1,379 GEL (about $530) in the
second quarter of 2026. The difference between the information and
communication sector and other service activities amounted to
roughly 3,021 GEL, or about $1,162, with average earnings in
information and communication approximately 3.2 times higher.
Separately, Geostat's data show that average earnings in
Georgia's business sector rose 6.6% year-on-year to 2,471.5 GEL
(approximately $950) in the second quarter, compared with a 10.6%
increase in the non-business and financial sector, where average
earnings reached 2,239.0 GEL (approximately $861). According to
Trend's calculations, average earnings in the business sector were
approximately 232.5 GEL, or about $89, higher than in the
non-business and financial sector, while the annual growth rate in
the latter was 4 percentage points higher.
