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Rising wages and fewer low earners in Georgia’s job market
As data compiled by the research group PMCG showed, 985,975 people received a monthly salary in September 2025 (a 4.9 percent increase from August and a 2.6 percent rise compared to September last year, despite persistent unemployment).
According to economist Soso Archvadze, even a one-percent increase means tens of thousands of new jobs and an overall growth in salaries and improvement of the livelihoods of around 30,000 to 40,000 Georgians.
Also, the number of low-income earners has decreased.
As official statistics show, the share of people earning less than 600 lari per month declined to 12.5 percent in September, one percentage point lower than in August and three points lower than a year earlier. Simultaneously, the share of high-income earners, those making 2,400 lari or more, reached 33.6 percent, up half a point from August and 5.6 points from last September.
Nevertheless, economist Merab Janiashvili says that the information technology sector is the area that has grown sharply in recent years, particularly due to the increase of the number of foreigners working in Georgia (Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians).
According to him, 200 to 300 percent growth in the IT sector has certainly boosted the economy, but at the same time, many of these workers don’t pay taxes and contribute little in the way of social payments.
As Janiashvili also added, rising food prices and high levels of emigration are still the reasons of concern, despite Georgia’s overall strong growth rate. According to him, the impact of job growth depends on which sectors expand and which contract.
For instance, the increase in agriculture, where wages are lowest, makes a limited overall effect. In the opposite way, the increase in construction makes a clearly beneficial multiplier effect across the economy.
Nevertheless, inflation makes average wages appear higher than before. According to the economist, five years ago, 600 lari was considered a decent salary, but now its real value has fallen sharply. It is too early to speak about the improvement of the situation only because of the fact that fewer people earn under 600 lari. Many of them are nearly where they were before.
Economic growth above the regional average and an inflow of foreign professionals have made Georgia’s job market improve steadily since the pandemic years. According to analysts, the overall decline in low-income earners and the expansion of the middle-income group could signify a shift toward a more stable economy.
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As Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Resmi Gazeti (Official Newspaper of Türkiye) reported, Türkiye has reduced bureaucracy for Turkic-speaking foreigners, including citizens of Kazakhstan. These simplified employment rules provided them with broadened opportunities for professional activity.
A decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Oct. 10 amended legislation that dates back to the 1980s and simplified procedures to work in Türkiye without undergoing lengthy processes for traditional work permits.
Nevertheless, the military and law enforcement sectors remain are still closed to foreigners. Another move expected to increase workforce mobility within the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and strengthen regional integration is to remove the requirement for Turkish citizenship for residence and employment.
However, there are still several requirements that Turkic-speaking foreigners should meet.
The first one is a valid residence permit in Türkiye. The second one is absence of threat to national security. Thirdly, all foreign diplomas and professional certificates must be recognized as equivalent to Turkish qualifications. Registration with relevant professional associations and chambers on the same basis as Turkish citizens is also an advantage.
The aim of the reform is to attract highly qualified specialists and support small and medium-sized businesses, but it will not grant foreigners the right to vote or run for public office.
As Istanbul-based journalist Zhamilya Abenova, who has lived in Türkiye for five years, said in an interview with Tengrinews, the problem is absence of a clear definition of a Turkic-origin foreigner.
Only a close examination clarified that Turkic-speaking residents of CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States] countries (Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Turkmen and Azerbaijanis) do not benefit from special work conditions.
There are ten eligibility criteria in the document, but last two as the most important: the prove of inability to find work in their home country for reasons beyond their control, or belonging to an ethnic or cultural minority in their country of citizenship.
According to Abenova, the main target audience are Turkic peoples without their own sovereign states (Meskhetian Turks, Uyghurs and Crimean Tatars).
Abenova has obtained a tapu, a residence permit through property ownership, which does not grant the right to work. So, she also needs a work permit. To get it, she registered the company that contracts with Turkish universities and helps Kazakh students enroll and advises on education, medical care and life in Türkiye.
According to Abenova, Türkiye’s job market is not collapsing.
Nevertheless, inflation makes Turkish professionals, particularly doctors and engineers, seek jobs in Europe and the United States. The international recognition of Türkiye’s diplomas helps them.
Abenova also mentioned a regular indexation of salaries to inflation in Türkiye. Teachers currently earn $1,300 per month, police officers – $1,600, nurses – $1,400, and doctors in public hospitals – $1,720.
Unskilled workers can also easily find a job with the minimum wage of around 340,000 tenge ($632) per month.
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