LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI ... - LED

Table 4-8 Average monthly wages in sectors
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Average monthly
wages (in GEL):
Total in the country 52,1 67,1 76,8 83,6 90,6 103,6 107,2 118,3
economy
In the state sector 43,9 55,3 62,1 63,9 70,4 75,2 78,8 91,4
In the private
sector
56,6 73,0 83,9 93,5 102,0 120,0 122,0 132,8
Average monthly
wages (in GEL):
In industry 63,8 80,6 86,7 94,0 115,1 138,4 127,3 142,1
In agriculture 36,7 41,5 51,6 89,0 82,7 81,1 82,7 76,4
In service sector 50,4 65,0 75,2 80,8 86,0 96,8 103,9 114,0
In banking financial
sector
87,1 102,2 131,4 100,6 107,6 177,1 158,6 216,7
- Rise in salaries has been observed. The best paid jobs are in the construction cluster.
The average pay in this cluster is 30% higher than in the whole Tbilisi business sector and
its salaries rose the most in the last examined years, i.e. 2005-2006. Another cluster
where the salaries are higher than the business cluster average is the industry cluster
where the significant rise in salaries – by about 50% - took place last year. The lowest
salaries, not exceeding 220 GEL, were earned in the tourist cluster, although they did rise
by 30% in the last examined year. Also, the pay level offered on this market in the three
last examined years (2004-2006) was 30% lower than the salaries in the whole business
cluster. The salaries in the trade, repair of vehicles, personal and household goods cluster
grew considerably in the last examined year (2005-2006) and are comparable with the
mean salary levels in the whole business sector. In the previous years the salaries rose
gradually, but no more than by 10% yearly.
- The comparative analysis of the turnover and employment in 2001-2006 in Tbilisi and
Georgia demonstrates a strong correlation between the processes taking place on the
examined markets in the Georgian national economy and in the economy of Tbilisi. The
tendencies observed in Tbilisi have their reflection in the tendencies happening nationally,
which is due mainly to the fact that Tbilisi economy in the area of the examined clusters
accounts for over 50% of the national turnover and employment.
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