“The base salary for civil servants across Georgia will increase by 8.4% in 2027,” Minister of Finance Lasha Khutsishvili announced while presenting the draft state budget to Parliament.
Outlining the key allocations, Khutsishvili stated that over GEL 300 million will be earmarked to boost pay for more than 75,000 defence and security personnel.
Public education and childcare will also see substantial wage investments, with over GEL 150 million designated for approximately 60,000 public school teachers, and GEL 60 million allocated for more than 40,000 kindergarten staff.
A further GEL 40 million will fund salary increases for roughly 35,000 culture and sports workers, alongside GEL 15 million allocated to raise pay for over 7,000 emergency personnel, rural doctors, and nurses.
Up to GEL 250 million has been earmarked in total to cover salary increases across remaining state agencies and municipal services.
