Freelance employees across Georgia’s public sector received a total of GEL 522 million in salaries during the first nine months of 2026, according to the Finance Ministry’s detailed budget execution report. This is GEL 46 million more than during the same period last year.
The report does not specify the exact number of freelance employees working in public institutions. By comparison, the number of staff positions in the public sector stands at 117,000.
Salaries paid to permanent public sector employees totaled GEL 2.39 billion over the same nine-month period, an increase of GEL 240 million compared with the corresponding period of 2025.
