STUDY LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MINIMUM WAGE IN GEORGIA Gauging public opinion David Sichinava, Makhare Atchaidze May 2020 About three-quarters of Georgians say that they support having a minimum wage On average, the perceived decent minimum wage amounts to GEL 854.1, more than four times as high as the current subsistence minimum. Men, Tbilisi residents, and ethnic Georgians are more likely to name higher values for a decent minimum wage than women, residents of rural areas, and ethnic minorities.