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Edition 2026.09

Georgia employment facts

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These are the 14 statutory values we hold for Georgia in Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless), 6 of them read from a statute or the government that administers it. Each row names the page it came from, the date the figure took effect and the date a person last checked it. They are legal minimums, not what employers in Georgia actually offer, and they are what our three published indexes score Georgia on.

What the law requires in Georgia

GE
FieldValueUnitTierSourceEffectiveVerifiedCaveats
Statutory paid annual leaveannual_leave_days24working days a yearStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-16-
National public holidayspublic_holidays13days a yearStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-01-01--
Statutory notice periodnotice_weeks4.3weeksOfficialWorld Bank Employing Workers2019-05-012026-06-22-
Statutory severanceseverance_weeks4.3weeksOfficialWorld Bank Employing Workers2019-05-012026-06-22-
Employer social contributionsemployer_ssc_rate2% of gross payStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Employee social contributionsemployee_ssc_rate2% of gross payStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthlyGEL 20a monthOfficialilostat2024-01-012026-09-01-
Top personal income tax ratepersonal_income_tax_top_rate20%SecondaryPwC Worldwide Tax Summaries2026-01-212026-08-03-
Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate15%SecondaryPwC Worldwide Tax Summaries2026-01-21--
Standard VAT ratevat_rate18%StatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks26.1weeksOfficialworld_bank_wbl2026-02-23--
Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks0weeksOfficialworld_bank_wbl2026-02-23--
Statutory weekly hoursavg_weekly_hours40hours a weekStatuteNational statutes and government sources2026-09-122026-09-17-
State pension ageretirement_age65yearsOfficialSSA Social Security Programs Throughout the World2026-01-012026-06-23-

Where a field is missing from this table, we hold no sourced value for Georgia and publish the gap rather than filling it. Where a statute and a compilation disagree, the statute wins.

Source tiers on this page: Statute is statute or government source · Official is official multilateral compilation · Secondary is secondary compiler.

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Schuchmann, R. (2026). Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) [Data set]. Employ Borderless. https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/

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