Wages in Bangladesh increased to 13258 BDT/Month in 2017 from 12897 BDT/Month in 2016. This dataset provides - Bangladesh Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Bangladesh Average Wages for Cotton Textile: Unskilled data was reported at 391.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 390.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Cotton Textile: Unskilled data is updated monthly, averaging 170.125 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 262 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 438.000 BDT in Oct 2018 and a record low of 76.100 BDT in Jun 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Cotton Textile: Unskilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Construction Workers: Skilled data was reported at 499.000 BDT in Jun 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 496.000 BDT for May 2015. Bangladesh Average Wages for Construction Workers: Skilled data is updated monthly, averaging 194.250 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2015, with 195 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 499.000 BDT in Jun 2015 and a record low of 109.150 BDT in Nov 2006. Bangladesh Average Wages for Construction Workers: Skilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G022: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Match: Skilled data was reported at 398.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 398.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Match: Skilled data is updated monthly, averaging 228.500 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 262 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 398.000 BDT in Oct 2020 and a record low of 100.240 BDT in Jun 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Match: Skilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Wages in Manufacturing in Bangladesh decreased to 12068 BDT/Month in 2017 from 12380 BDT/Month in 2016. This dataset provides - Bangladesh Wages in Manufacturing Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Minimum Wages in Bangladesh remained unchanged at 12500 BDT/Month in 2025 from 12500 BDT/Month in 2024. This dataset provides - Bangladesh Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

According to the results of a study published in July 2021, workers in the garment industry in Indonesia earned the highest basic monthly wage compared to other major garment-producing Asian countries. In the time period between March 2020 and March 2021 (the first full year of COVID-19 pandemic), Indonesian garment workers had an average monthly basic wage of 243 U.S. dollars. Cambodia and Myanmar followed in the list with average monthly basic wages of 190 U.S. dollars and 157 U.S. dollars, respectively. When taking the seven countries surveyed into account, the estimated global average of monthly basic wage of garment industry workers was estimated to be worth 200 U.S. dollars per month in this time period.

Bangladesh Average Wages for Small and Cottage Industry: Skilled data was reported at 343.000 BDT in Jun 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 341.000 BDT for May 2015. Bangladesh Average Wages for Small and Cottage Industry: Skilled data is updated monthly, averaging 167.500 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2015, with 189 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 343.000 BDT in Jun 2015 and a record low of 83.000 BDT in Jan 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Small and Cottage Industry: Skilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G022: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Explore the progression of average salaries for graduates in Bangladesh University Of Engineering & Technology from 2020 to 2023 through this detailed chart. It compares these figures against the national average for all graduates, offering a comprehensive look at the earning potential of Bangladesh University Of Engineering & Technology relative to other fields. This data is essential for students assessing the return on investment of their education in Bangladesh University Of Engineering & Technology, providing a clear picture of financial prospects post-graduation.

Every year between 2013 and 2021, employees from the combined Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group had the lowest average hourly pay out of all ethnic groups.

Explore the progression of average salaries for graduates in American International University -Bangladesh from 2020 to 2023 through this detailed chart. It compares these figures against the national average for all graduates, offering a comprehensive look at the earning potential of American International University -Bangladesh relative to other fields. This data is essential for students assessing the return on investment of their education in American International University -Bangladesh, providing a clear picture of financial prospects post-graduation.

Management summary

Decent Wage Bangladesh phase 1

The aims of the project Decent Wage Bangladesh phase 1 aimed to gain insight in actual wages, the cost of living and the collective labour agreements in four low-paid sectors in three regions of Bangladesh, in order to strengthen the power of trade unions. The project received funding from Mondiaal FNV in the Netherlands and seeks to contribute to the to the knowledge and research pathway of Mondiaal’s theory of change related to social dialogue. Between August and November 2020 five studies have been undertaken. In a face-to-face survey on wages and work 1,894 workers have been interviewed. In a survey on the cost-of-living 19,252 prices have been observed. The content of 27 collective agreements have been analysed. Fifth, desk research regarding the four sectors was undertaken. The project was coordinated by WageIndicator Foundation, an NGO operating websites with information about work and wages in 140 countries, a wide network of correspondents and a track record in collecting and analysing data regarding wage patters, cost of living, minimum wages and collective agreements. For this project WageIndicator collaborated with its partner Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in Dhaka, with a track record in conducting surveys in the country and with whom a long-lasting relationship exists. Relevant information was posted on the WageIndicator Bangladesh website and visual graphics and photos on the project webpage. The results of the Cost-of-Living survey can be seen here.

Ready Made Garment (RMG), Leather and footwear, Construction and Tea gardens and estates are the key sectors in the report. In the Wages and Work Survey interviews have been held with 724 RMG workers in 65 factories, 337 leather and footwear workers in 34 factories, 432 construction workers in several construction sites and 401 workers in 5 tea gardens and 15 tea estates. The Wages and Work Survey 2020 was conducted in the Chattagram, Dhaka and Sylhet Divisions.

Earnings have been measured in great detail. Monthly median wages for a standard working week are BDT 3,092 in tea gardens and estates, BDT 9,857 in Ready made garment, Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) 10,800 in leather and footwear and BDT 11,547 in construction. The females’ median wage is 77% lower than that of the males, reflecting the gender pay gap noticed around the world. The main reason is not that women and men are paid differently for the same work, but that men and women work in gender-segregated parts of the labour market. Women are dominating the low-paid work in the tea gardens and estates. Workers aged 40 and over are substantially lower paid than younger workers, and this can partly be ascribed to the presence of older women in the tea gardens and estates. Workers hired via an intermediary have higher median wages than workers with a permanent contract or without a contract. Seven in ten workers report that they receive an annual bonus. Almost three in ten workers report that they participate in a pension fund and this is remarkably high in the tea estates, thereby partly compensating the low wages in the sector. Participation in an unemployment fund, a disability fund or medical insurance is hardly observed, but entitlement to paid sick leave and access to medical facilites is frequently mentioned. Female workers participate more than males in all funds and facilities. Compared to workers in the other three sectors, workers in tea gardens and estates participate more in all funds apart from paid sick leave. Social security is almost absent in the construction sector. Does the employer provide non-monetary provisions such as food, housing, clothing, or transport? Food is reported by almost two in ten workers, housing is also reported by more than three in ten workers, clothing by hardly any worker and transport by just over one in ten workers. Food and housing are substantially more often reported in the tea gardens and estates than in the other sectors. A third of the workers reports that overtime hours are paid as normal hours plus a premium, a third reports that overtime hours are paid as normal hours and another third reports that these extra hours are not paid. The latter is particularly the case in construction, although construction workers work long contractual hours they hardly have “overtime hours”, making not paying overtime hours not a major problem.

Living Wage calculations aim to indicate a wage level that allows families to lead decent lives. It represents an estimate of the monthly expenses necessary to cover the cost of food, housing, transportation, health, education, water, phone and clothing. The prices of 61 food items, housing and transportation have been collected by means of a Cost-of-Living Survey, resulting in 19,252 prices. In Chattagram the living wage for a typical family is BDT 13,000 for a full-time working adult. In Dhaka the living wage for a typical family is BDT 14,400 for a full-time working adult. In both regions the wages of the lowest paid quarter of the semi-skilled workers are only sufficient for the living wage level of a single adult, the wages of the middle paid quarter are sufficient for a single adult and a standard 2+2 family, and the wages in the highest paid quarter are sufficient for a single adult, a standard 2+2 family, and a typical family. In Sylhet the living wage for a typical family is BDT 16,800 for a full-time working adult. In Sylhet the wages of the semi-skilled workers are not sufficient for the living wage level of a single adult, let alone for a standard 2+2 family or a typical family. However, the reader should take into account that these earnings are primarily based on the wages in the tea gardens and estates, where employers provide non-monetary provisions such as housing and food. Nevertheless, the wages in Sylhet are not sufficient for a living wage.

Employment contracts. Whereas almost all workers in construction have no contract, in the leather industry workers have predominantly a permanent contract, specifically in Chattagram. In RMG the workers in Chattagram mostly have a permanent contract, whereas in Dhaka this is only the case for four in ten workers. RMG workers in Dhaka are in majority hired through a labour intermediary. Workers in the tea gardens and estates in Chattagram in majority have no contract, whereas in Sylhet they have in majority a permanent contract. On average the workers have eleven years of work experience. Almost half of the employees say they have been promoted in their current workplace.

COVID-19 Absenteeism from work was very high in the first months of the pandemic, when the government ordered a general lock down (closure) for all industries. Almost all workers in construction, RMG and leather reported that they were absent from work from late March to late May 2020. Female workers were far less absent than male workers, and this is primarily due to the fact that the tea gardens and estates with their highly female workforce did not close. From 77% in March-May absenteeism tremendously dropped till 5% in June-September. By September the number of absent days had dropped to almost zero in all sectors. Absenteeism was predominantly due to workplace closures, but in some cases due to the unavailability of transport. More than eight all absent workers faced a wage reduction. Wage reduction has been applied equally across the various groups of workers. The workers who faced reduced earnings reported borrowing from family or friends (66% of those who faced wage reduction), receiving food distribution of the government (23%), borrowing from a micro lenders (MFI) (20%), borrowing from other small lenders (14%), receiving rations from the employer (9%) or receiving cash assistance from the government or from non-governmental institutions (both 4%). Male workers have borrowed from family or friends more often than female workers, and so did workers aged 40-49 and couples with more than two children.

COVID-19 Hygiene at the workplace After return to work workers have assessed hygiene at the workplace and the supply of hygiene facilities. Workers are most positive about the safe distance or space in dining seating areas (56% assesses this as a low risk), followed by the independent use of all work equipment, as opposed to shared (46%). They were least positive about a safe distance between work stations and number of washrooms/toilets, and more than two in ten workers assess the number of washrooms/toilets even as a high risk. Handwashing facilities are by a large majority of the workers assessed as adequate with a low risk. In contrast, gloves were certainly not adequately supplied, as more than seven in ten workers state that these are not adequately supplied. This may be due to the fact that use of gloves could affect workers’ productivity, depending on the occupations.

Key information about Bangladesh Household Income per Capita

• Bangladesh Annual Household Income per Capita reached 995.873 USD in Dec 2022, compared with the previous value of 602.549 USD in Dec 2016.
• Bangladesh Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2000 to Dec 2022, with an averaged value of 439.888 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 995.873 USD in Dec 2022 and a record low of 259.538 USD in Dec 2000.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from Monthly Average Household Income per Capita multiplied by 12 and converts it into USD. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics provides Average Household Income per Capita in local currency. Bangladesh Bank average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

Bangladesh HIES: Average Monthly Expenditure: Rural: More than 35,000 Tk. data was reported at 26,352.740 BDT in 2010. Bangladesh HIES: Average Monthly Expenditure: Rural: More than 35,000 Tk. data is updated yearly, averaging 26,352.740 BDT from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2010, with 1 observations. Bangladesh HIES: Average Monthly Expenditure: Rural: More than 35,000 Tk. data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.H012: Household Income and Expenditure Survey: Average Monthly Expenditure per Household: by Income Group.

Bangladesh Average Wages for Match: Unskilled data was reported at 350.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 349.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Match: Unskilled data is updated monthly, averaging 153.750 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 261 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 350.000 BDT in Oct 2020 and a record low of 76.100 BDT in Jun 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Match: Unskilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Engineering: Unskilled data was reported at 410.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 409.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Engineering: Unskilled data is updated monthly, averaging 223.875 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 262 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 410.000 BDT in Oct 2020 and a record low of 88.000 BDT in Aug 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Engineering: Unskilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Cotton Textile: Skilled data was reported at 452.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 450.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Cotton Textile: Skilled data is updated monthly, averaging 248.000 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 262 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 452.000 BDT in Oct 2020 and a record low of 100.240 BDT in Jun 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Cotton Textile: Skilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Construction Workers: Unskilled data was reported at 401.000 BDT in Jun 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 399.000 BDT for May 2015. Bangladesh Average Wages for Construction Workers: Unskilled data is updated monthly, averaging 120.000 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Jun 2015, with 195 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 417.000 BDT in Sep 2012 and a record low of 78.750 BDT in Jan 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Construction Workers: Unskilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G022: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Engineering: Skilled data was reported at 496.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 496.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Engineering: Skilled data is updated monthly, averaging 346.250 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 261 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 496.000 BDT in Oct 2020 and a record low of 119.250 BDT in Jan 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Engineering: Skilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna

Bangladesh Average Wages for Edible Oil: Unskilled data was reported at 380.000 BDT in Oct 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 380.000 BDT for Sep 2020. Bangladesh Average Wages for Edible Oil: Unskilled data is updated monthly, averaging 181.375 BDT from Jan 1999 (Median) to Oct 2020, with 262 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 380.000 BDT in Oct 2020 and a record low of 83.000 BDT in Jan 1999. Bangladesh Average Wages for Edible Oil: Unskilled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bangladesh – Table BD.G024: Average Daily Wage Rates for Industrial. The averages are based on data collected from 4 centres namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna