This data archive consists of a digitized database of all of India's daily minimum wages across states and detailed industries for the years 1983, 1985/86, 1993, 1998, 2004, and 2006. These data are otherwise only available on paper and/or pdf documents. The data are provided as Excel and Stata files, including aggregate codes by broad industry group that the principal investigators assigned during their research.

Wages in India increased to 21103 INR/Month in the second quarter of 2024 from 21036 INR/Month in the first quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - India Average Daily Real Wage Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands had the highest monthly minimum wage for skilled workers at over ** thousand Indian rupees. It was followed by Delhi and the state of Goa.The national floor level minimum wage in India in 2024 was *** Indian rupees per day, remaining consistent for the last few years. The National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) is the minimum wage below which no state government can fix the minimum wage. Different states set their own minimum wages. The NFLMW was brought into effect in 1996 by the Indian central government.

The national floor level minimum wage in India in 2024 was *** Indian rupees per day and has remained consistent for the last few years. The National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) is the minimum wage below which no state government can fix. Different states set their minimum wages. The NFLMW was brought into effect in 1996 by the Indian central government. Stagnant minimum wages The Labor Ministry revises the NFLMW every two years, below which states should not fix their minimum wage. The ministry last revised it in 2017. As per economists, the non-revision of the NFLMW hurts the wages of workers engaged in bidi production, plantations, and similar sectors that often employ women. Living wage versus minimum wage India plans to replace its minimum wage system with a living wage by 2025 and has sought assistance from the International Labor Organization (ILO) to develop a framework. The ILO defines a living wage as the wage level necessary to afford a decent standard of living, given a country’s circumstances, whereas the minimum wage is the lowest remuneration required by law to be paid by employers to employees for work performed during a given period. The shift aims to elevate millions out of poverty and to ensure the well-being of unorganized workers.

Data and insights on earnings & Wages in India - minimum wage, hours worked, employee benefits, and more.

Minimum Wages in India remained unchanged at 178 INR/Day in 2025 from 178 INR/Day in 2024. This dataset provides - India Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Delhi had the highest monthly minimum wage for unskilled workers at over ** thousand Indian rupees, the highest among other states and union territories. It was followed by Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Karnataka. The national floor level minimum wage in India in 2023 was *** Indian rupees per day, remaining consistent for the last few years. The National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) is the minimum wage below which no state government can fix the minimum wage. Different states set their minimum wages. The NFLMW was brought into effect in 1996 by the Indian central government.

The article analyses the evolution of Indian real wages for the period 1500-1650. It argues that the Great Divergence between India and north-western Europe was already visible by the early 1500s by making use of a new dataset of 2,710 separate observations, reflecting over 76,000 paid-out wages, for nine locations in western India. These wages were deflated by rice prices and a basket of goods and imply low and declining standards of living over the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In comparison with Europe, these real wages represent comparatively low living standards, and they were not much above those in Japan.

India State Finances: Actuals: Expenditure: Wages and Salaries data was reported at 8,690,254.000 INR mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,907,207.000 INR mn for 2022. India State Finances: Actuals: Expenditure: Wages and Salaries data is updated yearly, averaging 1,241,000.000 INR mn from Mar 1991 (Median) to 2023, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,690,254.000 INR mn in 2023 and a record low of 185,500.000 INR mn in 1991. India State Finances: Actuals: Expenditure: Wages and Salaries data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Reserve Bank of India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table IN.FE014: State Finances: Expenditure: Wages and Salaries: Actuals.

Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: Packaging and Agriculture: Men: Maharashtra data was reported at 345.000 INR in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 345.000 INR for Jan 2025. Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: Packaging and Agriculture: Men: Maharashtra data is updated monthly, averaging 235.420 INR from Nov 2013 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 134 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 345.000 INR in Feb 2025 and a record low of 192.500 INR in Feb 2014. Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: Packaging and Agriculture: Men: Maharashtra data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Labour Bureau. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBD011: Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: by State: Packaging and Agriculture.

Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in India was reported at 23.87 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. India - Wage and salaried workers; total (% of total employed) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

As per the Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS), the average wage for male casual laborer in urban areas during April to June 2024 in India was *** rupees per day. Female laborers have consistently received lesser wages than male laborers amounting to *** rupees per day during the same period.

India Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: Women: General Agricultural including Watering and Irrigation Workers data was reported at 216.630 INR in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 215.400 INR for Jul 2018. India Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: Women: General Agricultural including Watering and Irrigation Workers data is updated monthly, averaging 188.425 INR from Nov 2013 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 216.630 INR in Aug 2018 and a record low of 161.280 INR in Dec 2013. India Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural: Women: General Agricultural including Watering and Irrigation Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Labour Bureau Government of India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBB002: Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Agricultural.

These files contain all the data used in the publication "Poverty or Prosperity in Northern India? New Evidence on Real Wages, 1590s-1870s". This paper introduces a new dataset on wages in northern India (from Gujarat in the West to Bengal in the East) from the 1590s to the 1870s. It follows Allen’s subsistence basket methodology to compute internationally comparable real wages to shed light on developments in Indian living standards over time, as well as to test some of the assumptions underlying the comparative real wage methodology. It adjusts the comparative cost of living indices to take into account differences in caloric intake due to variances in heights. Furthermore, the paper discusses the male/female wage gap in northern India. We demonstrate that the Great Divergence started somewhere in the late seventeenth century. This gap widens further after the 1720s and especially after the 1800s. It is subsequently primarily England’s spurt and India’s stagnation in the first half of the nineteenth century which brought about most serious differences in the standard of living in Eurasia. If the British colonial state is to blame – as often happens in the literature on India’s persistent poverty – it is in their failure to improve the already deteriorated situation after they had become the near-undisputed masters of India since 1820.

The average daily wage for male field labor in India in June 2023 was *** Indian rupees. In the same month, female labor's daily wages were approximately *** rupees. Daily wages among female workers were consistently lower compared to their male counterparts.

The dataset contains All India Yearly Rural Daily Wages in Old Format.

In financial year 2023, Kerala offered the highest average daily wages for male field labor in India, reaching *** Indian rupees. Simultaneously, female labor in Kerala received daily wages of approximately *** rupees. These rates surpassed the national averages significantly. Chhattisgarh ranked lowest during the same time period.

ASI: Wages per Manday Worked: Contract Workers: All India data was reported at 285.860 INR in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 246.200 INR for 2012. ASI: Wages per Manday Worked: Contract Workers: All India data is updated yearly, averaging 123.235 INR from Mar 2000 (Median) to 2013, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 285.860 INR in 2013 and a record low of 81.090 INR in 2000. ASI: Wages per Manday Worked: Contract Workers: All India data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Labour Bureau Government of India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBB052: Annual Survey of Industries: Wages per Manday Worked: Contract Workers: by States.

Account used to receive wages (% age 15+) in India was reported at 6.5029 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. India - Account used to receive wages (% age 15+) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Non Agricultural: Mason: Men: Uttar Pradesh data was reported at 639.080 INR in Feb 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 639.080 INR for Jan 2025. Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Non Agricultural: Mason: Men: Uttar Pradesh data is updated monthly, averaging 268.670 INR from Apr 1998 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 315 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 639.080 INR in Feb 2025 and a record low of 90.290 INR in Apr 1998. Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Non Agricultural: Mason: Men: Uttar Pradesh data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Labour Bureau. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBD028: Average Daily Wage Rate: Rural: Non Agricultural: by State: Mason.