Regular wage/salaried employees
Male · Average monthly earnings
₹24,217
India-wide average · PLFS 2025
OFFICIAL LABOUR MARKET DATA
What do people earn in India?
Explore selected average earnings figures reported in India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report 2025. These are national averages across broad employment categories—not salary promises, job-role pay scales or city-specific estimates.
How to read these figures: The figures below are average earnings reported for 2025. An average is not a median: it does not mean half of workers earn more and half earn less. Individual earnings vary by occupation, location, experience, hours, sector and employment arrangement.
Regular wage/salaried employees
Female · Average monthly earnings
₹18,353
India-wide average · PLFS 2025
Self-employed workers
Male · Average monthly earnings
₹17,914
India-wide average · PLFS 2025
Self-employed workers
Female · Average monthly earnings
₹6,374
India-wide average · PLFS 2025
Source and methodology
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report 2025, released on 27 March 2026. The Government's summary reports average earnings in regular wage/salaried employment of ₹24,217 for male workers and ₹18,353 for female workers in 2025. It also reports self-employment earnings of ₹17,914 for male workers and ₹6,374 for female workers.
These figures are reproduced as published in the official summary. SalarySach does not calculate a city or occupation percentile from these national averages. The PLFS survey design changed from January 2025, so the report cautions that 2025 annual estimates may not be strictly comparable with earlier PLFS estimates.
- Coverage: India-wide, broad employment categories.
- Measure: average earnings, not median or salary range.
- Not included: a profession-specific or city-specific salary comparison.
- Use: general labour-market context only; do not use as an individual pay offer or negotiation guarantee.
Primary source: PIB / MoSPI – PLFS Annual Report 2025.
Additional official data: MoSPI microdata catalogue – PLFS 2023–24 and Labour Bureau – Occupation Wages.
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