India: average daily earnings of rural casual laborers by gender

The average wage earning for male casual laborer in rural area was the highest during the months of April to June 2020 at about 309 Indian rupees per day. Female laborers received lesser wages than male laborers with a difference of about 100 Indian rupees.

Average daily earnings from casual labor in rural areas across India from July 2018 to June 2020, by gender (in Indian rupees)

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

India

Survey time period

July 2018 to June 2020

Special properties

based on a survey consisting of 12,569 FSUs (6,913 villages and 5,656 urban blocks).

Supplementary notes

Wage earnings by casual laborer engaged in works other than public works was recorded for each of the day of the reference week (last 7 days preceding the date of the survey) when the household member had worked as casual labor.

One Indian rupee is equal to 0.013 U.S. dollars and 0.012 euros (as of March 2022).

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