India: average daily earnings of rural casual laborers by gender

The average wage earning for male casual laborer in rural area in India was about 392 Indian rupees per day. Female laborers received lesser wages than male laborers amounting to 265 rupees per day.

Average daily earnings from casual labor in rural areas across India from July 2018 to June 2022, by gender (in Indian rupees)

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

India

Survey time period

July 2018 to June 2022

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.

The survey was based on 12, 733 First Stage Units, 101,782 households and 428,525 people.

One Indian rupee is equal to 0.011 euros and 0.0122 dollars (as of January 2023).

Values have been rounded for clarity.

Previous reports have been accessed for historical data.

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