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Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025: Earnings aren’t rising for large groups of Indian workers

Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025: Earnings aren’t rising for large groups of Indian workers

Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025: Earnings aren’t rising for large groups of Indian workers


To avoid the covid pandemic’s impact, all trends reported here are for earnings since 2022. The earnings of rural male casual workers fell in nominal terms in 2025 compared to 2024. In real terms (adjusted for inflation), these were down 3%. Notably, these fell in all years after 2022, posting a 2.4% annual between 2022 and 2025.

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