IND · India
Rural versus urban pay in India
IND · 2 areas · 2025
₹3,13,368INR/YR
Urban pays the most of any area in India — ₹3,13,368 a year, about 1.5× Rural at ₹2,05,454.
SOURCE·ILOSTAT — Mean monthly earnings by occupation (ISCO-08)·CC BY 4.0·REVIEWED 2025
How India publishes this cut, and what twelve times a month means
- ILOSTAT publishes this breakdown as part of Mean monthly earnings by occupation (ISCO-08), classification GEO_COV, 2025.
- The source figures are monthly; they are multiplied by twelve here so they sit on the same annual basis as the rest of the site, and every page says so.
- They cover employees only — a minority of India's workforce, since most people are self-employed or in informal work.
- No row is estimated. Where the agency published nothing for a band, nothing appears.
annual (INR) = published monthly figure × 12
Every area, highest first
| Area | Median (annualised) | Share of the highest |
|---|---|---|
| Urban | ₹3,13,368 | 100% |
| Rural | ₹2,05,454 | 66% |
ILOSTAT · GEO_COV 2025
SOURCE·ILOSTAT — Mean monthly earnings by occupation (ISCO-08)·CC BY 4.0·REVIEWED 2025
And split by sex
| Area | All | Men | Women | Women's pay as % of men's |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | ₹3,13,368 | ₹3,34,798 | ₹2,56,045 | 76% |
| Rural | ₹2,05,454 | ₹2,26,660 | ₹1,45,382 | 64% |
This compares the average pay of all men against all women in each area. It is not a like-for-like comparison of the same job at the same level — it reflects which roles and hours men and women actually hold, which is what makes it worth publishing.
What people ask next
- Which area pays the most in India?
- Urban, at ₹3,13,368 a year, against ₹2,05,454 for Rural at the other end. Figures are 2025, annualised from the published monthly series.
- Are these annual or monthly figures?
- The agency publishes them monthly. They are shown here multiplied by twelve so they sit on the same annual basis as the rest of the site, and they cover employees only — a minority of India's workforce, since most people are self-employed or in informal work.
