The Government of Bihar has revised the minimum wages for 89 scheduled employments, including Shops & Establishments, Hotels, Restaurants, Private Security Agencies, Handloom Industry, Private Hospitals, and more.
According to the gazette notification issued on 24 September 2025, the revision includes an increase in the Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA), calculated on the basis of the Consumer Price Index numbers for the period January to June 2025.
The revised wage rates will be applicable from 01 October 2025 to 31 March 2026.
| Class of Employment | Basic Per Day | Basic Per Month | VDA Per Day | VDA Per Month | Total Per Day | Total Per Month |
| Unskilled | ₹ 424.00 | ₹ 11,024.00 | ₹ 4.00 | ₹ 104.00 | ₹ 428.00 | ₹ 11,128.00 |
| Semi-Skilled | ₹ 440.00 | ₹ 11,440.00 | ₹ 4.00 | ₹ 104.00 | ₹ 444.00 | ₹ 11,544.00 |
| Skilled | ₹ 536.00 | ₹ 13,936.00 | ₹ 5.00 | ₹ 130.00 | ₹ 541.00 | ₹ 14,066.00 |
| Highly Skilled | ₹ 654.00 | ₹ 17,004.00 | ₹ 6.00 | ₹ 156.00 | ₹ 660.00 | ₹ 17,160.00 |
List of 89 Scheduled Employment
| 1 | Co-operative Sector | 31 | Coal Briquette Industry | 61 | Automobile Engineering Shops |
| 2 | Aluminum Industry | 32 | Tailoring Industry | 62 | Hard Coke Industry |
| 3 | Khansari industry | 33 | Handloom Industry | 63 | Currier Services |
| 4 | Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry | 34 | Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Clinics | 64 | Frittered Rice |
| 5 | Soap Making Industry | 35 | Distilleries | 65 | Electro casting and Metal Furnishing |
| 6 | Cement Pre-stressed Product Industry | 36 | Plastic Industries | 66 | Engineering Industries (Employment more than 50 workers) |
| 7 | Asbestos Cement Industry | 37 | Mineral Grinding Industry | 67 | Rolling of Iron Rods, Plates, Angles, etc., works |
| 8 | Glass Sheet Industry | 38 | Glass Industries (excluding glass sheet) | 68 | Jute Industry & ancillary works |
| 9 | Gun factories | 39 | Dairies and Poultry Farms | 69 | Information Technology |
| 10 | Religious & Social Institutions | 40 | Manufacture of Gold, Silver, Ornaments & Articles of Artistic Design | 70 | Sales Promotion Employees |
| 11 | Paper Industry | 41 | Tanneries Leather Technology | 71 | Domestic Workers |
| 12 | Laundries & washing | 42 | Rice Mills, Flour Mills & Dal Mills | 72 | Papad Industry |
| 13 | Hosieries Manufactory | 43 | Oil Mills | 73 | Sailars Employment |
| 14 | Manufacture of Sindur & Rang | 44 | Printing Press | 74 | Agarbati Industry |
| 15 | Manufacture of Leather goods | 45 | Any Shops or Establishments | 75 | Employment of Safaies Karamcharis (Excluding activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Prohibition Act 1993) |
| 16 | Wood works & furniture | 46 | Public Motor Transport | 76 | Workers Employed Through Outsourcing in Government Offices |
| 17 | Ice Cream and Cold Drinks | 47 | Any Woollen Carpet Making or Shawl weaving establishments | 77 | Workers Employed Through Outsourcing in Sugar Industry |
| 18 | Petrol and Diesel Pump | 48 | Cold Storage | 78 | Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing Operation |
| 19 | Fisheries | 49 | Minor Engineering Industry (Excluding automobile engineering shops with less than 50 workers) | 79 | Bidi Making Manufacturing |
| 20 | Khadi and Village Industries | 50 | Dam Construction & Irrigation | 80 | Brick Manufactory |
| 21 | Private Ferries & LTC | 51 | Construction or Maintenance of Road or in Building Construction | 81 | Hair Cutting Saloon |
| 22 | Book Binding Industry | 52 | Bakeries and Confectioneries | 82 | Loading and Unloading |
| 23 | Manufacturing of Dafti, Card Board, Mill Board, Corrugated Board, Straw Board or Gatta Paper Board | 53 | Shops selling cooked food stuff | 83 | Forestry and Timbering Operation |
| 24 | Electronics Industry | 54 | Hotels, Eating Houses and Restaurants | 84 | Silk Industries including Manufacturing from pure Silk, Artificial Silk and other staple Yarn |
| 25 | Cement Hume pipe, Electric pole and Railway Sleeper manufactures Industry | 55 | Mica works (Factory & Establishments) (excluding Mines) | 85 | Earth Cutting Operation |
| 26 | Plywood Industries | 56 | Cinema industry | 86 | Tea Plantation |
| 27 | Electric and other types of Bulbs and Florence tubes | 57 | Any University, Educational, Research or Cultural Institutions | 87 | Lac Manufactory |
| 28 | Foundry Industries | 58 | Private Security Agency | 88 | Power Loom Industry |
| 29 | Rubber and Rubber Compound Industry | 59 | Refectories Fire Bricks & Ceramic Industry | 89 | Plucking and Processing of Kendu Leaves |
| 30 | Biscuit Industry | 60 | Potteries |
Official Notification
Bihar Minimum Wages Notification October 2025 (PDF)
Official Website
For more details, you may visit the Official Website of the Labour Resources Department, Bihar.
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