The Government of Odisha has revised the minimum wage rates for Unskilled, Semi-Skilled, Skilled, and Highly Skilled workers across 91 Scheduled Employments, effective from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. The revised rates, including the updated Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA), were announced through an official notification dated 8 October 2026.
| Category of Employment | Minimum Wages Per Day | VDA Per Day | Minimum Wages with VDA Per Day | Minimum Wages with VDA Per Month |
| Unskilled | ₹ 472.00 | ₹ 6.00 | ₹ 478.00 | ₹ 12,428.00 |
| Semi-Skilled | ₹ 522.00 | ₹ 6.00 | ₹ 528.00 | ₹ 13,728.00 |
| Skilled | ₹ 572.00 | ₹ 6.00 | ₹ 578.00 | ₹ 15,028.00 |
| Highly Skilled | ₹ 622.00 | ₹ 6.00 | ₹ 628.00 | ₹ 16,328.00 |
List of 91 Scheduled Employments
| Sl. No. | Name of the Employment |
| 1 | Agriculture |
| 2 | Agarbatti and Candle Making Establishments |
| 3 | Automobile servicing, repairing garages and workshops |
| 4 | Ayurvedic and Unani Pharmacy |
| 5 | Bakeries and Confectioneries including Biscuit making |
| 6 | Bamboo Forest Establishment |
| 7 | Brass and Bell Metal Industry |
| 8 | Carpet Weaving Industry |
| 9 | Cashew processing establishments |
| 10 | Cement pipe making and allied products industry |
| 11 | Ceramic and Pottery Industry |
| 12 | Chemical Industry |
| 13 | Cinema Industry and Film Production |
| 14 | Clay Pottery |
| 15 | Coir Industry |
| 16 | Collection of Sal Seeds |
| 17 | Construction or maintenance of Dams, Embankments, Irrigation Projects and sinking of wells and tanks |
| 18 | Construction or maintenance of roads or in building operations |
| 19 | Contingent and Casual Employees in Govt. and other establishments, Courier and Cargo Services |
| 20 | Cotton Ginning and Pressing Industry |
| 21 | Dispensary of Medical Practitioner in any establishment of medical consultant or in any Chemical or Pathological Laboratory, Private Nursing Homes, Private Medical College Hospitals, Super Speciality Hospitals, clinic, Laboratory etc. |
| 22 | Distilleries |
| 23 | Domestic Workers (shall be calculated as per hours of work) |
| 24 | Electricity transmission, generation and distribution |
| 25 | Employment in NGO & Voluntary Social Organization |
| 26 | Employment in laying of underground Cables, Electric lines, Water supply lines and under Cable Operators |
| 27 | Finishing Dying of yarn and fabrics, painting, knitting and embroidery |
| 28 | Fisheries and Sea food Industry |
| 29 | Forest produce such as Genduligum, Mahua making of coal and resin |
| 30 | Foundry Industry with or without attached machine shop |
| 31 | Glass Industries |
| 32 | Gold and Silver Ornaments and articles of artistic design |
| 33 | Graphite Industry including beneficiation |
| 34 | Handloom and Hosiery |
| 35 | Hotels, Eating Houses and Restaurants |
| 36 | Ice Factory and Cold Storage |
| 37 | Jute Industry and Jute Twine Industry |
| 38 | Kendu Leaf Collection |
| 39 | Khadi Village Industries including manufacture of Khandasari and other products |
| 40 | Laundry including dry-washing |
| 41 | Leather Industry |
| 42 | Liquified Petroleum Gas manufacture and distribution |
| 43 | Local Authority |
| 44 | Manufacture of brushes and brooms |
| 45 | Manufacture of Coke and Burning Coal |
| 46 | Manufacture of Cold drinks, Soda and other allied products |
| 47 | Manufacture of Electrical Bulbs and all allied electrical equipments |
| 48 | Manufacture of matches, fireworks and explosives |
| 49 | Manufacture of nails and pines |
| 50 | Manufacture of paints and varnishes |
| 51 | Manufacture of plastic products including toys |
| 52 | Manufacture of Radio by assembling with parts |
| 53 | Manufacture of ropes |
| 54 | Manufacture of Utensils including Aluminium and Hindalium products |
| 55 | Metal Industry (except the cottage and village scale units) |
| 56 | Major or Minor Engineering Industry including Sponge, Secondary Steel, Rolling Mills, Ferro Alloys, Metal Industries (employment less than 50 persons) |
| 57 | Motor body building |
| 58 | Non-teaching staff of all private Educational Institutions including ITI & Training Institute Coaching Centre |
| 59 | Oil Mill |
| 60 | Paper and Cardboard Industry |
| 61 | Petrol and Diesel Oil pumps |
| 62 | Pharmaceutical Industry |
| 63 | Powerloom Industry |
| 64 | Printing Press, DTP centre and offset printing press |
| 65 | Private Road Transport |
| 66 | Private Security Agencies and Private Security Services |
| 67 | Public Health Engineering |
| 68 | Public Motor Transport |
| 69 | Readymade Garments Industries including Mechanized Trade of Readymade Garment Industry |
| 70 | Refractory Industry |
| 71 | Regulated markets, Marketing Societies, Co-operative Societies and Banks |
| 72 | Rice Mill, Flour Mill or Dal Mill, Chuda Mill and Masala Mill |
| 73 | Rubber and Rubber Products Industry |
| 74 | Salt Pans |
| 75 | Saw Mills |
| 76 | Shops, Commercial Establishments, saloon, beauty parlour, Spa, messaging centre, Xerox shop, STD booth, tent house, newspaper hawkers and newspaper establishments |
| 77 | Siali leaf pluckers & Sal leaf pluckers |
| 78 | Soap and Detergent Manufactory |
| 79 | Social Forestry |
| 80 | Spinning Mills |
| 81 | Stone breaking or Stone crushing |
| 82 | Tamarind collection |
| 83 | Tile and Brick Making |
| 84 | Timber Trading (excluding felling and sawing) |
| 85 | Timber Trading (including felling and sawing) |
| 86 | Tobacco (including Bidi making) Manufactory |
| 87 | Trunks, suitcase and Bucket manufactory |
| 88 | Wood works and furniture making industries |
| 89 | Minor Ports |
| 90 | Sericulture Activities (As per Notification No.6471 dtd. 20.08.2024 of Govt.) |
| 91 | Swachha Karmi (As per Notification No.6477 dtd. 20.08.2024 of Govt.) |
Salary Calculation
To calculate the monthly salary, multiply the minimum daily wage (including VDA) by 26 days.
Monthly Salary = Daily Minimum Wage (including VDA) × 26
Official Notification
Odisha Minimum Wages Notification October 2026 (PDF)
Official Website
You may check the Official Website of the Labour Directorate, Odisha, for more details.
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