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Minimum wages in Rajasthan are fixed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and notified by the Labour Department, Government of Rajasthan. The state notifies a consolidated daily rate per skill category - basic and dearness allowance already merged - and applies it uniformly across the state with no zone split. The rates in force date from 01 January 2023 and have been carried forward through subsequent revision cycles without numeric change.
The short answer The labour wages in Rajasthan are ₹285 per day for unskilled work, ₹297 for semi-skilled, ₹309 for skilled and ₹359 for highly skilled. On a 26-day month that is ₹7,410 to ₹9,334. These consolidated rates took effect on 01 January 2023 and have been carried through the October 2024 and 2025 revision cycles with the dearness allowance component frozen, so the schedule has not moved in real terms for some years. Run the Central National Floor Wage cross-check before relying on these figures alone.
Rajasthan notifies a consolidated daily figure per skill category, so there is no allowance to add on. The monthly equivalent is the daily rate multiplied by 26, the divisor most compliance sources apply – ₹285 a day gives ₹7,410 a month for unskilled work. Some sources apply a 30-day multiplier instead, producing ₹8,550; the daily figure is the notified unit and the monthly is derived, so state which divisor your payroll uses and apply it consistently.
The mistake to avoid: treating a derived monthly figure as the notified one. Rajasthan notifies per day, not per month, and published monthly figures differ depending on whether the source used a 26-day or 30-day multiplier. Anchor payroll to the daily rate and derive from there, rather than importing a monthly number whose divisor you cannot see.
Worked example – unskilled worker
Notified daily rate = ₹285 (consolidated, no VDA split)
Per month at 26 days = 285 × 26 = ₹7,410
Per year = 7,410 × 12 = ₹88,920
Per hour at an 8-hour day = 285 ÷ 8 = ₹35.63
One overtime hour = 35.63 × 2 = ₹71.26
Rajasthan uses the four standard skill categories, with a notably narrow band between the first three – only ₹12 separates unskilled from semi-skilled and another ₹12 separates semi-skilled from skilled – before a wider ₹50 step up to highly skilled. Classification follows the work actually performed rather than the designation on the appointment letter.
Act on this: focus classification effort on the skilled to highly skilled boundary. The three lower grades sit within ₹24 a day of each other, so an error between them costs little; the step to highly skilled is ₹50 a day, or ₹1,300 a month, and is where the money actually is.
Minimum wages in Rajasthan apply to workers in the scheduled employments notified by the state government, and coverage does not depend on headcount. Shops and commercial establishments, construction, mining and stone quarrying, textiles, hospitality, agriculture and services account for most covered employment. Contract workers are covered on the same footing as directly employed staff, and where a contractor pays below the notified rate the principal employer carries the liability.
Paying below the notified rate exposes an employer to recovery of the shortfall for the whole affected period, compensation on top, and prosecution. Under the Code on Wages, 2019 a first offence attracts a fine of up to ₹50,000, and a repeat offence within five years can mean up to three months imprisonment and a fine of up to ₹1 lakh. Claims reach back three years.
Act on this: because Rajasthan’s floor is among the lowest in India and has not moved since 2023, check it against the Central National Floor Wage before you rely on it. Where the central floor is higher, the central floor governs, and paying only the state figure would not discharge the obligation.
The Labour Department, Government of Rajasthan fixes minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and notifies consolidated daily rates rather than a basic plus dearness allowance split. The current rates took effect on 01 January 2023, following a Cabinet decision to raise wages by ₹26 a day across categories. They have since been carried forward through the October 2024 and 2025 revision cycles with the dearness allowance component frozen, meaning the notified figure has not changed in several years.
Act on this: do not read a carried-forward cycle as a revision. Rajasthan has passed through revision windows without changing the numbers, so a compliance calendar that simply logs “revision cycle completed” will show green while the real value of the floor erodes. Check the figure, not the cycle.
Revision history for minimum wages in Rajasthan. Rates are consolidated, with basic and dearness allowance merged.
| Effective From | Unskilled / Day | Semi-Skilled / Day | Skilled / Day | Highly Skilled / Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 2023 | ₹285 | ₹297 | ₹309 | ₹359 |
| Oct 2024 cycle | Carried forward | Carried forward | Carried forward | Carried forward |
| Oct 2025 cycle | Carried forward | Carried forward | Carried forward | Carried forward |
The January 2023 revision raised each category by ₹26 a day over the preceding rates of ₹259, ₹271, ₹283 and ₹333. Subsequent cycles carried the figures forward without numeric change. Cross-verified against compliance-maintained datasets, July 2026. Always confirm against the official notification of the relevant State Labour Department before finalizing payroll.
Rajasthan notifies among the lowest wage floors in India and, unusually, has held the same figures across several revision cycles. Structurally it is simple – four categories, one consolidated daily rate, no zones – which makes compliance straightforward but leaves the floor eroding in real terms between revisions.
Unskilled minimum wage per day, compared with other states. Comparison figures are to be filled from each state’s own notification.
| State / Benchmark | Unskilled / Day | Structure |
|---|---|---|
| Rajasthan | ₹285 | Consolidated daily rate, no VDA split, in force since 01 Jan 2023 |
| Gujarat — Zone I | ₹512.50 | Basic ₹452.00 + VDA ₹60.50 a day, revised half-yearly |
| Uttar Pradesh | ₹435.14 | Basic ₹5,750 + VDA ₹5,563.65 a month |
| Haryana | ₹585.41 | Consolidated ₹15,220.71 a month, no Basic/DA split permitted |
| Madhya Pradesh | ₹477.88 | Basic ₹9,575 + VDA ₹2,850 a month, statewide |
| National Floor Wage | – | Advisory floor; where a state rate falls below it, the higher figure applies |
Act on this: Rajasthan sits well below every state it borders. If you run establishments across Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana, a shared band set from the Rajasthan figure will breach in both neighbours by a wide margin.
The table below sets out the latest minimum wages in Rajasthan by skill category. Rajasthan notifies a consolidated daily rate applying statewide with no zone split. Monthly figures are derived at the 26-day divisor most compliance sources apply; some sources use 30 days instead, producing higher monthly figures from the same daily rate.
| Skill Category | Per Day | Per Month (×26) | Per Month (×30) | Per Year (×26) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unskilled | ₹285 | ₹7,410 | ₹8,550 | ₹88,920 |
| Semi-Skilled | ₹297 | ₹7,722 | ₹8,910 | ₹92,664 |
| Skilled | ₹309 | ₹8,034 | ₹9,270 | ₹96,408 |
| Highly Skilled | ₹359 | ₹9,334 | ₹10,770 | ₹1,12,008 |
Source: Labour Department, Government of Rajasthan – consolidated daily rates in force since 01 January 2023, carried forward through subsequent revision cycles. The daily rate is the notified unit; monthly figures are derived and differ by divisor. Where a notified rate falls below the Central National Floor Wage, the higher floor applies. Cross-verified against compliance-maintained datasets, July 2026. Always confirm against the official notification of the relevant State Labour Department before finalizing payroll.
No. Rajasthan applies one consolidated rate per skill category across the whole state, which removes the zone question from compliance entirely.
Because Rajasthan has no wage zones, the labour wages in Rajasthan are identical everywhere in the state. An unskilled worker earns ₹285 a day whether the workplace is a shop in Jaipur, a unit in Jodhpur, a hotel in Udaipur, a quarry in Kota or a site in a rural block. The same holds at every grade – skilled at ₹309 a day and highly skilled at ₹359. Jaipur and the industrial belts around Bhiwadi and Neemrana carry the same statutory floor as the interior districts, though market rates in those belts run well above it.
Minimum wages in Rajasthan are ₹285 per day for unskilled work, ₹297 for semi-skilled, ₹309 for skilled and ₹359 for highly skilled. On a 26-day month that is ₹7,410, ₹7,722, ₹8,034 and ₹9,334 respectively. These consolidated rates have been in force since 01 January 2023.
No. Rajasthan notifies a consolidated daily rate with basic and dearness allowance already merged, so there is no separate allowance to add. Equally, the consolidated figure cannot be split into basic plus allowances to reduce statutory liability — under the Code on Wages those allowances fall outside the definition of wages.
The current rates took effect on 01 January 2023, when the state raised each category by ₹26 a day. They have been carried forward through the October 2024 and 2025 revision cycles with the dearness allowance component frozen, so the notified figure has not changed since.
No. Rajasthan applies one consolidated rate per skill category across the whole state with no zone split, so the same figure applies in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and every rural block. Skill category is the only variable that changes the rate.
Multiply the notified daily rate by the applicable number of days. Most compliance sources use 26, giving ₹7,410 a month for unskilled work; some use 30, giving ₹8,550. The daily rate is the notified unit and the monthly figure is derived, so apply one divisor consistently and document which.
Where a state-notified rate falls below the Central National Floor Wage, the higher figure applies. With a schedule static since January 2023, this cross-check matters more in Rajasthan than in states revising twice a year — run it before relying on the state figure alone.
Alpesh Vaghasiya (CEO)
Alpesh Vaghasiya is the Co-founder and CEO of Superworks, a smart business management solution that Indian SMBs and large enterprises use to run attendance, payroll, and statutory compliance from a single system. He has spent over 15 years building software out of Surat, founding Artoon Solutions, now a 350+ person product engineering firm serving clients across 30+ countries, in 2009, before launching Superworks in 2020.
His writing comes from the operator's side of compliance - what actually breaks when payroll has to absorb a minimum wage revision, reconcile attendance across multiple sites, or file returns under different state rules in the same month. A Charter Member of TiE Surat and an active angel investor in early-stage Indian startups, he holds a B.E. in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University.
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