Bihar’s minimum wages have been revised, effective from 01 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 for 89 scheduled employments, including Shops & Establishments, Hotels, Restaurants, Private Security Agencies, Handloom Industry, Private Hospitals, and more.
| Class of Employment | Basic Per Day | Basic Per Month | VDA Per Day | VDA Per Month | Total Per Day | Total Per Month |
| Unskilled | 424.00 | 11024.00 | 4.00 | 104.00 | 428.00 | 11128.00 |
| Semi-Skilled | 440.00 | 11440.00 | 4.00 | 104.00 | 444.00 | 11544.00 |
| Skilled | 536.00 | 13936.00 | 5.00 | 130.00 | 541.00 | 14066.00 |
| Highly Skilled | 654.00 | 17004.00 | 6.00 | 156.00 | 660.00 | 17160.00 |
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
Official Website
You can visit the official website of Bihar Labour Resources Department for more details.
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