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. 2021 Aug 10;64(3):663–683. doi: 10.1007/s41027-021-00335-9

Table 3.

Distribution of workers by earnings slabs (%)

Regular workers Self-employed Casual workers All workers
Earnings slab (Rs/month) Male Female Person Male Female Person Male Female Person Male Female Person
Less than 5,000 5.2 28.5 10.4 14.0 64.8 21.0 33.1 77.2 43.1 16.3 56.3 23.7
5,000 to 10,000 31.3 34.5 32.0 39.9 25.4 37.9 56.9 21.7 48.9 41.7 27.4 39.1
10,000 to 15,000 23.0 10.6 20.2 21.7 5.2 19.4 9.1 1.0 7.3 19.0 5.7 16.5
15,000 to 20,000 12.8 5.6 11.2 12.3 2.0 10.9 0.7 0.1 0.6 9.6 2.6 8.3
20,000 to 50,000 23.6 17.8 22.3 11.1 2.2 9.9 0.2 0.0 0.1 11.8 6.9 10.9
50,000 to 1,00,000 3.8 2.9 3.6 1.0 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.1 1.4
More than 1,00,000 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Source: Authors’ calculations using PLFS 2018–2019 data