Pay by age in India
55-64 pays the most of any age band in India — ₹3,13,679 a year, about 2.5× 65+ at ₹1,24,752.
Every age band, highest first
And split by sex
| Age band | All | Men | Women | Women's pay as % of men's |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55-64 | ₹3,13,679 | ₹3,67,333 | ₹1,90,520 | 52% |
| 25-54 | ₹2,83,016 | ₹3,06,143 | ₹2,20,853 | 72% |
| 15+ | ₹2,66,640 | ₹2,87,570 | ₹2,09,251 | 73% |
| 15-24 | ₹1,64,881 | ₹1,64,260 | ₹1,67,118 | 102% |
| 65+ | ₹1,24,752 | ₹1,49,313 | ₹75,439 | 51% |
This compares the average pay of all men against all women in each age band. It is not a like-for-like comparison of the same job at the same level — it reflects which roles and hours men and women actually hold, which is what makes it worth publishing.
How to read these
The source publishes these as monthly figures; they are shown here multiplied by twelve so they sit on the same annual basis as the rest of the site. They cover employees only — which in India is a minority of all workers, since most are self-employed or in informal work.
Source: ILOSTAT, average monthly earnings of employees by occupation (ISCO-08), 2025 · CC BY 4.0 · classification AGE_AGGREGATE, 2025