Rural versus urban pay in India
Urban pays the most of any area in India — ₹3,13,368 a year, about 1.5× Rural at ₹2,05,454.
Every area, highest first
And split by sex
| Area | All | Men | Women | Women's pay as % of men's |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | ₹3,13,368 | ₹3,34,798 | ₹2,56,045 | 76% |
| Rural | ₹2,05,454 | ₹2,26,660 | ₹1,45,382 | 64% |
This compares the average pay of all men against all women in each area. 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 GEO_COV, 2025