Income group of Household x Occupation of Chief Wage Earner

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What we know is that only 6% of India is formally employed.

What household level data can show us is the exact occupation structure by income group and exactly how small the formal salaried employees are.

Income Group of Household X Occupation of Chief Wage Earner

Employment condition, benefits and payments of Salaried CWEs (%)

Insights from this data include

  1. The paucity of salaried employees in India’s consumer economy. Even the highest income group has just 37% of households having chief wage earners that earns a regular monthly salary.

Even those who are salaried, only 40% have an appointment letter.