Minimum wages in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: Minimum Wages w.e.f April 1, 2010

Sr. No.	Scheduled Employment	Basic Minimum Wages	V.D.A.	Total Minimum Wages
1	Agarbathi Industry	69.73	38.58	108.31
2	Agriculture and works anacillary to agriculture	80.00	No Provision	80.00
3	Aerated Water Manufactory	69.85	44.46	114.31
4	Appalam Manufactory	81.23	51.77	133.00
5	Automobile Workshop	94.92	52.31	147.23
6	Auto Rickshaw and Taxi	103.85	76.69	180.54
7	Bakeries and Biscuits Manufactory	68.00	42.24	110.24
8	Bricks and Tiles Manufactory	64.50	39.60	104.10
9	Carpentry and Black Smith	110.50	68.03	178.53
10	Chemical and Fertilizers Industry	96.23	48.23	144.46
11	Cinema Industry	111.92	71.08	183.00
12	Coaching Academincs that is to say tutorial colleges, Technical Institudes, Primary Schools, run on commercial lines without Govt. grant other than those run by Govt. and local bodies as the case may be.	51.92	36.23	88.15
13	Coconut Peeling Industry	68.50	42.24	110.74
14	Coir Manufactory	83.08	53.00	136.08
15	Coffee Curing Works	63.50	39.60	103.10
16	Construction or Maintenance of Road and in Building Operations	117.00	63.36	180.36
17	Colleges and Research Stations under the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Univeristy and Agricultural Farms maintained by the Agriculture and Horticulture and other Govt. Departments.	70.00	No provision	70.00
18	Cotton Ginning , Pressing and Cotton Waste Industry	79.00	51.77	130.77
19	Electronics Industry	91.00	50.27	141.27
20	Food Processing Industry	41.00	75.85	116.85
21	Employment in Forestry	39.00	72.15	111.15
22	General Engineering & Fabrication Industry	47.00	60.92	107.92
23	Gunny Industry	113.00	60.72	173.72
24	Gold and Silver Articles Manufactory	62.00	71.28	133.28
25	Granite Industry	61.54	72.08	133.62
26	Hotel and Restaurants	85.96	62.96	148.92
27	Hospitals and Nursing Homes	51.42	59.38	110.80
28	Laundries and Washing Cloths (including Woolen)	122.00	76.56	198.56
29	Loading and Unloading Operations in markets, shandies (fairs and market place) and other like places.	74.00	44.88	118.88
30	(a)Match Manufacturing	68.50	36.96	105.46
	(b) Fire works manufactory	31.50	61.04	92.54
31	Medical & Sales representative	115.12	62.46	177.58
32	Motion Picture Industry	89.62	56.85	146.47
33	Neera Tapping	133.50	73.92	207.42
34	Any oil Mill	72.00	40.62	112.62
35	(a) Paper and other incidental processes connected with machine made paper Industry	42.92	73.08	116.00
35	(b) Paper and other incidental Processes connected with Hand Made Paper	39.58	73.08	112.66
36	Power Loom Industry	29.00	52.91	81.91
37	Polythene Processing Foam Item and Plastic Manufactory	47.12	87.88	135.00
38	Printing Presses	72.81	40.12	112.93
39	Public Motor Transport	119.38	76.15	195.53
40	Rice Mill, Flour Mills and Dhall mills	77.00	47.52	124.52
41	Sago Industry	82.00	53.62	135.62
42	Salt Pans	77.00	42.24	119.24
43	Sea Food processing Industry	69.50	44.38	113.88
44	Security Guards	90.35	49.77	140.12
45	Sericulture Industry	82.50	44.88	127.38
46	Shops and Commercial Establishments	78.88	43.65	122.53
47	Silk Twisting Industry	84.00	52.80	136.80
48	Soap Manufactory	106.50	71.08	177.58
49	Tailoring Industry	70.19	38.58	108.77
50	Texile (Apprentice)	110.00	60.72	170.72
50	Timber Industry	115.00	71.28	186.28
51	Tin Container Manufactory	80.00	50.27	130.27
52	Tobacco Manufactory
	(a) Beedi making (other than than beedi rolling)	96.15	50.77	146.92
	(b) Beedi Rolling (per 1000 bidies)	34.20	48.62	82.82
	(c) Scanted and chewing Tobacco	68.88	36.96	105.84
	(d) Snuff Industry	68.00	42.24	110.24
53	Vessels Utensils Manufactory	72.00	39.60	111.60
54	Woolen Carpet and Shawl Weaving Industry	17.00	58.48	75.48

Last Updated by Paycheck India on March 19, 2010

Source: Department of Labour and Employment, Tamil Nadu

Disclaimer :

Minimum Wages have been provided by the Labour Departments of respective states.All efforts have been made to update the minimum wage data on a regular basis.However, there might be unforeseen errors.