Minimum wages
State, zone, skill — shops vs industrial.
These rates applied until 30 September 2026. Revised rates are being added.
Reviewed by WikiLabour, 10 October 2026
Both zones. Highlighted: Zone I — Municipal and urban authority areas, the zone chosen above.
Basic rates plus the current special allowance. The basic rates are those of 27 March 2023, in force from 1 April 2023. The special allowance added to them is the Commissioner of Labour's circular of 1 April 2026, which covers 1 April to 30 September 2026. The notification ties the allowance to cost of living index 7270: ₹0.20 a day, or ₹5.20 a month, for every five points above it, adjusted each 1 April and 1 October.
The special allowance added below covered 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026 and that period has ended. We looked on 2 October 2026 at col.gujarat.gov.in — its special-allowance circular still covers 1 April to 30 September 2026 and did not find a newer notification. Its currency is unconfirmed: not found is not the same as not issued, so check before relying on the figures below.
| Skill | Zone IMunicipal and urban authority areas | Zone IIThe rest of the State |
|---|---|---|
| skilled | ₹534.50 / day₹474.00 + ₹60.50 | ₹522.50 / day₹462.00 + ₹60.50 |
| Semi-skilled | ₹522.50 / day₹462.00 + ₹60.50 | ₹512.50 / day₹452.00 + ₹60.50 |
| unskilled | ₹512.50 / day₹452.00 + ₹60.50 | ₹501.50 / day₹441.00 + ₹60.50 |
The same notification also says
- Zone I is the area within municipal corporations, municipalities, urban development authorities and nagar palikas; Zone II is the rest of the State. University, agricultural university and cantonment areas are paid the rates of the nearest zone.
- The rates apply to employees engaged through contractors or other agencies as much as to those employed directly.
- An employee on piece rates is paid so that wages plus the special allowance for a normal working day are not less than the daily rate for that class.
- A part-time employee working up to four hours gets 50% of the wages plus allowance, and more than four hours the full amount.
- Perquisites or facilities already given may not be withdrawn, and no deduction may be made for them.
- Male, female and transgender employees are paid the same for the same work.
- An apprentice on skilled or semi-skilled work is paid 75% for the first three months and the full rate after that.
- The 46 employments the notification covers include shops and commercial establishments not covered by another entry, and residential hotels, restaurants and eating houses under the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act, 2019.
Gujarat's own rules · researched
The table above is from the state's own published minimum wage notification. Everything below is Gujarat-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source.
- Special allowance for other employments
- ₹145.00 a day for six employments — brick production, zari, readymade garments, salt, tobacco and bidi making, and agriculture — instead of the ₹60.50 shown aboveCommissioner of Labour circular No. શ્ર.આ.6/ટે.3/2026/142–164, 01.04.2026
- Ship breaking, sweeping and cleaning
- Paid the ₹60.50 a day allowance, on basic rates set by their own notificationsThe same circular; the basic rates are in separate notifications not read here
- Monthly rate
- Not yet addedThe notification prints a daily rate only, and no way of working a monthly one out