Applies to this profile · Every employee in a scheduled employment

Minimum wages

State, zone, skill — shops vs industrial.

One statewide rate for each grade; the notification sets no zones.

Per day, in force from 2 November 2022. These rates come from S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, made by the Administration of the Union territory of Ladakh under sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022. Before this, the wages applying in Ladakh were those notified by the then Jammu and Kashmir Government — this notification records that its Advisory Committee considered them, along with the Border Roads Organisation's rates, the Central Labour Commissioner's rates and the rates fixed by the Deputy Commissioners of Leh and Kargil, and then fixed Ladakh's own. The rates come into force from the date of the notification itself.

Skill	Statewide
unskilled	₹450.00 / day
skilled	₹575.00 / day
Highly skilled	₹835.00 / day

The same notification also says

The notification fixes three skill grades and no semi-skilled rate, and a fourth category of administrative, ministerial and accounts staff at ₹535 a day — below skilled work rather than above it.
Its schedule covers 46 scheduled employments, forty-five in Part-I and agriculture in Part-II.
The definitions of unskilled, skilled and highly skilled work, and the classification of jobs under them, are in the notification's own words only illustrative and indicative, not exhaustive — it says they are intended to act only as a guide.
The memo line at the foot of the notification prints the month and year but leaves the day blank, reading "Dated: .11.2022". It is shown here as printed.
Whether these rates have since been revised is not established. The Administration's own Labour Department page carries no wage notification, and the Ladakh Gazette Portal could not be reached when this was checked on 28 September 2026.

Administrative, ministerial and accounts staff

The notification fixes a fourth category alongside the three skill grades. It is not a skill grade: at ₹535 a day it sits between unskilled and skilled work, not above it.

Category	Rate
Administrative, Ministerial and Accounts Staff₹535 a day	——

Ladakh's own rules · researched

The table above is from the state's own published minimum wage notification. Everything below is Ladakh-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source.

Ladakh's own instrument, and what it replaced

Everything on this page comes from S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022. It matters how it was made. The Union territory was created in 2019, and until this notification the wages applying in Ladakh were those notified by SRO 460 of 26 October 2017, issued by the then Jammu and Kashmir Government. This notification records that Ladakh's own UT Level Advisory Committee, constituted under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, considered those inherited wages together with the Border Roads Organisation's rates, the Central Labour Commissioner's rates and the rates fixed by the Deputy Commissioners of Leh and Kargil — and the Administration then fixed Ladakh's own rates under sub-section (2) of section 5. So the J&K instrument is what this one displaced, and no figure here is borrowed from it. The gazette is born-digital and its text was checked against the printed page before being relied on.

Labour Department, Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh ↗

Ladakh fixes its own minimum wages. Before it did, the rates applying here were those the Jammu and Kashmir Government had notified — this notification replaced them, and nothing on this page is carried over from J&K.

Not yet verified against an official source

The rates, per day, in force from 2 November 2022

Un-Skilled: ₹450 a dayS.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
Skilled: ₹575 a dayS.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
Highly Skilled: ₹835 a dayS.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
Administrative, Ministerial and Accounts Staff: ₹535 a dayA fourth category rather than a rung on the skill ladder. It is fixed between unskilled and skilled work, not above skilled.S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
A semi-skilled rate: Not yet addedThe notification fixes none. It defines unskilled, skilled and highly skilled work only, so no semi-skilled figure is shown.
A monthly rate: Not yet addedThe notification fixes rates by the day and gives no monthly figure and no rule for working one out, so none is shown.

More for work in the remote tehsils

The tehsils of Zanskar, Durbuk, Nyoma: 10% more than the notified rate for the categoryThe notification gives its reason in its own words: due to difficult living condition and geographical distance.S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
Anywhere else in Ladakh: The rates as publishedS.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
Why no uplifted figures are shown: Not yet addedThe notification states a percentage and never prints the higher wage. Showing a computed figure here would put a number on the page that no instrument states, so this desk gives the rate and the percentage separately and leaves the arithmetic to you.

How the notification was made, and what is on its face

The power used: Sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948Following the UT Level Advisory Committee constituted under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5.S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
What the Committee considered: The inherited J&K wages, and three other sets of ratesIn the notification's own words: the wages notified by SRO 460 of 26 October 2017 issued by the then Jammu and Kashmir Government and applicable in the Union territory of Ladakh, the rates applicable to the Border Roads Organisation, the rates applicable as per the Central Labour Commissioner, and the rates fixed by the Deputy Commissioners of Leh and Kargil districts.S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
When it takes effect: From the date of the notification — 2 November 2022The gazette carrying it is dated 4 November 2022. The notification fixes its own commencement by reference to itself, so there is no ambiguity between the two dates.S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022
Scheduled employments covered: 46Forty-five in Part-I, from woollen carpet making and rice mills through public motor transport, shops and establishments, hotels and restaurants to brick kilns and plastic industry; and agriculture in Part-II.Annexure 'A' to S.O. 117
How firm the job classification is: Illustrative and indicative, not exhaustiveThe notification says the definitions of unskilled, skilled and highly skilled work and the classification of jobs under them are only illustrative or indicative in nature and not exhaustive, and that the definitions are not absolute and are intended to act only as a guide.Annexure 'B' to S.O. 117
A blank on the face of the document: The memo line reads "Dated: .11.2022"The month and year are printed and the day is left blank. It is shown here as printed. The notification itself is dated 2 November 2022 at its head, and the gazette carrying it 4 November.S.O. 117 of 2 November 2022, Labour and Employment Department, Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, published in The Ladakh Gazette Extraordinary SG-LD-E-04112022-1160, Part II Section 3, 4 November 2022

Whether these rates still hold

Confirmed current?: Not establishedThis is the latest instrument this desk holds for Ladakh, and it is not confirmed to be the operative one. The Labour Department page lists no wage notification, and the gazette portal could not be reached. Nothing newer was found, which is not the same as knowing nothing newer exists.Checked 28/09/2026