Minimum Wage – Kerala, Forests
- Valid in December 2025
- The amounts are in Indian Rupee (₹).
Job Title
| Daily Wages | |
| Highly Skilled-Difficult Area: Carpenters | ₹865.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Accountant, Clerk, Typist, Data Entry Operator and Draftsmen employed for work by contractors inside and, or in connection with forests | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Assistant to Mahouts | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Timber Stacking | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Honey Collection | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in Vacca making | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Wood cutter | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Sawyer | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in river transport of timber | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Assistant to Mahouts | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Timber Stacking | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Honey Collection | ₹937.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Ordinary Area: Workes engaged in charcoal burning | ₹674.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in tying of drag-rope | ₹674.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in loading and unloading of firewood | ₹674.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in Chisel numbering | ₹674.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in raft making | ₹674.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in collection of bamboos, reeds and rattan | ₹775.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Difficult Area: Workes engaged in charcoal burning | ₹775.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in loading and unloading of firewood | ₹876.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in Chisel numbering | ₹876.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in raft making | ₹876.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: Forest Nursery and Plantation worker including Mazdoor Watchers | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in carrying headload of firewood | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in boundary clearing and fire protection work | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in earth work (pit making etc.) | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in Taungya cultivation | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: Forest Nursery and Plantation worker including Mazdoor Watchers | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in carrying headload of firewood | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in boundary clearing and fire protection work | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in earth work (pit making etc.) | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in rock making/(except rock breaking) | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in marking of trees | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: Peons, Watchers and Sweepers employed for work by contractors inside and or in connection with forests | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in collection of minor products except honey | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in Taungya cultivation | ₹758.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in rock making/(except rock breaking) | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in marking of trees | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: Peons, Watchers and Sweepers employed for work by contractors inside and or in connection with forests | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in collection of minor products except honey | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in Taungya cultivation | ₹857.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in Vacca making | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Wood cutter | ₹937.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in collection of bamboos, reeds and rattan | ₹674.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Ordinary Area: Mahouts | ₹752.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Ordinary Area: Axeman | ₹752.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Ordinary Area: Carpenters | ₹752.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Ordinary Area: Masons | ₹752.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Ordinary Area: Computer Operators and Junior Programmers | ₹752.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Difficult Area: Mahouts | ₹865.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in timber loading and unloading | ₹865.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Difficult Area: Axeman | ₹865.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Difficult Area: Masons | ₹865.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Difficult Area: Computer Operators and Junior Programmers | ₹865.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Mahouts | ₹978.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in timber loading and unloading | ₹978.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Axeman | ₹978.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Carpenters | ₹978.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Masons | ₹978.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Computer Operators and Junior Programmers | ₹978.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Sawyer | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in river transport of timber | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in rock breaking | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Ordinary Area: Agents/Supervisors/Maistries | ₹721.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in rock breaking | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Agents/Supervisors/Maistries | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Accountant, Clerk, Typist, Data Entry Operator and Draftsmen employed for work by contractors inside and, or in connection with forests | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Assistant to Mahouts | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Timber Stacking | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Honey Collection | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in Vacca making | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Difficult Area: Wood cutter | ₹829.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Sawyer | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in river transport of timber | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in rock breaking | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Agents/Supervisors/Maistries | ₹937.00 |
| Skilled-Most Difficult Area: Accountant, Clerk, Typist, Data Entry Operator and Draftsmen employed for work by contractors inside and, or in connection with forests | ₹937.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in tying of drag-rope | ₹775.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in loading and unloading of firewood | ₹775.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in Chisel numbering | ₹775.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Difficult Area: worker engaged in raft making | ₹775.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in collection of bamboos, reeds and rattan | ₹876.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Most Difficult Area: Workes engaged in charcoal burning | ₹876.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in rock making/(except rock breaking) | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in marking of trees | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: Peons, Watchers and Sweepers employed for work by contractors inside and or in connection with forests | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in collection of minor products except honey | ₹659.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: Forest Nursery and Plantation worker including Mazdoor Watchers | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in carrying headload of firewood | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in boundary clearing and fire protection work | ₹857.00 |
| Unskilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in earth work (pit making etc.) | ₹857.00 |
| Highly Skilled-Ordinary Area: worker engaged in timber loading and unloading | ₹752.00 |
| Semi-skilled-Most Difficult Area: worker engaged in tying of drag-rope | ₹876.00 |
Definitions
Definition of Unskilled, Semi-skilled, Skilled & Highly Skilled Workers.
(i) Unskilled:
An unskilled employee is one who does operations that involve the performance of simple duties, which require the experience of little of no independent judgment or previous experience although familiarity with the occupational environment is necessary. His work may thus require in addition to physical exertion familiarity with variety of articles or goods.
(ii) Semi-skilled:
A semiskilled worker is one who does work generally of defined routine nature wherein the major requirement is not so much of the judgment, skill and but for proper discharge of duties assigned to him or relatively narrow job and where important decisions made by others. His work is thus limited to the performance of routine operations of limited scope.
(iii) Skilled:
A skilled employee is one who is capable of working efficiently of exercising considerable independent judgement and of discharging his duties with responsibility. He must posses a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the trade, craft or industry in which he is employed.
(iv) Highly Skilled:
A highly skilled worker is one who is capable of working efficiently and supervises efficiently the work of skilled employees.
Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.
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- Overview Minimum Wages in India
- Overview Minimum Wages in Kerala
- Minimum Wages around the World
- News about Minimum Wages
- Minimum Wage and Labour Law
- Minimum Wage Regulations
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