Minimum Wages · Bihar
Bihar minimum wages from October 2026: general time rates and provisional calculation
General time rates rise to ₹443, ₹459, ₹560 and ₹682 per day from 1 October 2026. The notification preserves provisional calculation and subsequent Advisory Board approval.
- Jurisdiction
- Bihar
- Effective from
- 01 October 2026
- Issued on
- 03 November 2026
- Status
- Current
- Reference
- Notifications 238–239
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Bihar notifications 238–239 dated 3 November 2026 revise the general time-rated minimum wages from 1 October 2026. Schedule II gives four skill categories; Schedule III separately contains piece rates for 12 employments. The figures below reproduce only the complete Schedule II time-rate matrix.
Verified daily rates and monthly conversion
| Category | Previous daily rate | Increase per day | New daily total | Monthly equivalent × 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unskilled | ₹436 | ₹7 | ₹443 | ₹11,518 |
| Semi-skilled | ₹452 | ₹7 | ₹459 | ₹11,934 |
| Skilled | ₹551 | ₹9 | ₹560 | ₹14,560 |
| Highly skilled | ₹672 | ₹10 | ₹682 | ₹17,732 |
Provisional calculation: the notification states that the rates have been calculated provisionally using the average All-India Consumer Price Index, with ex-post-facto approval to be obtained after constitution of the State Advisory Board. It nevertheless expressly gives 1 October 2026 as the commencement date. The increase column is the latest increment over the previous total, not the entire accumulated DA.
Date note: one English table heading prints 01.10.2025. The Hindi table, English rate-column headings and operative Note 1 consistently specify 1 October 2026; this record follows those express commencement provisions.
Employer action
- Map the employee’s actual duties to Bihar’s accompanying skill-classification notification.
- Reconcile October onward payroll against the applicable daily rate and the notified 26-day conversion.
- Use Schedule III for work paid by output and retain the specific task, unit and production record. Do not replace those entries with this four-row table.
- Track any subsequent approval or correction to the provisional calculation.
Frequently asked questions
What is the unskilled daily rate?
Schedule II fixes ₹443 per day from 1 October 2026, subject to the notification’s provisional-calculation statement.
Are the monthly figures independently notified slabs?
They are arithmetic equivalents of the daily rates using the conversion of 26 specified in the notification.
Does this article reproduce all piece rates?
No. The linked government PDF contains the separate Schedule III. The numeric library entries on this page cover Schedule II only.
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Notifications 238–239 · Labour Resources and Migrant Workers Welfare Department, Government of Bihar
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