Minimum Wages in Chandigarh

Minimum wage rates for all scheduled employments in Chandigarh, by skill category, with the effective date and the next revision due.

Effective from1 October 2025

Next revision due1 October 2026

Revision cycle1 April and 1 October each year, notified in arrears

Chandigarh minimum wage rates: all scheduled employments

Chandigarh applies a single rate across the union territory and across all scheduled employments, with no zone classification.

Skill category	Per day	Total per month
Unskilled	₹560	₹14,562
Semi-skilled II	₹566	₹14,712
Semi-skilled I	₹570	₹14,812
Skilled II	₹577	₹15,012
Skilled I	₹586	₹15,237
Highly skilled	₹601	₹15,637
Staff class III	₹571	₹14,837
Staff class II	₹576	₹14,987
Staff class I	₹590	₹15,347

Chandigarh notifies a single consolidated figure per category rather than a separate basic and dearness allowance, so the table shows the total only.

Rates cover all scheduled employments only. Other employments notified in Chandigarh carry their own notified rates, which are usually higher. Verify against the state notification before running payroll.

How Chandigarh sets minimum wages

Governing law

Code on Wages, 2019, in force from 21 November 2025. The rates below come from the Chandigarh Administration Labour Department's notification dated 16 December 2025, effective 1 October 2025.

Employment covered

All scheduled employments

Revision cycle

1 April and 1 October each year, notified in arrears

Official source

Labour Department, Chandigarh Administration: minimum wages notification dated 16 December 2025, effective 1 October 2025 ↗

Chandigarh's schedule is compressed: the whole range from unskilled to highly skilled spans only ₹1,075 a month, and semi-skilled and skilled each split into grades I and II a hundred or two hundred rupees apart. Office staff are graded in three classes that sit within the same band. The union territory notifies twice a year but late; the October 2025 revision was signed on 16 December 2025, and the April 2026 revision had not been notified by September 2026, so employers are paying the October 2025 figures and should provision for arrears from April. The rates are consolidated, with the dearness allowance built into the single figure, and the daily rate is the monthly figure divided by 26. Chandigarh follows the Punjab pattern of a development tax on salaried employees.

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Frequently asked questions: Chandigarh minimum wages

What is the minimum wage in Chandigarh?

₹14,562 a month or ₹560 a day for unskilled work, rising through semi-skilled grades II and I at ₹14,712 and ₹14,812 and skilled grades II and I at ₹15,012 and ₹15,237 to ₹15,637 for highly skilled work, under the notification of 16 December 2025 effective 1 October 2025.

Has Chandigarh revised its minimum wage for April 2026?

Not as of September 2026. The revision falls due on 1 April and 1 October each year, but the April 2026 notification had not issued. When it does it will take effect from 1 April 2026, so employers should hold a provision for arrears.

What are the staff classes in the Chandigarh minimum wage?

Three grades for clerical and office staff: class III at ₹14,837 a month, class II at ₹14,987 and class I at ₹15,347. They sit between the skilled and highly skilled rates for manual categories.

Does the Chandigarh minimum wage include dearness allowance?

Yes. Chandigarh notifies a single consolidated figure per category with the dearness allowance built in, and the whole figure moves at each revision.

Keep minimum wages current without tracking notifications

Engage HRMS applies the right minimum wage by work location and skill category, and flags employees who fall below the floor when a state issues its next revision.

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