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Minimum Wages in Goa

Minimum wage rates for shops and commercial establishments in Goa, by skill category and wage zone, with the effective date and the next revision due.

Effective from1 April 2026
Next revision due1 October 2026
Revision cycle1 April and 1 October each year

Goa minimum wage rates: shops and commercial establishments

Zone A

Areas within the Corporation of the City of Panaji and all municipal council limits, and establishments in industrial estates set up by the Goa Industrial Development Corporation or the Economic Development Corporation.

Skill categoryBasicVDAPer dayTotal per month
Unskilled₹10,712₹3,874₹561₹14,586
Semi-skilled₹12,298₹3,874₹622₹16,172
Skilled₹13,728₹3,874₹677₹17,602
Clerical₹13,728₹3,874₹677₹17,602

Zone B

All other areas of the state.

Skill categoryBasicVDAPer dayTotal per month
Unskilled₹10,582₹3,874₹556₹14,456
Semi-skilled₹12,168₹3,874₹617₹16,042
Skilled₹13,598₹3,874₹672₹17,472
Clerical₹13,598₹3,874₹672₹17,472

Rates cover shops and commercial establishments only. Other employments notified in Goa carry their own notified rates, which are usually higher. Verify against the state notification before running payroll.

How Goa sets minimum wages

Governing law

Code on Wages, 2019, in force from 21 November 2025. The rates below come from the Commissioner of Labour and Employment's notification dated 29 April 2026, effective 1 April 2026.

Employment covered

Shops and commercial establishments

Revision cycle

1 April and 1 October each year

Official source

Commissioner of Labour and Employment, Government of Goa: minimum wages notification dated 29 April 2026, effective 1 April 2026 ↗

Goa fixes wages per day and the monthly figures here are the daily rates multiplied by 26. The variable dearness allowance is ₹149 a day, the same for every category and both zones, which is ₹3,874 a month. Goa has no highly skilled category for shops; clerical staff are paid at the skilled rate. The zone gap is small, ₹5 a day, but Zone A reaches beyond the towns: any establishment inside a Goa IDC or EDC industrial estate is Zone A regardless of where the estate sits. Goa's shop rates are among the highest in the country, above Maharashtra and only a little behind Delhi, because the basic rates were reset upward in the August 2023 revision and the VDA has climbed since.

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Checked against the source notification on 6 September 2026

Frequently asked questions: Goa minimum wages

For shops and commercial establishments from 1 April 2026, ₹561 a day or ₹14,586 a month for unskilled work in Zone A and ₹556 or ₹14,456 in Zone B. Skilled and clerical work is ₹677 a day or ₹17,602 in Zone A and ₹672 or ₹17,472 in Zone B.
Zone A is Panaji city corporation, every municipal council area, and establishments in Goa IDC or EDC industrial estates. Zone B is everything else, including the coastal villages. The difference is ₹5 a day across all categories.
No. The shops and commercial establishments schedule has unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and clerical categories, and clerical staff are paid at the skilled rate.
The variable dearness allowance is revised on 1 April and 1 October each year. The current rates run from 1 April to 30 September 2026. The basic rates were last reset in August 2023.

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