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Minimum Wages in Maharashtra

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

Effective from1 July 2026
Next revision due1 January 2027
Revision cycle1 January and 1 July each year

Maharashtra minimum wage rates: shops and establishments

Zone I

Areas within municipal corporation limits, and military and industrial areas within 20km of those limits.

Skill categoryBasicVDATotal per month
Unskilled₹10,021₹4,134₹14,155
Semi-skilled₹10,856₹4,134₹14,990
Skilled₹11,632₹4,134₹15,766

Zone II

A class and B class areas within municipal council limits.

Skill categoryBasicVDATotal per month
Unskilled₹9,425₹4,134₹13,559
Semi-skilled₹10,260₹4,134₹14,394
Skilled₹11,036₹4,134₹15,170

Zone III

All areas not covered by Zone I or Zone II.

Skill categoryBasicVDATotal per month
Unskilled₹8,828₹4,134₹12,962
Semi-skilled₹9,664₹4,134₹13,798
Skilled₹10,440₹4,134₹14,574

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

How Maharashtra sets minimum wages

Governing law

Code on Wages, 2019, in force from 21 November 2025. The rates below come from the Commissioner of Labour's notification dated 5 August 2026, issued after the Code commenced.

Employment covered

Shops and establishments

Revision cycle

1 January and 1 July each year

Official source

Commissioner of Labour, Maharashtra: variable dearness allowance notification dated 5 August 2026, effective 1 July 2026 ↗

Maharashtra notifies around sixty scheduled employments, each with its own rate table. The figures here cover shops and establishments only; manufacturing, construction, security services and hospitality are notified separately and generally cost more. House rent allowance of five percent is payable on top of these figures for establishments covered by the state's HRA rules, and is not included in the totals shown. The special allowance of ₹4,134 is the same across all zones and skill categories, so revisions move every rate by the same absolute amount rather than proportionally.

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Checked against the source notification on 22 August 2026

Frequently asked questions: Maharashtra minimum wages

For shops and establishments effective 1 July 2026, unskilled work starts at ₹14,155 a month in Zone I, ₹13,559 in Zone II and ₹12,962 in Zone III. Skilled work reaches ₹15,766 in Zone I. Other scheduled employments have their own, usually higher, rates.
Zone I covers areas inside municipal corporation limits plus military and industrial areas within 20km of them. Zone II covers A and B class areas within municipal council limits. Zone III covers everything else.
The special allowance is revised twice a year, effective 1 January and 1 July. The current rates were notified on 5 August 2026 and apply retrospectively from 1 July 2026.
No. The totals here are basic plus special allowance. Where the state's house rent allowance rules apply, five percent HRA is payable on top and must be shown separately on the payslip.

Minimum wages in other states

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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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