<p>Have you checked CMIE CPHS database?It provides monthly wage income.
<a href="https://consumerpyramidsdx.cmie.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://consumerpyramidsdx.cmie.com/</a></p>

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hey @chris jude, this is super useful! I am afraid that CMIE has a price tag that goes way above what I am willing to pay. CMIE did link to an academic paper that sort of gives me what I wanted. Cheers! :)
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I am keeping the question open for a while longer to see if any other options pop up. In particular, I would like to get weekly/monthly wage data.
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This might be also useful for you. CMIE is paid data. NSSO is available and is widely used in literature - India - Employment and Unemployment, July 2011- June 2012, NSS 68th Round. http://www.microdata.gov.in/nada43/index.php/catalog/127. Although I am not quite sure whether it will serve the purpose, please also check PLFS data available in the same website
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<p>Following @Chris Jude's clue, I found this paper: <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2022.2141438" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2022.2141438</a></p>
<p>Maiti, A. (2022). Heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 pandemic on individual income across industries. Applied Economics Letters, 1-8.</p>
<p>Table 1 of the paper has average annual wages by industry along with sample sizes. This allows me to calculate a weighted mean. I can also exclude agriculture and related industries to make the sample more &quot;urban&quot; and &quot;educated&quot;.</p>

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<p>I am trying to find wage data on Indians. In particular, I want to find  relatively new information on the average daily/weekly/hourly (slight preference for the weekly, but could live with any alternative) of college educated Indian male wages.</p>
<p>I have found this</p>
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<li><a href="https://m.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook%20of%20Statistics%20on%20Indian%20States" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://m.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook%20of%20Statistics%20on%20Indian%20States</a>, but it only has information on rural workers, and</li>
<li>this: <a href="https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---sro-new_delhi/documents/publication/wcms_638305.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---sro-new_delhi/documents/publication/wcms_638305.pdf</a>, but its data is from 2008.</li>
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<p>I could even use the 2008 data if I would have access to a level of earnings index from India to update the data to a later year, but alas, I do not have that either.</p>
<p>I also took a look at the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), but I think that's also a bit too old.</p>
<p>Any tips much welcome! Thanks!</p>

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# India hourly/daily/weekly wages data

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-30)

I am trying to find wage data on Indians. In particular, I want to find relatively new information on the average daily/weekly/hourly (slight preference for the weekly, but could live with any alternative) of college educated Indian male wages.

I have found this

* <https://m.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx?head=Handbook%20of%20Statistics%20on%20Indian%20States>, but it only has information on rural workers, and
* this: <https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---sro-new_delhi/documents/publication/wcms_638305.pdf>, but its data is from 2008.

I could even use the 2008 data if I would have access to a level of earnings index from India to update the data to a later year, but alas, I do not have that either.

I also took a look at the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), but I think that's also a bit too old.

Any tips much welcome! Thanks!

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-12-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Have you checked CMIE CPHS database?It provides monthly wage income.
<https://consumerpyramidsdx.cmie.com/>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: hey @chris jude, this is super useful! I am afraid that CMIE has a price tag that goes way above what I am willing to pay. CMIE did link to an academic paper that sort of gives me what I wanted. Cheers! :)  
> **username_0**: I am keeping the question open for a while longer to see if any other options pop up. In particular, I would like to get weekly/monthly wage data.  
> **username_1**: This might be also useful for you. CMIE is paid data. NSSO is available and is widely used in literature - India - Employment and Unemployment, July 2011- June 2012, NSS 68th Round. http://www.microdata.gov.in/nada43/index.php/catalog/127. Although I am not quite sure whether it will serve the purpose, please also check PLFS data available in the same website  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2022-12-07. Score: 1

Following @Chris Jude's clue, I found this paper: <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2022.2141438>

Maiti, A. (2022). Heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 pandemic on individual income across industries. Applied Economics Letters, 1-8.

Table 1 of the paper has average annual wages by industry along with sample sizes. This allows me to calculate a weighted mean. I can also exclude agriculture and related industries to make the sample more "urban" and "educated".


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