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What share of Indians are employed?

52.7%
Sep 2026▼ 0.1 vs Aug 2026

MoSPI · released 15 Oct 2026 · next due by 16 Nov 2026

What share of Indians are employed?
PeriodValue (%)
Sep 202652.7
Aug 202652.8
Jul 202652.5
Jun 202651.4
May 202651.4
Apr 202652.2
Mar 202652.6
Feb 202653.2
Jan 202653.1
Dec 202553.4
Nov 202553.2
Oct 202552.5
Sep 202552.4
Aug 202552.2
Jul 202552.0
Jun 202551.2
May 202551.7
Apr 202552.8

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India's worker population ratio was 52.7% in Sep 2026 (persons aged 15 and above, current weekly status), compared with 52.8% in Aug 2026. Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Monthly Bulletin.

Cite as: Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Monthly Bulletin (NSO, MoSPI), Sep 2026

What this shows

  • 52.7% of persons aged 15 and above were employed in September 2026: 73.6% of men and 32.8% of women.
  • The ratio is higher in rural areas (55.5%) than urban (47.2%) in September 2026.
  • Since April 2025 it has ranged from 51.2% (June 2025) to 53.4% (December 2025), falling in the May–June lean season.

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Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Monthly Bulletin (NSO, MoSPI), Sep 2026

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Source and method

Source
MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Monthly Bulletin
Table
PLFS Monthly Bulletin, Statement 2, WPR, persons 15 years and above, rural + urban, All India (CWS)
Released
15 Oct 2026
Retrieved
18 Oct 2026
Next due
by 16 Nov 2026
Processing
Copied as published.
Licence
GODL-India
What exactly is measured

Worker population ratio: the share of persons aged 15 and above who worked for at least one hour in the week before the survey, rural and urban combined, in current weekly status (CWS), from the Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly bulletin. Monthly estimates began with the new survey design in April 2025; they are not comparable with older quarterly or annual PLFS figures.

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History: every published version

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No figure in this series has been revised since we began recording on 18 Oct 2026.

  1. 18 periods, latest Sep 2026: 52.7% · first snapshotArchived source8c6689b2f0d5
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  • 52.7%Sep 2026, monthly bulletin

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