What Hyderabad and Telangana employers owe their staff under the Minimum Wages Act 1948, broken down by skill category and zone, per the 30 May 2026 notification effective 1 June 2026.
Minimum wages in Telangana fall under the Minimum Wages Act 1948. The latest Labour Commissioner notification, dated 30 May 2026, sets the Telangana minimum wage rate for every skill category and takes effect from 1 June 2026.
Pay at least the notified rate for the employee's skill category and zone, maintain wage registers (Form III), and display current rates at the workplace.
Four categories, applied uniformly across industries: Unskilled, Semi-Skilled, Skilled, Highly Skilled. Employers assign each employee based on role performed.
Three zones: Zone I (Corporation) for Municipal Corporation areas including Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Zone II (Municipal) for Municipal and Nagar Panchayat areas, Zone III (Rural) for Gram Panchayat areas.
The latest minimum wages in Telangana, notified under the Minimum Wages Act 1948 on 30 May 2026 and applicable from 1 June 2026. The table below lists the monthly minimum wage rate by skill category, including the minimum wages for unskilled labour in Telangana, across Zone I, II, and III. Daily labour wages in Hyderabad equal the monthly rate divided by 26 working days.
Per the Telangana minimum wage notification, daily wages = monthly rate ÷ 26 working days. For Hyderabad (Zone I Corporation):
Disclaimer: The minimum wage Telangana rates shown above reflect the Telangana Labour Department notification dated 30 May 2026, effective 1 June 2026. Hyderabad and Secunderabad fall under Zone I (Corporation). Always verify with the latest G.O. from the Telangana Labour Department before payroll processing. Our platform updates rates within 48 hours of a government notification.
Our payroll engine checks each salary against the current Telangana rates before processing. If a salary falls below the floor, the system stops the payroll run and flags the row.
Every time the Telangana Labour Department publishes a new minimum wage Telangana notification, we push the updated rates to your payroll within 48 hours. Your team skips the manual research and the spreadsheet rewrite.
If a salary falls below the minimum wages in Telangana for the employee's skill category and zone, payroll halts before the bank credit goes out. The system shows the exact shortfall so you can fix it in one click.
Generate the Form III Wage Register required under the Minimum Wages Act Telangana, on demand. Every minimum wage rate validation logs with the employee name, date, and zone, ready before any labour inspector walks in.
Tag every employee with Zone I (Corporation, includes Hyderabad), Zone II (Municipal), or Zone III (Rural) by work location. A transfer between offices updates the zone and the corresponding telangana minimum wages on the next payroll cycle.
Every rate change, salary validation, and override is logged with a timestamp and user ID. Pull the full audit trail for the minimum wages in Telangana you applied, filtered by month or by employee, the day before an inspector visit.
When a fresh Telangana minimum wages notification or G.O. lands, your HR admins get a WhatsApp message and email the same day, with the new rates and effective date. No more learning about a revision three months later from an angry employee.
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