Karnataka's 60% minimum wage hike sets Bengaluru floor at ₹23,376/month, squeezing retail labour budgets
The state notification covers 81 scheduled employments, lifting unskilled wages to ₹23,376 and skilled to ₹31,114 in Bengaluru, plus a ₹1,030 VDA. Stores, warehouses and QSR operators face immediate cost pressure on frontline payrolls across Karnataka.
What happened
Government of Karnataka · Karnataka has notified a 60% minimum wage hike, setting Bengaluru's floor at ₹23,376/month for unskilled and ₹31,114 for skilled
Key facts
- 60%
- ₹23,376
- ₹31,114
- 81 scheduled employments
- ₹1,030 VDA
Why this matters
Revisit Karnataka M&A and expansion models with a higher labour cost base, as the new wage floor reshapes deal economics for store networks, dark stores, and warehouse-heavy targets in Bengaluru.