Minimum Wage – Grade 3

  • Valid on October 2025
  • The amounts are in Bangladeshi Taka.
  • The amounts are before tax.

Labor classification

Basic Wage House Rent Allowance (50% of basic wage) Medical Allowance Transport + Food Allowance Monthly Total Wage
1. Junior Operator (for operating all types of machines)
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
2. Junior Cutter man / Junior Needle man / Junior Scissor man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
3. Junior Quality Inspector
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
4. Junior Marker / Junior Drawing Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
5. Junior Issue man / Junior Input man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
6. Junior Bundle Man / Junior Numbering Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
7. Junior Auto Spreader / Junior Lay Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
8. Junior Poly man / Junior Packing man / Junior Folding Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
9. Junior Tag man / Junior Spot man / Junior Receive Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
10. Junior Printer / Junior Painter / Junior Dryer man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
11. Junior Screen Exposure
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
12. Junior Ironman / Junior Pressing Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
13. Junior Welder / Junior Fitter / Junior Plumber
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
14. Junior Sample Man
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
15. Junior Distributor
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
16. Assistant Mechanic
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00
17. Assistant Electrician
Minimum wage with effect from December 20, 2023
BDT7,400.00 BDT3,700.00 BDT750.00 BDT1,700.00 BDT13,550.00

Working hours

  • The minimum monthly wage is determined on the basis of daily and weekly working hours which are 8 hours daily and 48 hours per week. Overtime remuneration is paid at the rate of one and a half times or double the daily rate of wages.

Definitions

EPZ: Adamjee EPZ, Chattogram EPZ, Cumilla EPZ, Dhaka EPZ, Ishwardi EPZ, Karnaphuli EPZ, Mongla EPZ, Uttara EPZ, BEPZA EZ

Source

According to the Labour Act 2006, the monthly minimum wage is determined based on the working hours per week.

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