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🇮🇳India · Lower-middle income · 2026-Q3

Delhi

15composite score · #46 of 50

MEDIUM · sourced, not yet live-verified

LOW-to-MEDIUM provenance, and the 'pending live-verification, will return to HIGH once fetched' framing is withdrawn: the URLs have been fetched. min_wage_url is the strongest citation in this row and it verifies: the Delhi Labour Department PDF (da15april2025.pdf) carries 'OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER (LABOUR), GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI ... F. No. (142)/02/MW/VII' and the row 'Un-skilled | 18066 | 390 | 18456 | 710' payable w.e.f. 01.04.2025, and Rs 18,456 / 208 = Rs 88.73 against a published Rs 88.75, a two-paise rounding difference. median_wage_url and earnings_url both fail: see median_wage_sample and earnings_sample.

Only HIGH-confidence cities carry a full verification audit. See the methodology for what each tier means.

Earnings (USD per hour)

Net, after tax & expensesn/a
Gross$1.15/hr

Source: CollegeSearch India delivery worker monthly pay analysis

What would you take home in Delhi?

30hrs

Take-home, weekly

n/a

Take-home, monthly

n/a

Gross, weekly

$35

Gross, monthly

$150

Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.

Cost of living vs. earnings

Hours of work for one month's rent (1BR outside centre)1849 hours
Rent, 1BR outside centre$148/mo
Restaurant meal (mid-range)$3.65

Pay vs. local labour market

Minimum wage$0.93/hr
Median wage (all occupations)$1.29/hr

Gross hourly is 58% of local minimum wage, 42% of local median.

Notes

Delhi minimum wage INR 18,000/month (skilled). Swiggy and Zomato dominate; Zepto and Blinkit add 10-15 minute grocery vertical. Long hours common (12-14/day).

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See full source citations for this city on the sources page. Read about how each metric is computed in the methodology.

Primary earnings source: www.collegesearch.in/articles/zomato-delivery-boy-salary-vs-swiggy-delivery-boy-salary-inhand-earnings-per-month · archived