11.09 Daily Average Wage Rates of Selected Industrial Workers
| (Taka per day) | |||||||
| Type of labor | Category | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | |
| 1. Industries | |||||||
| i) Cotton | Skilled | 74 | 79 | 81 | 100 | 100 | |
| Textile | Unskilled | 63 | 68 | 69 | 76 | 76 | |
| ii) Jute | Skilled | 74 | 79 | 81 | 100 | 100 | |
| Textile | Unskilled | 63 | 68 | 69 | 76 | 76 | |
| iii) Matches | Skilled | 74 | 79 | 81 | 100 | 100 | |
| Unskilled | 63 | 68 | 69 | 76 | 76 | ||
| iv) Engineering (Fitter) | Skilled | 84 | 86 | 97 | 107 | 121 | |
| Unskilled | 72 | 75 | 84 | 87 | 94 | ||
| v) Edible oil | Skilled | 66 | 74 | 80 | 90 | 93 | |
| Unskilled | 56 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 84 | ||
| Average of | Skilled | 74 | 79 | 84 | 100 | 103 | |
| all Industries | Unskilled | 63 | 69 | 72 | 79 | 81 | |
| 2. Small Scale industry | |||||||
| (Handloom) | Skilled | 63 | 67 | 71 | 76 | 82 | |
| Source: Price Section, BBS. | |||||||