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Assam Jobs
People in Assam are increasingly moving off the farm and into other kinds of work. Nonetheless, half of Assam’s workforce is still on the farm. Despite positive job growth in the non-farm sectors of its economy, the state ranks very low on overall job creation. Moreover, very few working adults have salaried jobs. There are even fewer job opportunities for women who have withdrawn from the labor force in large numbers.
Non-farm employment is increasing in Assam, but more than half the workforce is still on the farm Employment share by sector, (%) 100
32
29
44
80 71
60
■ Non-farm
68
■ Farm
56
40
20
0 1994
2005
2012
Non-farm employment share in Assam is below the national average Non-farm employment share, 2012 (%)
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100
80
100
96
74
73 65
60
64
61
61
58
57 51
51
40
51
51
50
50
50
48
47
45
44
44
43
42
41
40
38
38 32
27
20
0 DL GA KL TR TN PJ MN WB JK HR GJ UK AI MH JH KA RJ UP AP MZ OD AS MG HP MP NL SK BH AR CG
Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
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Assam ranks very low on overall job growth after 2005 Number of jobs added, 2005-2012 (mn)
Annual job growth, 2005-2012 (%)
WB UP RJ MH CG BH OD AP DL MP GJ TN
WB
1.8
UP
0.8
RJ
1.1
MH
0.5
CG
1.6
BH
0.5
OD
0.7
AP
0.3
DL
2.2
MP
0.4
GJ
0.3
TN
0.2
PJ
PJ
0.5
TR HP SK MG GA MZ MN AR AS KL JH HR NL UK KA
TR
4.4
-1
0
1
2
3
4
HP
1.3
SK
3.9
MG
0.7
GA
1.3
MZ
1.1
MN
0.1
AR
-0.1
AS
0.0
KL
-0.1
JH
-0.2
HR
-0.3
NL
-3.6
UK
-1.0
KA
-0.5
5
Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
While the non-farm sectors created new jobs in Assam after 2005, millions of farm jobs were lost Number of jobs, (mn)
Annual job growth, 2005-2012 (%)
FARM
FARM
-3
THR
THR
5
PUB
PUB
1
MANU
MANU
7
TRAN
TRAN
2
CONS
CONS
14
MINE+UTIL
-2
FIRB
18
MINE+UTIL FIRB
0
2
1
2
3
■ 2005 June 20, 2017
4
5
■ 2012
6
7
8
Assam Jobs
Little change in wage employment in Assam after 2005 Employment by wage type, (%) 100
19
18 Wage Labor
80
60
12
14
69
68
40 Self Employed
20
0 2005
■ Casual Wage
2012
■ Salaried
■ Self Employed
The share of adults with salaried jobs in Assam is lower than the national average Salaried jobs share, 2012 (%) 70 63
60
60
50 40 30
28
27
26
25
24
24
23
22
22
22
20 10
21
19
18
18
18
18
17
17
14
14
13
13
11
11
11
10
10 6
0 DL GA PJ MH TN GJ NL HR KA KL MZ SK JK AR HP AP AI UK WB MG MN AS RJ TR MP UP OD JH CG BH
Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
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Not enough jobs in Assam for the size of the working age population not in school, especially for females Million 20
Annual growth, 2005-2012 (%) 20
â– 2005
+3.1 15
â– 2012
Working age population not in school
15
0.0 10
2.5
0.0
All Workers
10
+0.8 1.4
Male Workers 5
5
-0.9
0
0 Working age population not in school
All Workers
Male Workers
Female Workers
Female Workers
-6
-5.6
-4-6
-2-4
0 -2
20
Sharp decline in female labor force participation in Assam after 2005 Labor force participation rate, (%) 100 84
80
87
82 76
83
77
Rural Male
60
Urban Male Rural Female
40
Urban Female
33 25 18
20 16
17
1993-94
2004-05
13
0
4
June 20, 2017
2011-12
42
64
6