| District Name | Total Population |
Wages Earned | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Weakly | Monthly | Irregularly | Not Wages Earner | |||||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
| All India | 299994863 | 28631373 | 9.54% | 6941074 | 2.31% | 57549351 | 19.18% | 11289737 | 3.76% | 195493804 | 65.17% |
| State Total | 28410592 | 3494580 | 12.3% | 1306071 | 4.6% | 5488869 | 19.32% | 708939 | 2.5% | 17395256 | 61.23% |
| Thiruvallur (01) | 1853621 | 132352 | 7.14% | 51407 | 2.77% | 462602 | 24.96% | 29358 | 1.58% | 1177892 | 63.55% |
| Chennai (02) | 4061100 | 240838 | 5.93% | 98845 | 2.43% | 1141631 | 28.11% | 67742 | 1.67% | 2512041 | 61.86% |
| Kancheepuram (03) | 1833804 | 125869 | 6.86% | 43377 | 2.37% | 476429 | 25.98% | 47699 | 2.6% | 1128440 | 61.54% |
| Vellore (04) | 1368989 | 181972 | 13.29% | 40856 | 2.98% | 244406 | 17.85% | 19034 | 1.39% | 882721 | 64.48% |
| Tiruvannamalai (05) | 395415 | 70819 | 17.91% | 4732 | 1.2% | 56495 | 14.29% | 13908 | 3.52% | 249419 | 63.08% |
| Viluppuram (06) | 481214 | 88894 | 18.47% | 5534 | 1.15% | 65192 | 13.55% | 9352 | 1.94% | 312242 | 64.89% |
| Salem (07) | 1374104 | 205949 | 14.99% | 101099 | 7.36% | 220782 | 16.07% | 29753 | 2.17% | 816521 | 59.42% |
| Namakkal (08) | 588568 | 81879 | 13.91% | 83994 | 14.27% | 84555 | 14.37% | 19158 | 3.26% | 318974 | 54.19% |
| Erode (09) | 1033348 | 144727 | 14.01% | 129099 | 12.49% | 156891 | 15.18% | 49195 | 4.76% | 553435 | 53.56% |
| The Nilgiris (10) | 396964 | 42347 | 10.67% | 51475 | 12.97% | 62110 | 15.65% | 12365 | 3.11% | 228667 | 57.6% |
| Dindigul (11) | 655150 | 135671 | 20.71% | 22542 | 3.44% | 89322 | 13.63% | 18598 | 2.84% | 389017 | 59.38% |
| Karur (12) | 368966 | 47692 | 12.93% | 34310 | 9.3% | 63054 | 17.09% | 9600 | 2.6% | 214310 | 58.08% |
| Tiruchirappalli (13) | 1078423 | 143958 | 13.35% | 18908 | 1.75% | 222871 | 20.67% | 39627 | 3.67% | 653059 | 60.56% |
| Perambalur (14) | 93497 | 16624 | 17.78% | 886 | 0.95% | 13445 | 14.38% | 5383 | 5.76% | 57159 | 61.13% |
| Ariyalur (15) | 80710 | 14744 | 18.27% | 506 | 0.63% | 9218 | 11.42% | 2851 | 3.53% | 53390 | 66.15% |
| Cuddalore (16) | 713006 | 106142 | 14.89% | 5263 | 0.74% | 110848 | 15.55% | 19387 | 2.72% | 471363 | 66.11% |
| Nagapattinam (17) | 324887 | 60883 | 18.74% | 2350 | 0.72% | 39750 | 12.24% | 7222 | 2.22% | 214682 | 66.08% |
| Thiruvarur (18) | 244146 | 42990 | 17.61% | 833 | 0.34% | 32192 | 13.19% | 7744 | 3.17% | 160387 | 65.69% |
| Thanjavur (19) | 654145 | 110765 | 16.93% | 7269 | 1.11% | 94929 | 14.51% | 14231 | 2.18% | 426950 | 65.27% |
| Pudukkottai (20) | 267043 | 40404 | 15.13% | 2889 | 1.08% | 43971 | 16.47% | 4915 | 1.84% | 174864 | 65.48% |
| Sivaganga (21) | 353734 | 46109 | 13.03% | 8414 | 2.38% | 57913 | 16.37% | 8827 | 2.5% | 232471 | 65.72% |
| Madurai (22) | 1583600 | 195136 | 12.32% | 45719 | 2.89% | 325667 | 20.56% | 31063 | 1.96% | 986015 | 62.26% |
| Theni (23) | 612512 | 169533 | 27.68% | 8425 | 1.38% | 63693 | 10.4% | 9745 | 1.59% | 361116 | 58.96% |
| Virudhunagar (24) | 628075 | 115161 | 18.34% | 42073 | 6.7% | 98981 | 15.76% | 12616 | 2.01% | 359244 | 57.2% |
| Ramanathapuram (25) | 313094 | 50828 | 16.23% | 2707 | 0.86% | 45037 | 14.38% | 17284 | 5.52% | 197238 | 63% |
| Thoothukkudi (26) | 685773 | 99574 | 14.52% | 22579 | 3.29% | 114487 | 16.69% | 12843 | 1.87% | 436290 | 63.62% |
| Tirunelveli (27) | 1349274 | 239804 | 17.77% | 72250 | 5.35% | 201158 | 14.91% | 32913 | 2.44% | 803149 | 59.52% |
| Kanniyakumari (28) | 1187334 | 198072 | 16.68% | 30539 | 2.57% | 141200 | 11.89% | 27543 | 2.32% | 789978 | 66.53% |
| Dharmapuri (29) | 208992 | 33220 | 15.9% | 9218 | 4.41% | 28110 | 13.45% | 9148 | 4.38% | 129296 | 61.87% |
| Krishnagiri (30) | 385963 | 34571 | 8.96% | 14252 | 3.69% | 82369 | 21.34% | 9319 | 2.41% | 245452 | 63.59% |
| Coimbatore (31) | 2088872 | 173349 | 8.3% | 118275 | 5.66% | 505607 | 24.2% | 81695 | 3.91% | 1208252 | 57.84% |
| Tiruppur (32) | 1146269 | 103704 | 9.05% | 225446 | 19.67% | 133954 | 11.69% | 28821 | 2.51% | 651222 | 56.81% |