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Getting a job in India, 2026

On 21 November 2025 India brought four labour codes into force and replaced 29 central labour laws in one day, and most people working under them still do not know it happened. Four days before this guide was checked the Cabinet approved raising the provident fund wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000, which is not the ₹21,000 figure being reported. Written for two readers at once: an Indian professional who wants their own market described accurately, and anyone moving into India to work.

Country guidePublished 20 September 2026·Every figure checked 20 September 2026·19 min read
21 Nov 2025
Date the four labour codes came into force, replacing 29 central labour laws
Economic Survey 2025-26, ch 12
₹15,000
EPF wage ceiling still in force. ₹25,000 approved 16 Sep 2026, not yet notified
PIB, Cabinet, 16 Sep 2026
14.3%
Share of employed Indians in a regular wage or salaried job, Jul to Sep 2025
Economic Survey 2025-26, ch 12
19 lakh
People in India's global capability centres, up from 14 lakh five years earlier
Economic Survey 2025-26, ch 7
Section 01

The market, and what an Indian offer letter actually pays you

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This guide is written for two readers at once: an Indian professional who wants their own market described accurately, and someone coming into India to work, whether that is a foreign national on a work visa or a returning NRI or OCI cardholder. Where the two need different answers, the guide says which answer belongs to whom.

India is unusual among the countries covered on this site in that most of the people reading about it already live in it. So this page does not open with visas. It opens with the market, the labour law that changed underneath it in November 2025, and the arithmetic of an Indian offer letter, because those are the things that both readers get wrong in the same way. The inbound material, visas, registration, OCI, PAN and Aadhaar, sits in section 02.

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Section 02

The four labour codes, your notice period, and moving to India

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Section 03

Regulated professions, the Indian CV, and what changed

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