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 There are even fewer job opportunities for women who have withdrawn from the labor force in large numbers.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 29 32 44 80 71 ■ Non-farm 60 68 56 ■ Farm 40 20 0 1994 2005 2012 Non-farm employment share in Assam is below the national average Non-farm employment share, 2012 (%) 100 100 96 80 74 73 65 64 61 61 60 58 57 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 48 47 45 44 44 43 42 41 40 38 40 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. 1 June 20, 2017 Assam Jobs Assam ranks very low on overall job growth after 2005 Number of jobs added, 2005-2012 (mn) Annual job growth, 2005-2012 (%) WB WB 1.8 UP UP 0.8 RJ RJ 1.1 MH MH 0.5 CG CG 1.6 BH BH 0.5 OD OD 0.7 AP AP 0.3 DL DL 2.2 MP MP 0.4 GJ GJ 0.3 TN TN 0.2 PJ PJ 0.5 TR TR 4.4 HP HP 1.3 SK SK 3.9 MG MG 0.7 GA GA 1.3 MZ MZ 1.1 MN MN 0.1 AR AR -0.1 AS AS 0.0 KL KL -0.1 JH JH -0.2 HR HR -0.3 NL NL -3.6 UK UK -1.0 KA KA -0.5 -1 0 1 2 3 4 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 MINE+UTIL -2 FIRB FIRB 18 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ■ 2005 ■ 2012 2 June 20, 2017 Assam Jobs Little change in wage employment in Assam after 2005 Employment by wage type, (%) 100 19 18 Wage Labor 80 12 14 69 68 60 40 Self Employed 20 0 2005 2012 ■ Casual Wage ■ 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 21 20 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 14 14 13 13 11 11 11 10 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. 3 June 20, 2017 Assam Jobs Not enough jobs in Assam for the size of the working age population not in school, especially for females Million Annual growth, 2005-2012 (%) 20 20 +3.1 ■ 2005 ■ 2012 Working age population 2.5 not in school 15 15 0.0 All Workers 0.0 10 10 +0.8 Male Workers 1.4 5 5 -0.9 Female Workers -5.6 0 0 Working age All Male Female -6 -4-6 -2-4 0 -2 20 42 64 6 population not Workers Workers Workers in school Sharp decline in female labor force participation in Assam after 2005 Labor force participation rate, (%) 100 87 84 83 80 82 76 77 Rural Male 60 Urban Male Rural Female 40 Urban Female 33 25 18 20 16 17 13 0 1993-94 2004-05 2011-12 4 June 20, 2017