Tamil Nadu Jobs People in Tamil Nadu are increasingly moving off the farm and into other kinds of work such as construction. But, while growth in non-farm jobs has been positive, it has been slow. And although wage employment grew after 2005, this growth took place mainly in jobs that paid casual wages. Overall, the pace of job creation in the state has lagged behind the expansion of the working age population that is not in school. For women, there are even fewer jobs than before,  and many have dropped out of the labor force. Nearly two-thirds of Tamil Nadu’s people work in non-farm sectors Employment share by sector, (%) 100 46 54 65 80 60 ■ Non-farm 54 ■ Farm 40 46 35 20 0 1994 2005 2012 The share of non-farm employment in Tamil Nadu is among the highest in the country 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 Tamil Nadu Jobs Job growth in Tamil Nadu was slow 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. Most new jobs created in Tamil Nadu after 2005 where in construction Number of jobs, (mn) Annual job growth, 2005-2012 (%) FARM FARM -4 MANU MANU 1 THR THR 1 PUB PUB 1 CONS CONS 11 TRAN TRAN 6 FIRB FIRB 3 MINE+UTIL MINE+UTIL 12 0 3 6 9 12 15 ■ 2005 ■ 2012 2 June 20, 2017 Tamil Nadu Jobs More wage employment in Tamil Nadu after 2005, mainly for casual wages Employment by wage type, (%) 100 37 43 80 Wage Labor 60 22 26 40 42 32 20 Self Employed 0 2005 2012 ■ Casual Wage ■ Salaried ■ Self Employed One in every four workers in Tamil Nadu has a salaried job, which is higher than in many other states 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 Tamil Nadu Jobs Not enough jobs for the growing size of the working age population in Tamil Nadu Million Annual growth, 2005-2012 (%) 60 60 ■ 2005 ■ 2012 Working age population 50 50 +4.9 1.5 not in school 40 40 +0.5 All Workers 0.2 30 30 +1.8 Male Workers 1.3 20 20 -1.3 10 10 -1.6 Female Workers 0 0 Working age All Male Female -2.5 -2.0 -3.0 -2.5 -3.0 -2.0 -1.5-1.5 -1.0-1.0 -0.5 0.00.0 0.50.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.02.0 -0.5 population not Workers Workers Workers in school Female labor force participation declined sharply in Tamil Nadu after 2005 Labor force participation rate, (%) 100 87 85 82 80 83 81 78 Rural Male 60 65 63 Urban Male Rural Female 50 40 Urban Female 34 33 20 27 0 1993-94 2004-05 2011-12 4 June 20, 2017