Median gross hourly salary fell by 21% over 2 years: Monster Salary Index

Manufacturing only sector to post a rise in median gross hourly salary in 2017 at 9%

Median gross hourly salary fell by roughly 21 per cent over two years to stand at Rs 219.4 per hour in 2017, as against Rs 277.1 per hour in 2015, according to the latest salary index report by Monster.com, one of the leading online career and recruitment solutions providers.

The 'Monster Salary Index' (MSI) said that at Rs 230.9 per hour, manufacturing was the only sector in 2017 among the eight captured by the report to see a rise of nine per cent in median gross hourly salary. Moreover, the median gross salary in the manufacturing sector in 2017 at