The district arm for minimum wage complaints, e-Shram registration, BOCW welfare cards, and factory inspections.
14.2% of jobs in Sundargarh are formal, better than the typical district. 0.2% of non-regular workers have any social security cover, close to the typical district. Regular wage workers earn ₹602.8, behind the typical district. The District Labour Office is charged with pushing formalisation and protection further into this workforce.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 47.2%. On workers in agriculture at 43.1%, it sits close to the national mark.