The district arm for minimum wage complaints, e-Shram registration, BOCW welfare cards, and factory inspections.
14% of jobs in Pathankot are formal, better than the typical district. 0% of non-regular workers have any social security cover, close to the typical district. Regular wage workers earn ₹734.9, close to the typical district. The District Labour Office is charged with pushing formalisation and protection further into this workforce.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 4.3% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 87% of the population of that age.
In Pathankot, which ranks 3 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on workers in agriculture at 6.4%, against 47.7% nationally and self-employed workers at 39.4%, against 59.3% nationally.