Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh

Table 5 Earnings by employment type

Employment type	25% percentile	50% percentile	75% percentile
(a) Monthly earnings (2016 Taka)
Private employee (base category)	7000	9500	15,000
Government employee	15,000***	25,000***	35,000***
Casual worker	6000	7500***	12,000***
Self-employed (alone/with family)	7500	15,000***	20,000***
Self-employed (with non-family)	15,000***	20,000***	35,000***
Family worker	2500***	7500***	15,000
(b) Hourly earnings (2016 Taka)
Private employee (base category)	114	166	267
Government employee	299***	476***	827***
Casual worker	111	143***	222**
Self-employed (alone/with family)	119	222***	370***
Self-employed (with non-family)	222***	370***	519***
Family worker	91	178	286

Note: Monthly earnings (panel (a)) and hourly earnings (panel (b)), by employment type. Hourly earnings are calculated based on reported monthly earnings and working hours. Earnings information is based on current job at time of survey. Casual worker category includes day laborers, seasonal workers, domestic workers, and apprentices, interns or trainees. Sampling weights are applied. We use quantile regression to test the differences between the earnings quantiles among government employees, casual workers, the self-employed, and the earnings quantiles for private employees (base category). ***, **, and * denote that the associated p value is less than 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1 respectively