KEY TAKEAWAYS

▪ First, SC-ST workers have a lower relative share in better paying occupations and higher share in low paying occupations

▪ Second, even among SCs and STs, some sub-castes and tribes are better off than the rest

▪ Third, the occupational break-up of workers varies drastically among states while SC/ST workers in northeastern states have a much higher share in better paying occupations than in the rest of the country