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Short answer
Choose part-time if you want control over your day and to be home every night; full-day if you want one steady salary and still sleep at home; live-in if you want the most money and no rent or food costs, and can live with long days away from family. On Sevetu's published maid ranges, that's ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 per house, ₹10,000 to ₹20,000 and ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a month1.
Count the hours
Divide the monthly pay by the hours you actually work. A live-in job at ₹20,000 for fourteen hours a day, six days a week, is about ₹55 an hour. A full-day job at ₹15,000 for nine hours a day, six days, is about ₹64 an hour. Live-in also saves rent and food, so add those back in before you decide.
Our take: live-in isn't automatically the better deal, for either side. It works when the hours, the rest and the room are written down.
Before you say yes to live-in
- Your own room with a door, and a place for your things.
- Meals: the same food the family eats.
- Hours: a start, an end, and a real break.
- A full weekly off, and leave to visit home.
- Your phone and your documents stay with you.
Before you say yes to part-time
- The exact tasks in each house, so they don't grow.
- The time slot, so two houses don't overlap.
- What happens on festival days and when you're sick.
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Questions people ask
It pays more and saves rent and food, but takes your nights and privacy. Count your hours and get rest, a room and a weekly off in writing before deciding.
On Sevetu's published range, ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a month, plus room and food.
Yes. Many workers do two to four houses a day. Agree the tasks and time slot in each so they don't overlap.
Sources
- Sevetu, Hire a maid, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time maid ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 a month; full-time ₹10,000 to ₹20,000; live-in ₹15,000 to ₹25,000. sevetu.com/hire-a-house-help/
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Written by the Sevetu teamSevetu is a hiring marketplace for household work in India, operated by Fiel Private Limited. These guides come from the questions families and workers ask us. Nothing here is sponsored, and where a number has no defensible source we say so instead of inventing one. About Sevetu
