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Short answer
A maid in India costs ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 a month part-time, for a few hours of sweeping, mopping and dishes; ₹10,000 to ₹20,000 full-time, for a full day including laundry and utensils; and ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 live-in, with a room and food on top. These are Sevetu's published ranges1. Bengaluru runs higher: Sevetu's city guide puts part-time at ₹6,000 to ₹15,0002.
What does a maid cost for 1 or 2 hours a day?
That's part-time work, and it's priced by the visit and the tasks, not by the hour. One visit a day for sweeping, mopping and dishes in a small home sits in the lower half of ₹2,500 to ₹8,000. Two visits, more rooms, or laundry and bathrooms push it up.
If you need help only some days, part-time costs far less than live-in. Live-in or part-time, compared →
What moves a maid's price?
Write the tasks as a list: floors, dishes, laundry, bathrooms, dusting, folding clothes. A list protects her from tasks that creep in without pay, and protects you from "that wasn't agreed."
What should I pay an all-rounder?
An all-rounder cleans and cooks. On Sevetu's published ranges, a full-time maid is ₹10,000 to ₹20,000 and a full-time cook ₹8,000 to ₹18,000; an all-rounder should sit toward the top of the maid range or above it, never at the average of the two3. She's doing two jobs in one day.
Is there a minimum wage for a maid?
In some states. Karnataka notifies one for domestic work. For Zone 1, the notified areas of BBMP, from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 20274:
The notification sets monthly and daily rates only, with no hourly rate or way to pro-rate, so a part-time maid's pay can't be measured against it4. For a full-time maid in Bengaluru, ₹18,298.96 a month for housekeeping and cleaning is the line not to go under.
Live-in: what to agree
₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a month on the published range, plus a room and meals1. Agree in writing: her room, meals, working hours and a break, a full weekly off, and leave to go home. Live-in isn't automatically cheaper than a full-time maid plus a part-time evening helper. Do both sums.
Write it down
Pay, pay date, tasks, hours, weekly off, leave, notice, and when the yearly raise happens. The ten lines to write down → · How much to raise each year →
The most expensive maid is the one who leaves in week three. The second most expensive is the agency that found her.
Hire a maid on Sevetu
Post the job with the tasks, hours, area and salary. People near you apply, many with a Verified badge from an identity check. Chat without sharing numbers, agree the terms in writing. Posting and hiring are free, and no one takes a cut of her salary5.
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Questions people ask
On Sevetu's published national ranges, ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 a month part-time, ₹10,000 to ₹20,000 full-time and ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 live-in. Metros like Bengaluru run higher.
Two hours a day is part-time work, priced by the visit and the tasks. It usually sits in the middle of the part-time range, ₹2,500 to ₹8,000 a month, and higher in big metros or for more tasks.
For 2026 to 2027, Karnataka's notified minimum wage for housekeeping and cleaning in BBMP areas is ₹18,298.96 a month or ₹703.81 a day. There is no notified hourly rate.
₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a month on Sevetu's published range, plus a room and meals. Agree hours, a full weekly off and leave in writing.
Toward the top of the maid range or above it, because she's doing two jobs. Never the average of a maid's and a cook's pay.
Sources
- Sevetu, Hire a maid, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time maid "₹2,500 to ₹8,000 / month"; full-time "₹10,000 to ₹20,000 / month"; live-in "₹15,000 to ₹25,000 / month". sevetu.com/hire-a-house-help/
- Sevetu, Bangalore pay guide, maid section, read 12 November 2026: part-time ₹6,000 to ₹15,000; full-time ₹12,000 to ₹22,000; live-in or 24-hour ₹18,000 to ₹25,000 or more. sevetu.com/bangalore/cost/
- Sevetu, Hire an all-rounder, read 12 November 2026: "an all-rounder should sit toward the top of the maid range or above it, never at the average of the two". sevetu.com/hire-an-all-rounder/
- Government of Karnataka, Office of the Labour Commissioner, minimum wage rate sheet for 2026-27, Notification No. KAE 68 LWA 2022, Sl. No. 27, Zone 1: housekeeping and cleaning ₹18,298.96 a month and ₹703.81 a day; housekeeping, cleaning and looking after children ₹18,645.02 and ₹717.12. Monthly and daily rates only. karmikaspandana.karnataka.gov.in (PDF)
- Sevetu, Pricing, read 10 November 2026: posting and hiring free; no placement fee, platform fee or commission. sevetu.com/pricing/
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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
