Formal employment is increasingly moving out of India’s biggest metros. In H1 FY26, tier-3 cities led organised workforce deployment, accounting for 40% of formal jobs, ahead of tier-1 at 31% and tier-2 at 29%, according to the Quess Corp Pulse report. The shift signals a broader job market realignment across non-metro cities.
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