Living Wage Update Report: Urban Pakistan, Punjab, Sialkot (December 2019)

This report updates the living wage and living expenses for the sports ball manufacturing industry in the town of Sialkot, in the Province of Punjab, Pakistan. The net living wage and living expenses are updated to December 2019 to take into account the amount of inflation since the last update in December 2018. Without accounting for inflation, the net living wage estimated in 2019 would not be sufficient for workers to have a basic but decent standard of living because the purchasing power of the living wage would have decreased compared to what it was in 2018. Similarly, living expenses for a reference family are also updated to December 2019 to account for inflation.