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The present study was carried out with socio economic construction workers, working in sivagangai district. An attempt has been made in the paper to understand the socio economic condition of laborers, nature of their work, their working conditions, wage pattern, wage discrimination and other difficulties faced by them at their work place. In order to assess the economic status of women construction worker in Sivagangai district, 500 construction workers (60 sampling from each taluk, Sivagangai, Tiruppattur, Devakottai, Karaikudi, Manamadurai, Tiruppuvanam , kalaiyarkovil and Illayankudi,) of Sivagangai district were randomly selected. To analyze wage discrimination and factors influencing the wage of construction workers in Sivagangai district, the proportionate probability sampling technique was adopted. The conditions of work were unsatisfactory and the problems confronted by them were acute. And that their illiteracy, poverty and indebtedness forced them to work for lower wages and under unjust conditions.