New Delhi, June 25 -- More than half of Gen Z employees across Delhi NCR are unhappy with their salary, mainly due to the higher cost of living, a new study has found.

According to a report by global HR and payroll platform Deel, salary dissatisfaction is highest in metro cities. Delhi-NCR is leading with 55 per cent of Gen Z workers unhappy with their pay, followed by Mumbai at 48 per cent and Chennai at 38 per cent.

Growing financial strain is a major contributor to the dissatisfaction with salary, the report said.

The top reasons attributed to the dissatisfaction include lack of inflation-adjusted pay hikes (21 per cent), below-market compensation (19 per cent), salaries insufficient to cover needs beyond basic expenses (14 per cent...