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Unemployment and income are main reasons to move and most of the moves are related to job or occupational changes. Due to lack of skills and educational qualifications, very limited opportunities are available in the high productivity industrial and service sector in the urban areas. So, these migrants seek employment in less productive activities in the urban informal sector. To analyse occupational pattern and mobility of migrant workers in Tirupur Garment industry, 1289 samples (825 male and 464 female) were collected from various garment processing units like Knitting, Dying and Bleaching, Compacting, Embroidery and Finishing units in and around Tirupur. The logit regression model was used to analyse the occupational mobility of Migrant workers. The results suggested that age and training variables have negative influence and experience and income variables are positive influence with occupational mobility of migrant workers. Education does not shown any impact on the occupational mobility of migrant workers.