Economy of Golaghat district is mainly agro based. Tea , Rice and Sugarcane are the main agricultural crops grown in the district. Except Numaligarh Refinery, there is no other heavy industries in the district as such.

Tea is the largest agro based industry of the district. There are 63 large Tea gardens producing about 20000MT of tea per year. Moreover, emergence of small tea growers in the agrarian scene has heralded a new revolution in the district. Small scale tea cultivation has got considerable popularity here because of high profit in comparison with other high land crops . It has caught the fancy of educated unemployed youths to take the tea as there profession by choice rather than by circumstance.

Source : Statistical Hand Book, Assam, 1999

Rearing  and reeling of Muga and Endi, making of Japi (headgear) and earthen Potential and extraction of  Agaru oil are the cottage industries prevail in Golaghat district. Quality  Muga silk and  Agaru  oil in Golaghat district  are considered as superior.  Long neck earthen potential made in Dhekial, specially for storing molasses is unique as such long neck earthen pots are not  prepared anywhere in the world. 'Japi' of Naharani of Dergaon finds a market in entire Brahmaputra valley.