Salaries in India

The salary range of employees working in India is, by default, in the range of 19,508.00 INR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 83,809.00 INR (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

This is the total monthly salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.

Gross salary in India is

80% of people earn:

20K - 84K INR

10% earn less lthan 20K INR

10% earns more than 84K INR

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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in India into salary brackets in INR.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in India by age in INR.

<24

Average 30K

median 27K

10% 13K

25% 19K

75% 38K

90% 52K

25-34

Average 48K

median 40K

10% 15K

25% 25K

75% 62K

90% 90K

35-44

Average 59K

median 51K

10% 22K

25% 33K

75% 75K

90% 106K

45-54

Average 51K

median 44K

10% 18K

25% 28K

75% 66K

90% 94K

55+

Average 46K

median 40K

10% 18K

25% 27K

75% 58K

90% 81K

Salaries by gender

Comparison of the average salary of men and women in India (INR).

Men

48,057 INR

45,417 INR

Women

In general, in India, men earn 5.8% more than women.

The best paid positions in India

List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in India (INR).

1. IT Director Top Management

288,827.00 INR

2. IT Architect Information Technology

266,938.00 INR

3. Product Manager - Specialist Banking

224,793.00 INR

4. Software consultant Information Technology

203,509.00 INR

5. Team leader Management

201,913.00 INR

6. IT Product Manager Information Technology

192,153.00 INR

7. Data scientist Information Technology

185,508.00 INR

8. IT Project Manager Information Technology

183,161.00 INR

9. Lead developer Information Technology

181,915.00 INR

10. Sales Manager Management

179,524.00 INR

11. IT Consultant Information Technology

178,469.00 INR

12. Senior Project Manager Management

169,403.00 INR

13. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

153,429.00 INR

14. Software Engineer Information Technology

153,067.00 INR

15. IT Security Specialist Information Technology

152,869.00 INR

16. Regional / Area Manager Management

152,262.00 INR

17. Business Development Manager Management

148,650.00 INR

18. Finance Manager Management

146,886.00 INR

19. IT Manager Management

145,268.00 INR

20. Country Manager/Director Top Management

142,957.00 INR

The worst paid positions in India

List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in India (INR)

1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

20,061.10 INR

2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

22,264.50 INR

3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

22,754.10 INR

4. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

22,931.80 INR

5. Porter, Information Staff General labour

22,999.00 INR

6. Housekeeper Service Industries

23,569.20 INR

7. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

23,805.40 INR

8. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care

23,889.40 INR

9. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

24,266.30 INR

10. Cleaner General labour

24,425.70 INR

11. Packer Production

24,933.60 INR

12. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

25,068.00 INR

13. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

25,087.20 INR

14. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

25,212.00 INR

15. General Labourer General labour

25,303.20 INR

16. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

25,341.60 INR

17. Machine Operator Mechanical Engineering

25,388.00 INR

18. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

25,456.80 INR

19. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

25,568.20 INR

20. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

25,615.20 INR

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

The newest profiles in the salary survey

List of the latest respondents whose data are used in further salary survey calculations.

Cloud Engineer
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,588 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

135,000 INR

Anually salary

19,056 USD

Anually salary

1,620,000 INR

Posted: 2025-04-19 20:13:52

Cloud Engineer
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

588 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

50,000 INR

Anually salary

7,056 USD

Anually salary

600,000 INR

Posted: 2025-04-18 09:16:20

Chief Accountant Deputy
Economy, Finance, Accountancy

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

771 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

65,567 INR

Anually salary

9,252 USD

Anually salary

786,804 INR

Posted: 2025-04-16 00:11:27

Team leader
Management

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

741 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

63,000 INR

Anually salary

8,892 USD

Anually salary

756,000 INR

Posted: 2025-04-11 01:27:27

Metallurgy Engineer
Mining, Metallurgy

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

653 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

55,500 INR

Anually salary

7,836 USD

Anually salary

666,000 INR

Posted: 2025-04-09 10:56:06

Compensation & Benefit Specialist
Human Resources

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,549 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

131,667 INR

Anually salary

18,588 USD

Anually salary

1,580,004 INR

Posted: 2025-04-07 16:59:24

Senior Project Manager
Management

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

4,363 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

371,000 INR

Anually salary

52,356 USD

Anually salary

4,452,000 INR

Posted: 2025-04-06 09:40:40

Product Manager - Specialist
Banking

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

2,127 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

180,833 INR

Anually salary

25,524 USD

Anually salary

2,169,996 INR

Posted: 2025-04-04 14:09:28

Software Engineer
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

829 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

70,500 INR

Anually salary

9,948 USD

Anually salary

846,000 INR

Posted: 2025-03-31 15:32:55

Software consultant
Information Technology

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

India

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,960 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

166,667 INR

Anually salary

23,520 USD

Anually salary

2,000,004 INR

Posted: 2025-03-21 17:07:07

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Salary ranges

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