Salaries in India
₹15,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- ₹180,000
- Equals
- $172
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor₹622,700
- CEO₹572,500
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₹561,000
- Senior government officials₹556,200
- IT project manager₹551,500
- Finance manager₹540,100
- Insurance agent₹535,700
- Operations manager₹533,700
- Social media manager₹531,700
- Head of marketing₹528,200
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker₹81,090
- Shelf stacker₹104,500
- Kitchen assistant₹104,600
- Cleaner₹104,900
- Housekeeper₹106,200
- Subsistence crop farmers₹107,800
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers₹107,900
- Garment presser₹108,300
- Subsistence livestock farmers₹109,000
- Fiacre driver₹109,300
By major occupation group
| Managers | ₹40,000 a month |
| Professionals | ₹32,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | ₹20,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | ₹19,500 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | ₹15,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | ₹15,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | ₹12,000 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | ₹10,000 a month |
| Elementary occupations | ₹10,000 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant₹365,400
- Accounts assistant₹238,500
- Accounts clerk₹213,800
- Actor₹255,800
- Actuary₹397,300
- Agricultural technician₹217,600
- Aid worker₹174,300
- Air traffic controller₹357,900
- Air traffic safety technician₹254,900
- Aircraft technician₹217,400
- Airline pilot₹365,500
- Animal carer₹131,700
- Announcer₹336,100
- Anthropologist₹334,000
- Apiarists and sericulturists₹131,400
- Aquaculture support worker₹131,400
- Architect₹354,700
- Art director₹361,100
- Artist₹335,500
- Astrologer₹146,300
- Astrophysicist₹438,300
- Athlete₹235,300
- Audio-visual technician₹222,400
- Audiology technician₹202,700
- Audit clerk₹256,900
- Auto mechanic₹170,600
- Avionics mechanic₹203,600
- Ballet dancer₹299,800
- Bartender₹125,700
- Basketmaker₹145,900
- Beautician₹124,000
- Benefits officer₹233,600
- Bicycle mechanic₹165,400
- Bike assembler₹155,600
- Bindery worker₹143,300
- Blacksmith₹172,900
- Blaster₹205,200
- Boiler operator₹233,000
- Bricklayer₹184,500
- Broadcast engineer₹423,400
- Builder₹186,600
- Bus driver₹182,000
- Butcher₹149,400
- Buyer₹231,300
- Cabinetmaker₹161,300
- Call centre agent₹147,900
- Candle factory worker₹163,700
- Car assembler₹177,700
- Car cleaner₹112,500
- Car electrician₹205,900
- Car painter₹171,000
- Career coach₹342,100
- Caretaker₹149,100
- Carpenter₹177,200
- Carpet worker₹148,400
- Cashier₹117,700
- CEO₹572,500
- Cheese maker₹190,700
- Chef₹196,900
- Chemical engineer₹408,200
- Chemical engineering technician₹265,800
- Chemical operator₹272,000
- Chemical products plant and machine operators₹201,400
- Chemist₹368,700
- Chief engineer₹285,800
- Childcare centre manager₹350,000
- Civil engineer₹396,400
- Civils worker₹151,800
- Cleaner₹104,900
- Cleaners₹122,400
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified₹224,500
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified₹215,900
- Clinical research assistant₹189,900
- Cnc operator₹182,600
- Coffee taster₹162,800
- Commodity trader₹269,000
- Community health worker₹227,200
- Companion₹139,700
- Concrete finisher₹188,500
- Construction foreman₹279,800
- Construction manager₹421,800
- Construction worker₹132,200
- Cook₹132,400
- Corporate trainer₹345,800
- Correctional officer₹184,600
- Corrugator operator₹177,300
- Courier₹119,100
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified₹144,700
- Crane operators₹212,500
- Crop producer₹120,600
- Crop team leader₹120,900
- Croupier₹203,300
- Cure operator₹171,100
- Customer service clerk₹217,000
- Customs agent₹215,900
- Customs officer₹240,200
- Dance teacher₹190,900
- Data administrator₹391,000
- Data centre operator₹271,800
- Data entry clerk₹211,900
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified₹405,700
- Day care worker₹134,900
- Debt collector₹251,100
- Deep-sea fisherman₹124,600
- Dental hygienist₹201,500
- Dentist₹432,100
- Dietitian₹320,100
- Doctor₹516,800
- Door to door seller₹144,700
- Draughtsperson₹241,100
- Driving instructor₹170,200
- Earthmoving and related plant operators₹198,600
- Economist₹414,400
- Education officer₹343,300
- Electric powerline worker₹228,100
- Electrical assembler₹157,500
- Electrical engineer₹432,900
- Electrical technician₹262,100
- Electrician₹193,700
- Electronic engineer₹419,600
- Electronics engineering technician₹244,500
- Elementary school teacher₹344,800
- Embalmer₹154,700
- Embroiderer₹148,900
- Employment agent₹234,900
- Energy manager₹494,300
- Environment engineer₹378,900
- Environmental protection professionals₹346,600
- Esol teacher₹295,200
- Event coordinator₹215,500
- Executive assistant₹228,000
- Fabric cutter₹139,500
- Fabric dyer₹159,000
- Façade cleaner₹138,500
- Facility manager₹493,700
- Factory labourer₹125,400
- Farm equipment operator₹174,700
- Farm hand₹120,900
- Farm hands₹114,300
- Fast food worker₹81,090
- Fiacre driver₹109,300
- File clerk₹237,300
- Fill operator₹144,900
- Finance adviser₹294,500
- Finance manager₹540,100
- Financial analyst₹400,300
- Financier₹401,000
- Fire alarm technician₹197,600
- Firefighter₹204,100
- Fisheries boatman₹124,600
- Fishery production manager₹365,200
- Fitness club manager₹369,700
- Flight attendant₹158,800
- Food and related products machine operators₹161,300
- Food service worker₹116,300
- Food stall holder₹130,000
- Forest ranger₹125,900
- Forest worker₹129,500
- Forester₹397,200
- Forestry advisor₹365,400
- Forestry technician₹222,300
- Forklift operator₹166,900
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers₹155,200
- Fur animal rearer₹133,600
- Garage manager₹424,500
- Gardener₹120,700
- Garment presser₹108,300
- Gas station salesperson₹117,400
- General manager₹464,200
- Geologist₹408,700
- Glassblower₹154,700
- Glassmaker₹176,900
- Glazier₹171,900
- Gluing operator₹147,100
- Grader₹168,200
- Grinder₹168,000
- Guide₹139,800
- Gym worker₹115,400
- Hairdresser₹123,800
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers₹117,400
- Head of marketing₹528,200
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified₹317,800
- Health records clerk₹222,100
- Health screener₹208,000
- Heat treat operator₹180,000
- Hide machine operator₹160,100
- High school teacher₹366,200
- Historian₹349,400
- Horticulturist₹117,600
- Hotel manager₹366,600
- Hotel receptionist₹194,600
- House manager₹147,600
- Household manager₹143,200
- Housekeeper₹106,200
- HR manager₹492,600
- Hunter₹125,700
- Hvac mechanic₹194,800
- Industrial engineer₹408,900
- Industrial painter₹163,900
- Information clerk₹224,300
- Insulator₹179,100
- Insurance agent₹535,700
- Insurance seller₹247,100
- IT presales technician₹400,700
- IT project manager₹551,500
- IT technician₹236,700
- IT trainer₹335,700
- Jeweller₹155,000
- Journalist₹339,800
- Judge₹483,900
- Kitchen assistant₹104,600
- Laboratory technologist₹222,300
- Landscape architect₹357,200
- Laser technician₹264,700
- Laundry worker₹137,700
- Lawyer₹452,600
- Legal aide₹230,200
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified₹389,900
- Legal secretary₹200,400
- Legislators₹225,900
- Librarian₹337,900
- Library assistant₹219,100
- Livestock and dairy producers₹125,600
- Livestock farm labourers₹116,800
- Loan officer₹243,900
- Logistics manager₹446,900
- Loss adjuster₹254,100
- Machine oiler₹204,000
- Mail carrier₹234,500
- Management consultant₹402,400
- Manufacturing director₹477,200
- Market trader₹145,300
- Marketing specialist₹362,000
- Mechanical engineer₹416,200
- Mechanical engineering technician₹270,000
- Medical assistant₹183,500
- Medical herbalist₹212,000
- Medical laboratory technician₹221,400
- Medical transcriber₹201,500
- Medical writer₹325,000
- Metal caster₹191,800
- Metal filer₹176,000
- Metal furnace operator₹250,600
- Metal molder₹169,900
- Metal worker₹176,100
- Metallurgist₹253,500
- Metalworker₹184,300
- Meteorologist₹403,900
- Meter reader₹122,600
- Midwife₹372,600
- Midwife assistant₹235,100
- Mine engineer₹439,000
- Mine supervisor₹283,900
- Miners₹217,900
- Mining assistant₹153,100
- Mixed farmer₹123,400
- Motorcyle courier₹159,400
- Museum curator₹327,400
- Museum technician₹203,900
- Music teacher₹305,100
- Musician₹303,200
- Network engineer₹250,100
- Networks engineer₹404,600
- Nursing assistant₹145,700
- Nursing associate professionals₹220,200
- Nursing home manager₹439,900
- Odd job persons₹127,200
- Office clerk₹233,900
- Office manager₹242,800
- Operations manager₹533,700
- Optician₹194,800
- Optometrist₹355,500
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals₹227,900
- Paper maker₹183,000
- Paramedic₹256,300
- Paramedical practitioners₹404,700
- Passport officer₹237,600
- Pastry cook₹142,800
- Patent agent₹273,300
- Pawnbroker₹191,100
- Payroll clerk₹258,800
- Performer₹240,000
- Personal care attendant₹142,100
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified₹145,500
- Personnel clerks₹247,900
- Pest control technician₹159,900
- Pharmacist₹393,700
- Photo retoucher₹152,700
- Photographer₹201,400
- Physical therapist₹323,600
- Piano tuner₹179,800
- Picker and packer₹110,300
- Plasterer₹169,800
- Plumber₹190,000
- Police detective₹315,700
- Police officer₹207,300
- Policy analyst₹360,500
- Potter₹158,500
- Poultry sexer₹115,700
- Power plant operator₹280,000
- Prepress technician₹163,700
- Preschool teacher₹290,800
- Preschool teaching assistant₹135,600
- Primary school manager₹482,800
- Print operator₹159,300
- Prison teacher₹312,400
- Process operator₹308,300
- Product designer₹334,800
- Product manager₹524,900
- Production line coordinator₹263,800
- Production supervisor₹265,600
- Professor₹374,200
- Project manager₹481,200
- Promotions demonstrator₹124,500
- Proofreader₹248,400
- Psychologist₹371,300
- Public health inspector₹366,300
- Public relations professionals₹338,900
- Pulp control worker₹215,700
- Quality inspector₹250,800
- Radiologic technologist₹260,400
- Rail conductor₹149,100
- Real estate agent₹239,700
- Receptionist₹194,900
- Registered nurse₹376,100
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified₹225,900
- Religious professionals₹294,900
- Religious worker₹202,300
- Rental sales worker₹143,300
- Restaurant manager₹320,800
- Retail sales associate₹141,000
- Retail store supervisor₹160,100
- Riding instructor₹174,900
- Rig driller₹218,500
- Rigger₹202,200
- Roofer₹143,000
- Runway model₹127,100
- Sales engineer₹389,800
- Sales representative₹251,800
- Sawmill operator₹171,000
- Scribes and related workers₹239,500
- Secretary₹240,500
- Security guard₹154,200
- Senior government officials₹556,200
- Set designer₹204,900
- Sewing machine operator₹138,500
- Sex worker₹127,400
- Shelf stacker₹104,500
- Ship pilot₹268,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers₹188,100
- Shoemaker₹145,500
- Shop keeper₹192,100
- Sign installer₹162,400
- Signalman₹219,700
- Slitter operator₹169,800
- Social care worker₹212,700
- Social media manager₹531,700
- Social services manager₹426,900
- Social worker₹330,600
- Software developer₹417,700
- Software programmer₹385,700
- Software tester₹398,700
- Sorter₹129,200
- Special needs teacher₹348,400
- Specialist doctor₹622,700
- Speech therapist₹333,700
- Sport coach₹170,300
- Statistician₹262,300
- Steel erector₹191,100
- Stock coordinator₹227,700
- Stone fabricator₹180,600
- Stone planer₹182,000
- Stonemason₹180,500
- Store manager₹402,400
- Street and related service workers₹122,400
- Street sweeper₹126,700
- Street vendor₹122,000
- Subsistence crop farmers₹107,800
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers₹119,700
- Subsistence livestock farmers₹109,000
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers₹107,900
- Survey enumerator₹222,700
- Surveyor₹368,800
- Switchboard operator₹240,600
- Systems administrator₹389,600
- Systems analyst₹423,600
- Tailor₹128,900
- Tanner₹156,400
- Tax officer₹250,900
- Taxi driver₹152,200
- Technical aide₹250,200
- Telecom administrator₹262,600
- Teller₹247,700
- Tent builder₹181,000
- Test engineer₹409,800
- Textile braider₹153,800
- Textile machine operator₹149,400
- Therapy assistant₹174,200
- Tile installer₹169,700
- Tobacco dryer₹160,700
- Trades union official₹502,400
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₹561,000
- Traditional therapist₹284,100
- Train driver₹251,700
- Translator₹313,100
- Transport clerks₹261,200
- Travel agent₹221,100
- Tree doctor₹114,000
- Truck driver₹185,300
- Typist₹223,200
- Underwater welder₹196,800
- Upholsterer₹150,100
- Urban planner₹376,000
- UX designer₹312,500
- Vet technician₹180,700
- Veterinarian₹383,900
- Vocational teacher₹339,000
- Waiter₹120,100
- Warehouse worker₹129,400
- Waste collector₹128,900
- Watch maker₹176,400
- Water and firewood collectors₹120,700
- Water plant operator₹240,500
- Water-based fisheries worker₹115,800
- Web developer₹386,000
- Web technician₹272,000
- Welder₹179,500
- Wind technician₹218,900
- Winder operator₹150,900
- Window washer₹120,600
- Wood treater₹165,500
- Woodworker₹155,700
- Zoologist₹377,400
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate