The Chennai job market
₹7.6L
median all-in CTC / year · software engineers, all levels
middle 50% earn
₹4.8L – ₹13.9L
· n=3,076 · 4.1M+ professionals tracked
here
low ₹4.8L
median ₹7.6L
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Salary intent
Salaries in Chennai
What top skills pay in Chennai: benchmark an offer or set a location budget.
₹5.6LCSS median · n=7,210
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Hiring intent
Talent in Chennai
Every tracked professional in Chennai on the graph: filter by skill and level.
4.1M+professionals here
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What Chennai pays
band = middle 50% · every row opens a deeper page SUBJECT PAY DISTRIBUTION MEDIAN SENIOR PROFILES
AutoCAD ₹7.5L₹11.8L108k+
Thin cells are shown, not hidden · medians and senior figures need n ≥ 25 · updated Aug 2026
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Where the pool runs deep
Biggest talent pools in Chennai.
CSS158k+MySQL115k+C++111k+AutoCAD108k+
Software Engineer104k+Adobe Photoshop86k+