Software Engineer in India
₹10.4L
all-in CTC / year
middle 50% earn ₹5.7L – ₹19.4L
· 64,892 verified records
low ₹5.7L
median ₹10.4L
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By city
band = middle 50% · every row opens a deeper page CITY PAY DISTRIBUTION MEDIAN SENIOR PROFILES
Pune ₹9.5L ₹22.3L 63,332
Noida ₹10.2L ₹22.9L 45,022
Gurugram ₹13.6L ₹27.2L 23,159
Kolkata ₹7L ₹14.5L 21,616
Hyderabad ₹10.4L ₹24.2L 190,670
Coimbatore ₹6.8L ₹14.6L 18,413
Lucknow ₹8.3L ₹14.6L 9,962
Navi Mumbai ₹7.8L ₹16.5L 3,651
Nagpur ₹7L ₹13.1L 8,615
Chandigarh ₹9.3L ₹14.6L 8,315
Surat ₹9.5L ₹17.9L 6,601
Bhubaneswar ₹5.4L ₹20L 5,255
Thiruvananthapuram ₹6L ₹12.3L 4,777
Vadodara ₹6.8L ₹14.6L 5,606
Greater Noida ₹7.4L ₹18L 418
Ghaziabad ₹7.3L ₹17.9L 8,546
Faridabad ₹8.9L ₹21L 4,679
Mohali ₹7.5L ₹12L 2,786
Visakhapatnam ₹6.7L · 2,930
Kanpur ₹11L · 2,135
Nashik ₹6.2L ₹16.3L 3,782
Delhi ₹14.1L ₹24L 55,282
Gandhinagar ₹8.3L · 1,173
Madurai ₹5.1L · 3,079
Varanasi ₹10.4L · 2,711
Patna ₹9.9L · 6,914
Mangaluru ₹6.8L · 1,644
Rajkot ₹8.3L · 2,928
Ahmedabad ₹8.9L ₹21L 25,766
Mysuru ₹6.8L · 5,055
Kozhikode ₹5.3L · 1,512
Gwalior ₹9.9L · 1,731
Ranchi ₹9.8L · 2,264
Raipur ₹8.6L · 1,744
Jamshedpur ₹11.7L · 876
Guwahati ₹11.6L · 1,500
Indore ₹7.2L · 14,531
Tiruchirappalli ₹5.8L · 3,102
Ludhiana ₹9.5L · 2,731
Jabalpur ₹7L · 1,684
Nellore ₹5.6L · 1,858
Meerut ₹7.5L · 2,582
Srinagar ₹9.2L · 718
Vellore ₹9.6L · 789
Jaipur ₹12.1L · 13,713
Amritsar ₹9.6L · 1,390
Bhilai ₹8.3L · 372
Salem ₹6.9L · 4,026
Mathura ₹7.2L · 1,019
Pimpri-Chinchwad ₹5L · 4,483
Patiala ₹12L · 1,215
Kottayam ₹5.5L · 2,297
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar ₹6.2L · 2,168
Ambala ₹13L · 1,119
Hisar ₹11.7L · 861
Erode ₹8L · 2,889
Malappuram ₹6L · 1,434
Kakinada ₹6L · 779
Hubli ₹5.8L · 580
Kannur ₹8L · 353
Jammu ₹10.5L · 489
Howrah ₹6.7L · 1,141
Kollam ₹5L · 1,843
Tirunelveli ₹4.1L · 859
Ongole ₹5L · 756
Haldwani ₹11.7L · 297
Ujjain ₹8.8L · 275
Puducherry ₹8L · 2,294
Jalandhar ₹9L · 1,331
Roorkee ₹15L · 289
Palakkad ₹6L · 1,136
Dhanbad ₹13.2L · 830
Panchkula ₹6.5L · 822
Rajamahendravaram ₹5L · 754
Panaji ₹11L · 166
Ajmer ₹15L · 742
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By seniority
Median all-in CTC by experience band, measured across India.
Entry level 0–3 yrs ₹6.6L
Mid-level 3–6 yrs ₹11L
Senior 6+ yrs ₹24.4L
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