A person working in Developers and Programmers in India typically earns around 29,300 INR per month. Salaries range from 23,800 INR (lowest average) to 40,400 INR (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).
This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Salaries vary drastically between different Developers and Programmers careers. If you are interested in the salary of a particular job, see below for salaries for specific job titles.
Job Title | Average Salary |
ABAP Developer | 27,700 INR |
Android Developer | 30,200 INR |
Angular Developer | 27,600 INR |
AS400 Programmer | 32,100 INR |
Avaloq Developer | 29,000 INR |
BizTalk Developer | 32,300 INR |
Build and Release Engineer | 28,100 INR |
Business Intelligence Developer | 32,500 INR |
Business Objects Developer | 28,900 INR |
C# Developer | 33,000 INR |
C++ Developer | 33,300 INR |
CMS Developer | 25,700 INR |
Curam Developer | 25,700 INR |
Developer / Programmer | 30,900 INR |
Flash Developer | 26,500 INR |
Front End Developer | 26,100 INR |
Full Stack Developer | 31,400 INR |
Game Developer | 28,100 INR |
GIS Developer | 29,900 INR |
Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) Programmer | 26,900 INR |
Graphics Programmer | 26,900 INR |
Imaging Programmer | 26,900 INR |
IOS Developer | 33,300 INR |
Java Developer | 33,300 INR |
Javascript Developer | 30,400 INR |
Lead Developer | 35,600 INR |
Mobile Developer | 30,900 INR |
Multimedia Developer | 26,900 INR |
Nodejs Developer | 32,300 INR |
Oracle Developer | 32,300 INR |
Perl Developer | 26,100 INR |
PHP Developer | 27,300 INR |
Python Developer | 32,300 INR |
Remedy Developer | 24,900 INR |
Ruby Developer | 28,000 INR |
Salesforce Developer | 24,100 INR |
SAS Programmer | 27,700 INR |
Sharepoint Developer | 32,300 INR |
Software Development Manager | 40,400 INR |
Software QA Engineer | 28,100 INR |
Software Test Engineer | 26,500 INR |
Teradata Developer | 25,300 INR |
TIBCO Developer | 26,100 INR |
User Experience Designer | 26,900 INR |
VB Developer | 23,800 INR |
VB.NET Developer | 31,400 INR |
Developers and Programmers salaries in India range from 23,800 INR per month (minimum average salary) to 40,400 INR per month (maximum average salary, actual maximum is higher).
The median salary is 28,100 INR per month, which means that half (50%) of people working in Developers and Programmers are earning less than 28,100 INR while the other half are earning more than 28,100 INR. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.
Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of people working in Developers and Programmers are earning less than 23,300 INR while 75% of them are earning more than 23,300 INR. Also from the diagram, 75% of people working in Developers and Programmers are earning less than 32,900 INR while 25% are earning more than 32,900 INR.
Both are indicators. If your salary is higher than both of the average and the median then you are doing very well. If your salary is lower than both, then many people are earning more than you and there is plenty of room for improvement. If your wage is between the average and the median, then things can be a bit complicated. We wrote a guide to explain all about the different scenarios. How to compare your salary
The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher the wage.
Generally speaking, employees having experience from two to five years earn on average 32% more than freshers and juniors across all industries and disciplines.
Professionals with experience of more than five years tend to earn on average 36% more than those with five years or less of work experience.
As you hit the ten years mark, the salary increases by 21% and an additional 14% for those who have crossed the 15 years mark.
Those figures are presented as guidelines only. The numbers become more significant if you consider one job title at a time.
Though gender should not have an effect on pay, in reality, it does. So who gets paid more: men or women? Male employees in India who work in Developers and Programmers earn 12% more than their female counterparts on average.
Male | 31,200 INR | |
Female | -10% | 28,000 INR |
Developers and Programmers professionals in India are likely to observe a salary increase of approximately 10% every 17 months. The national average annual increment for all professions combined is 9% granted to employees every 16 months.
The term 'Annual Salary Increase' usually refers to the increase in 12 calendar month period, but because it is rarely that people get their salaries reviewed exactly on the one year mark, it is more meaningful to know the frequency and the rate at the time of the increase.
The annual salary Increase in a calendar year (12 months) can be easily calculated as follows: Annual Salary Increase = Increase Rate x 12 ÷ Increase Frequency
Banking | 1% | |
Energy | 2% | |
Information Technology | 3% | |
Healthcare | 4% | |
Travel | 5% | |
Construction | 6% | |
Education | 7% |
Listed above are the average annual increase rates for each industry in India for the year 2021. Companies within thriving industries tend to provide higher and more frequent raises. Exceptions do exist, but generally speaking, the situation of any company is closely related to the economic situation in the country or region. These figures tend to change frequently.
Developers and Programmers is considered to be a moderate bonus-based field due to the generally limited involvement in direct revenue generation, with exceptions of course. The people who get the highest bonuses are usually somehow involved in the revenue generation cycle.
49% of surveyed staff in Developers and Programmers reported that they haven't received any bonuses or incentives in the previous year while 51% said that they received at least one form of monetary bonus.
Those who got bonuses reported rates ranging from 3% to 5% of their annual salary.
Received Bonus | 51% | |
No Bonus | 49% |
The most standard form of bonus where the employee is awarded based on their exceptional performance.
Company Performance BonusesOccasionally, some companies like to celebrate excess earnings and profits with their staff collectively in the form of bonuses that are granted to everyone. The amount of the bonus will probably be different from person to person depending on their role within the organization.
Goal-Based BonusesGranted upon achieving an important goal or milestone.
Holiday / End of Year BonusesThese types of bonuses are given without a reason and usually resemble an appreciation token.
People tend to confuse bonuses with commissions. A commission is a prefixed rate at which someone gets paid for items sold or deals completed while a bonus is in most cases arbitrary and unplanned.
The main two types of jobs | |
Revenue Generators | Supporting Cast |
Employees that are directly involved in generating revenue or profit for the organization. Their field of expertise usually matches the type of business. | Employees that support and facilitate the work of revenue generators. Their expertise is usually different from that of the core business operations. |
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Revenue generators usually get more and higher bonuses, higher salaries, and more frequent salary increments. The reason is quite simple: it is easier to quantify your value to the company in monetary terms when you participate in revenue generation.
Top management personnel and senior employees naturally exhibit higher bonus rates and frequencies than juniors. This is very predictable due to the inherent responsibilities of being higher in the hierarchy. People in top positions can easily get double or triple bonus rates than employees down the pyramid.
The hourly wage is the salary paid in one worked hour. Usually jobs are classified into two categories: salaried jobs and hourly jobs. Salaried jobs pay a fix amount regardless of the hours worked. Hourly jobs pay per worked hour. To convert salary into hourly wage the above formula is used (assuming 5 working days in a week and 8 working hours per day which is the standard for most jobs). The hourly wage calculation may differ slightly depending on the worked hours per week and the annual vacation allowance. The figures mentioned above are good approximations and are considered to be the standard. One major difference between salaried employees and hourly paid employees is overtime eligibility. Salaried employees are usually exempt from overtime as opposed to hourly paid staff.
The average salary for Developers and Programmers is 9% less than that of Information Technology. Also, Information Technology salaries are 0% more than those of All Jobs.
City | Average Salary |
agra | 26,700 INR |
Ahmadabad | 33,000 INR |
Bangalore | 31,700 INR |
Bhopal | 28,900 INR |
Chennai | 31,000 INR |
Coimbatore | 27,400 INR |
Delhi | 33,400 INR |
Ghaziabad | 28,000 INR |
Hyderabad | 34,200 INR |
Indore | 29,200 INR |
Jaipur | 32,500 INR |
Kanpur | 29,900 INR |
Kolkata | 32,100 INR |
Lucknow | 30,300 INR |
Ludhiana | 29,000 INR |
Madurai | 25,700 INR |
Mumbai | 33,500 INR |
Nagpur | 29,900 INR |
Patna | 26,900 INR |
Pimpri-Chinchwad | 29,100 INR |
Pune | 31,100 INR |
Surat | 32,100 INR |
Vadodara | 27,700 INR |
Visakhapatnam | 27,600 INR |
State | Average Salary |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 25,100 INR |
Andhra Pradesh | 32,400 INR |
Arunachal Pradesh | 27,300 INR |
Assam | 31,300 INR |
Bihar | 34,900 INR |
Chandigarh | 26,100 INR |
Chhatisgarh | 30,700 INR |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 25,600 INR |
Daman & Diu | 25,000 INR |
Delhi | 29,900 INR |
Goa | 27,200 INR |
Gujarat | 33,000 INR |
Haryana | 30,300 INR |
Himachal Pradesh | 29,100 INR |
Jammu & Kashmir | 29,800 INR |
Jharkhand | 32,200 INR |
Karnataka | 33,500 INR |
Kerala | 32,000 INR |
Lakshadweep | 24,900 INR |
Madhya Pradesh | 34,500 INR |
Maharashtra | 35,200 INR |
Manipur | 28,700 INR |
Meghalaya | 28,500 INR |
Mizoram | 26,900 INR |
Nagaland | 28,200 INR |
Orissa | 32,900 INR |
Pondicherry | 27,300 INR |
Punjab | 31,700 INR |
Rajasthan | 34,500 INR |
Sikkim | 26,500 INR |
Tamil Nadu | 34,300 INR |
Tripura | 29,300 INR |
Uttar Pradesh | 36,300 INR |
Uttaranchal | 30,000 INR |
West Bengal | 35,400 INR |
Where can you get paid more, working for a private company or for the government? Public sector employees in India earn 5% more than their private sector counterparts on average across all sectors.
Private Sector | 31,000 INR | |
Public Sector | +5% | 32,700 INR |