Salary explorer — India
What jobs in India pay, from sources you can check: salaries advertised in job postings, the median salaries institutions report for their placed graduates, and offers approved by placement cells on Recroid. Every number says where it came from. Updated as the sources update.
What a job posting says it pays — usually a range, before negotiation.
What a company puts in an offer letter (CTC). Graduate outcomes and campus offers are this.
What reaches your bank each month after PF, tax and variable pay.
These are three different numbers — compare like with like. To turn a CTC into a monthly figure, use the in-hand salary calculator.
Graduate outcomes
How many graduates each ranked institution placed, and the median salary of those placed, per programme — the figures every institution submits for the National Institutional Ranking Framework.
Top 10 by NIRF rank — engineering
| Rank | Institution | Programme · year | Placed / graduating | Median salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 PG 3-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 UG 5-year · 2023-24 | 448 / 471 63 / 129 549 / 714 215 / 244 | ₹15L ₹12.3L ₹17.5L ₹19.4L |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi, Delhi · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 UG 5-year · 2023-24 | 538 / 666 711 / 946 99 / 118 | ₹15.6L ₹19.1L ₹24.3L |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 UG 5-year · 2023-24 | 552 / 851 731 / 990 156 / 182 | ₹15.4L ₹19.6L ₹19.3L |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 | 513 / 821 754 / 1133 | ₹14.7L ₹19.4L |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur, West Bengal · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 UG 5-year · 2023-24 | 471 / 815 517 / 679 442 / 638 | ₹14L ₹19.8L ₹20.4L |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee, Uttarakhand · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 PG-Integrated 5-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 | 247 / 648 68 / 128 769 / 1102 | ₹11L ₹21L ₹17L |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 PG 3-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 | 283 / 320 28 / 36 306 / 399 | ₹14.5L ₹34.6L ₹21L |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati, Assam · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 | 440 / 599 658 / 856 | ₹11L ₹19.5L |
| 9 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 | 472 / 523 791 / 1029 | ₹9.5L ₹14.3L |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · NIRF data | PG 2-year · 2023-24 UG 4-year · 2023-24 UG 5-year · 2023-24 | 196 / 263 996 / 1073 273 / 319 | ₹10L ₹20L ₹21.2L |
Source: NIRF, median salary of placed graduates as reported by each institution to the Ministry of Education (India Rankings 2025 data, linked per institution). Institution-reported and not audited by Recroid; “placed” is as each institution counts it, and students who went on to higher studies are not counted as placed. Figures are shown exactly as filed — a few look like monthly rather than annual pay. Only ranked institutions publish this data.
Why these numbers, and not self-reported ones
Salary sites mostly rely on anyone typing a number into a form. Everything here comes from a record someone is accountable for: a job posting an employer published, a return an institution filed with the Ministry of Education, or an offer a placement cell approved. Each section names its source, and a figure appears only when enough records back it.