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Engineering salaries in India
Median $23k a year across 444 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $18k to $28k. 52% of the 862 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $18k to $28k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
graph aimedian of 3 published bands$4088k
Anthropicmedian of 2 published bands$4088k
Triomicsmedian of 2 published bands$2515k
OpenAImedian of 2 published bands$2058k
Sanasmedian of 2 published bands$1019k
Skild AImedian of 4 published bands$111k
Graphcoremedian of 7 published bands$43k
Postmanmedian of 4 published bands$43k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $23k | 13 |
| Staff Software Engineer | $28k | 10 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $18k | 9 |
| Engineering Manager | $20k | 8 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | $7,500 | 5 |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | $15k | 5 |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | $28k | 4 |
| Applied AI Architect | $4088k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Research Engineer, Applied MLTriomics · #1 145 5ht main road, Sector 6th,. HSR, India$5,000 to $10000k
- Applied AI Research EngineerEnterpret · Bengaluru$5,000 to $10000k
- Applied AI ArchitectAnthropic · Mumbai, India$175k to $8000k
- AI/ML Architectgraph ai · Hyderabad Area, India$175k to $8000k
- Applied AI ArchitectAnthropic · Bangalore, India$175k to $8000k
- Responsible AI Architectgraph ai · Hyderabad Area, India$175k to $8000k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for engineering roles in India?
$23k a year in base pay, across 444 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $18k to $28k.
What do the best-paid engineering roles in India offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $43k, and one in ten sits below $15k.
How many engineering job posts publish a salary?
52% of the 862 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote engineering roles in India pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $23k against $23k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 44 and 400 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for engineering roles in India?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at graph ai ($4088k), Anthropic ($4088k), Triomics ($2515k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.