CHENNAI / SALARY
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

83.19 INR = 1 USD

1,633,729 INR

$19,639 USD

Bangalore

2,123,041 INR

582,316 INR

$7,000 USD

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Average Salary / Chennai

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Average salary in Chennai is 1,633,729 INR per year. The most typical earning is 582,316 INR. All data are based on 1,236 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 1,663,760 INR. Women receive a salary of 1,222,863 INR.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians II with average income 4,666,847 INR and Management & Business with income 3,127,868 INR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 2,354,220 INR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 1,871,730 INR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 3,527,171 INR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 3,244,332 INR.

Levels / Chennai (Gross INR)

Salary Levels (INR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
83,200 INR - 166,299 INR	0	n/a
166,400 INR - 249,499 INR	0	n/a
249,600 INR - 415,899 INR	77	100% 6.23%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
415,900 INR - 831,799 INR	323	93.77% 26.13%
831,900 INR - 1,247,699 INR	264	67.64% 21.36%
1,247,800 INR - 1,663,699 INR	186	46.28% 15.05%
1,663,800 INR - 2,079,599 INR	119	31.23% 9.63%
2,079,700 INR - 2,495,599 INR	76	21.6% 6.15%
2,495,600 INR - 2,911,499 INR	55	15.45% 4.45%
2,911,600 INR - 3,327,399 INR	42	11% 3.4%
3,327,500 INR - 3,743,399 INR	19	7.61% 1.54%
3,743,500 INR - 4,159,299 INR	13	6.07% 1.05%
4,159,400 INR - 4,575,299 INR	13	5.02% 1.05%
4,575,300 INR - 4,991,199 INR	5	3.96% 0.4%
4,991,300 INR - 5,407,099 INR	11	3.56% 0.89%
5,407,200 INR - 5,823,099 INR	3	2.67% 0.24%
5,823,200 INR - 6,238,999 INR	4	2.43% 0.32%
6,239,100 INR - 6,654,999 INR	3	2.1% 0.24%
6,655,000 INR - 7,070,899 INR	2	1.86% 0.16%
7,071,000 INR - 7,486,799 INR	1	1.7% 0.08%
7,486,900 INR - 7,902,799 INR	2	1.62% 0.16%
7,902,900 INR - 8,318,699 INR	1	1.46% 0.08%
8,318,800 INR - 8,734,699 INR	2	1.38% 0.16%
8,734,700 INR - 9,150,599 INR	1	1.21% 0.08%
9,150,700 INR - 9,566,499 INR	2	1.13% 0.16%
9,566,600 INR - 9,982,499 INR	0	n/a
9,982,600 INR - 10,398,399 INR	1	0.97% 0.08%
10,398,500 INR - 10,814,399 INR	0	n/a
10,814,400 INR - 11,230,299 INR	0	n/a
11,230,400 INR - 11,646,199 INR	3	0.89% 0.24%
11,646,300 INR - 12,062,199 INR	1	0.65% 0.08%
12,062,300 INR - 12,478,099 INR	1	0.57% 0.08%
HIGH SALARIES
12,478,200 INR - 13,309,999 INR	0	n/a
13,310,100 INR - 14,141,899 INR	0	n/a
14,142,000 INR - 14,973,799 INR	0	n/a
14,973,800 INR - 15,805,599 INR	2	0.49% 0.16%
15,805,700 INR - 16,637,499 INR	1	0.32% 0.08%
16,637,600 INR - 17,469,399 INR	1	0.24% 0.08%
17,469,500 INR - 18,301,299 INR	0	n/a
18,301,400 INR - 19,133,199 INR	0	n/a
19,133,200 INR - 19,964,999 INR	0	n/a
19,965,100 INR - 20,796,899 INR	2	0.16% 0.16%
20,797,000 INR - 29,115,799 INR	0	n/a

Gender / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	1,015	1,663,760 INR
2	Women	120	1,222,863 INR

Education / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	24	2,354,220 INR
2	Masters Degree	490	1,871,730 INR
3	High School	8	1,763,585 INR
4	Bachelors Degree	679	1,447,471 INR
5	Some College	31	1,439,152 INR
6	Bellow H. School	4	682,141 INR

Experience / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	108	3,527,171 INR
2	16-20 Years	90	3,244,332 INR
3	12-16 Years	151	2,104,656 INR
4	8-12 Years	263	1,630,484 INR
5	0-1 Year	65	1,098,081 INR
6	4-8 Years	316	1,064,806 INR
7	2-4 Years	178	806,923 INR
8	1-2 Years	65	765,329 INR

Age / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys
1	61-65	3	10,856,034 INR
2	56-60	2	10,190,530 INR
3	51-55	15	4,192,675 INR
4	46-50	39	3,102,912 INR
5	41-45	89	3,044,680 INR
6	36-40	155	2,287,670 INR
7	n/a	101	1,813,498 INR
8	31-35	298	1,522,340 INR
9	26-30	363	1,039,850 INR
10	21-25	169	840,198 INR
11	14-20	2	424,258 INR

Work Type / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	23	1,763,585 INR
2	Permanent	1,094	1,663,760 INR
3	Contract	106	1,355,964 INR
4	Part Time	13	1,131,356 INR

Career Groups / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians II	1	4,666,847 INR
2	Management & Business	116	3,127,868 INR
3	Properties & Real Estates	3	2,578,828 INR
4	Health Care & Medical	26	2,179,525 INR
5	Automobile	34	1,888,367 INR
6	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	20	1,805,179 INR
7	Human Resources	69	1,755,266 INR
8	Insurance	5	1,688,716 INR
9	Law	2	1,630,484 INR
10	Finance & Banking	76	1,622,166 INR
11	Accounting & Administration	60	1,572,253 INR
12	IT & Programming	378	1,522,340 INR
13	Public Sector	4	1,430,833 INR
14	Customer Services	31	1,422,514 INR
15	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	77	1,405,877 INR
16	Engineers & Technicians V	10	1,389,239 INR
17	Fashion	3	1,389,239 INR
18	Engineers & Technicians	90	1,380,920 INR
19	Construction & Labor Workers	15	1,314,370 INR
20	IT & Programming II	101	1,264,457 INR
21	Engineers & Technicians IV	4	1,264,457 INR
22	Aviation & Shipping	2	1,247,820 INR
23	Engineers & Technicians III	8	1,189,588 INR
24	Making Design	14	1,156,313 INR
25	Logistics, Road, Railway	12	1,123,038 INR
26	Health Care & Medical II	9	1,064,806 INR
27	Agriculture & Fishing	1	1,014,893 INR
28	Architect Constructions	10	1,006,574 INR
29	Education & University	27	931,705 INR
30	Arts, Culture, Performance	4	915,068 INR
31	Media	6	806,923 INR
32	Organization & Coordination	7	781,967 INR
33	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	781,967 INR
34	Geography & Geodesy	1	698,779 INR
35	Sports & Recreation	1	632,228 INR
36	Hotels & Tourism	3	582,316 INR
37	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	2	407,621 INR

Careers / Chennai (Gross INR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	10	8,277,206 INR
2	CEO	9	6,463,707 INR
3	Chartered Accountant	11	3,968,067 INR
4	General Manager	16	3,735,141 INR
5	Doctor Specialist	12	3,477,258 INR
6	Operations Manager	8	2,778,479 INR
7	Manufacturing	9	2,670,334 INR
8	Manager	16	2,404,133 INR
9	Marketing Manager	8	2,387,495 INR
10	IT Manager	39	2,362,539 INR
11	Other Human Resource Career	8	2,320,945 INR
12	IT Project Manager	58	2,204,482 INR
13	Technical Manager	6	2,162,888 INR
14	Customer Service Manager	12	2,129,612 INR
15	Banks	11	1,971,555 INR
16	Human Resources Manager	37	1,963,236 INR
17	Finance Manager	13	1,938,280 INR
18	Mechanical Engineer Lead	10	1,938,280 INR
19	Other Automobile Career	33	1,929,961 INR
20	Project Manager	10	1,921,642 INR
21	Bank Manager	6	1,821,817 INR
22	Sales Manager	18	1,780,223 INR
23	Network Specialist	5	1,780,223 INR
24	Database Administrator	9	1,730,310 INR
25	Engineering Manager	10	1,613,847 INR
26	Lead Developer	52	1,547,296 INR
27	MBA	7	1,538,978 INR
28	C, C++ Developer	6	1,397,558 INR
29	Human Resource	14	1,389,239 INR
30	Other Finance Career	14	1,389,239 INR
31	Database Developer	7	1,389,239 INR
32	Other Engineer Career	9	1,347,645 INR
33	J2EE Developer	7	1,347,645 INR
34	.NET Developer	18	1,339,326 INR
35	Java Developer	18	1,306,051 INR
36	Engineer	27	1,281,095 INR
37	Other IT Career	18	1,272,776 INR
38	Software Engineer	26	1,264,457 INR
39	Software Developer	87	1,206,226 INR
40	Account Manager	8	1,206,226 INR
41	Web Developer	9	1,197,907 INR
42	System Analyst	14	1,181,269 INR
43	IT Coordinator	19	1,131,356 INR
44	Oil & Gas Engineer	6	1,131,356 INR
45	Sales	7	1,081,444 INR
46	Data-warehouse Engineer	11	1,064,806 INR
47	Financial Analyst	9	1,056,487 INR
48	ASP.NET Developer	6	1,048,168 INR
49	Mechanical Engineer	17	998,256 INR
50	Python Developer	7	981,618 INR
51	Other Management Career	19	956,662 INR
52	Purchaser	6	923,386 INR
53	Lecturer	12	898,430 INR
54	Electrical Engineer	9	848,517 INR
55	Market Research	7	798,604 INR
56	Architect	6	723,735 INR
57	PHP Developer	9	665,504 INR
58	Senior Accountant	7	582,316 INR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Research Associate

Posted 10 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	600,000 INR

Designer

Posted 19 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design procress and product development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	506,900 INR

Finance Controller

Posted 23 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Finance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	3,548,200 INR

Gm, Strategic Planning

Posted 19 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Long Term Startegy formulation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	3,533,100 INR

Avp Hr

Posted 13 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"END to END HR management, PAN India responsibility."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	5,417,600 INR

Engineer

Posted 04 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,562,800 INR

Python Developer

Posted 03 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Python, Artificial intelligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	1,885,300 INR

Director

Posted 18 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Program Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	2,085,300 INR

Senior Photojournalist

Posted 15 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Taking and editing news photographs and videos, coordinating with fellow journalists and photographers, social media management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	532,700 INR

Principal Network Engineer

Posted 17 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Networking, wireless, Aruba and Cisco."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	3,201,200 INR

Senior Marketing Manager

Posted 16 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Online marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	321,900 INR

Resource Management Assisstant

Posted 14 June 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	869,000 INR

Scrum Master

Posted 10 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Scrum master."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,072,900 INR

Mechanical Design & Development Engineer

Posted 10 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Catis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,351,800 INR

Software Engineer

Posted 30 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Microservices, Kafka, Java, Spring boot."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,497,400 INR

Data Engineer

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,643,600 INR

Assistant Manager

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am a associate manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,095,800 INR

Post Bacc

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Medical Imaging and AI."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	493,100 INR

Module Lead

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"T24, Temenos."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,205,300 INR

Technical Lead

Posted 26 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, j2ee, microservices knowledge, design and coding."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	2,176,200 INR

Senior Manager

Posted 09 March 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	2,232,000 INR

Design

Posted 21 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"CMF, design strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	4,419,700 INR

Test Lead

Posted 21 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	1,104,900 INR

Assistant Manager

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"NPI / Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,823,100 INR

Senior Project Manager

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management, Delivery Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	6,187,500 INR

Controllership Manager

Posted 16 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"External Audit and FP & A."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	2,291,200 INR

Senior Front End Developer

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"React. js, Javascript, Angular2, HTML5, CSS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	2,291,200 INR

Full Stack Developer

Posted 09 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,833,000 INR

Software Engg

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	916,500 INR

Curriculum Designer

Posted 27 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Curriculum Development, Content Creation, Instructional Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	787,000 INR

Sap Consultant

Posted 25 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working as SAP Functional Consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	1,260,100 INR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 03 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"ZOS, IBM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,718,400 INR

Regional Manager

Posted 23 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsible for chennai city operation s&sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,603,900 INR

Account Executive

Posted 21 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Inside sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	893,500 INR

Architect

Posted 17 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,718,400 INR

Project Engineer

Posted 25 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"SCADA, Control System."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,088,300 INR

Relationship Manager

Posted 22 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing clients fund and investment ideas and generating income to the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	652,900 INR

Operational Risk Analyst

Posted 22 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Control Testing, Incident Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	973,700 INR

Operational Manager

Posted 10 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management, Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	893,500 INR

Head Hr

Posted 07 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Generalist HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	2,634,900 INR

Temenos T24

Posted 29 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"T24 Core Banking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	1,374,800 INR

Tester

Posted 25 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Banking Testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	486,800 INR

Manager

Posted 24 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Microsoft Azure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	2,749,500 INR

Project Manager

Posted 17 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	2,864,100 INR

Technical Project Manager

Posted 02 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drawing preparation, Team management, Customer interaction and co-ordination with supplier and Factory."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,718,400 INR

Research Specialist

Posted 31 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead generation and Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	493,700 INR

Senior Manager

Posted 29 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Human Resource Management
Unit Head."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,982,000 INR

Analyst

Posted 21 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"App dev."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	2,291,200 INR

Software Engineering Manager

Posted 20 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	2,634,900 INR

Lead Software Engineer

Posted 28 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Fullstack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Chennai	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	2,291,200 INR

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