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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR
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Net (after tax)
83.36 INR = 1 USD

1,383,931 INR

$16,601 USD
Bangalore

1,756,570 INR

583,550 INR

$7,000 USD
Including "Bangalore"
Excluding "Bangalore"

Average Salary / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai

Average salary for Engineers & Technicians / Chennai is 1,383,931 INR per year. The most typical earning is 583,550 INR. All data are based on 93 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 1,350,502 INR. Women receive a salary of 1,342,166 INR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 1,800,669 INR. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 1,667,287 INR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 4,259,918 INR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 3,918,124 INR.

Levels / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

Salary Levels (INR) per Year Surveys [%]
83,400 INR - 166,599 INR
0 n/a
166,700 INR - 249,999 INR
0 n/a
250,100 INR - 416,699 INR
10 100%
10.75%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
416,800 INR - 833,599 INR
24 89.25%
25.81%
833,600 INR - 1,250,399 INR
21 63.44%
22.58%
1,250,500 INR - 1,667,199 INR
13 40.86%
13.98%
1,667,300 INR - 2,083,999 INR
8 26.88%
8.6%
2,084,100 INR - 2,500,799 INR
8 18.28%
8.6%
2,500,900 INR - 2,917,699 INR
2 9.68%
2.15%
2,917,800 INR - 3,334,499 INR
3 7.53%
3.23%
3,334,600 INR - 3,751,299 INR
1 4.3%
1.08%
3,751,400 INR - 4,168,099 INR
0 n/a
4,168,200 INR - 4,584,999 INR
1 3.23%
1.08%
4,585,000 INR - 5,001,799 INR
0 n/a
5,001,900 INR - 5,418,599 INR
0 n/a
5,418,700 INR - 5,835,399 INR
1 2.15%
1.08%
5,835,500 INR - 6,252,199 INR
0 n/a
6,252,300 INR - 6,669,099 INR
0 n/a
6,669,100 INR - 7,085,899 INR
0 n/a
7,086,000 INR - 7,502,699 INR
0 n/a
7,502,800 INR - 7,919,499 INR
0 n/a
7,919,600 INR - 8,336,399 INR
1 1.08%
1.08%
8,336,400 INR - 8,753,199 INR
0 n/a
8,753,300 INR - 9,169,999 INR
0 n/a
9,170,100 INR - 9,586,799 INR
0 n/a
9,586,900 INR - 10,003,599 INR
0 n/a
10,003,700 INR - 10,420,499 INR
0 n/a
10,420,500 INR - 10,837,299 INR
0 n/a
10,837,400 INR - 11,254,099 INR
0 n/a
11,254,200 INR - 11,670,899 INR
0 n/a
11,671,000 INR - 12,087,699 INR
0 n/a
12,087,800 INR - 12,504,599 INR
0 n/a
HIGH SALARIES
12,504,700 INR - 13,338,199 INR
0 n/a
13,338,300 INR - 14,171,899 INR
0 n/a
14,171,900 INR - 15,005,499 INR
0 n/a
15,005,600 INR - 15,839,099 INR
0 n/a
15,839,200 INR - 16,672,799 INR
0 n/a
16,672,900 INR - 17,506,399 INR
0 n/a
17,506,500 INR - 18,340,099 INR
0 n/a
18,340,200 INR - 19,173,699 INR
0 n/a
19,173,800 INR - 20,007,399 INR
0 n/a
20,007,400 INR - 20,840,999 INR
0 n/a
20,841,100 INR - 29,177,499 INR
0 n/a

Gender / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Men 87 1,350,502 INR
2 Women 2 1,342,166 INR

Education / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Masters Degree 24 1,800,669 INR
2 Some College 4 1,667,287 INR
3 Bachelors Degree 65 1,208,783 INR

Experience / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 20+ Years 3 4,259,918 INR
2 16-20 Years 2 3,918,124 INR
3 12-16 Years 16 1,967,398 INR
4 8-12 Years 17 1,525,567 INR
5 4-8 Years 26 1,158,764 INR
6 1-2 Years 5 841,979 INR
7 0-1 Year 7 725,269 INR
8 2-4 Years 17 666,914 INR

Age / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 51-55 1 8,153,033 INR
2 46-50 1 3,342,910 INR
3 n/a 4 2,217,491 INR
4 36-40 11 1,767,324 INR
5 31-35 19 1,717,305 INR
6 41-45 5 1,633,941 INR
7 26-30 33 1,092,072 INR
8 21-25 18 650,241 INR
9 14-20 1 375,139 INR

Work Type / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Self Employed 1 8,153,033 INR
2 Permanent 84 1,350,502 INR
3 Contract 8 917,007 INR

Careers / Engineers & Technicians / Chennai (Gross INR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Electrical Engineer Lead 3 2,534,276 INR
2 Technical Manager 6 2,167,473 INR
3 Mechanical Engineer Lead 10 1,942,389 INR
4 Mechanical Technician Lead 1 1,750,651 INR
5 Engineering Manager 10 1,617,268 INR
6 Research Engineer 4 1,383,848 INR
7 Engineer 28 1,267,138 INR
8 Mechanical Engineer 18 1,042,054 INR
9 Electrical Engineer 10 900,334 INR
10 Technician 2 791,961 INR
11 CNC Operator 1 375,139 INR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

50/50  Crash Testing (Man)
Posted 29 June 2024

What I do?

"Passive safety engineer."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 818,700 INR

49/50  Specialist (Man)
Posted 20 May 2024

What I do?

"Vibration analysis."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 1,803,800 INR

48/50  Engineer (Man)
Posted 03 May 2024

What I do?

"IO LIST/INDEX/LOOP."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 1,347,800 INR

47/50  Mechanical Design & Development Engineer (Man)
Posted 10 June 2022

What I do?

"Catis."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 1,354,700 INR

46/50  Software Engineer (Woman)
Posted 30 May 2022

What I do?

"Microservices, Kafka, Java, Spring boot."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Advanced 1,500,600 INR

45/50  Senior Manager (Man)
Posted 09 March 2022
City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years Advanced 2,236,700 INR

44/50  Project Engineer (Man)
Posted 25 October 2021

What I do?

"SCADA, Control System."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 1,090,700 INR

43/50  Technical Project Manager (Man)
Posted 02 September 2021

What I do?

"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 1,722,100 INR

42/50  Engineering Specialist (Man)
Posted 31 March 2021

What I do?

"FEA SIMULATION CAE ABAQUS."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 12-16 Years n/a 3,206,800 INR

41/50  Engineering Specialist (Man)
Posted 31 March 2021

What I do?

"CAE, FEA, SIMULATION, ABAQUS."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 12-16 Years n/a 2,634,100 INR

40/50  Structural Enginner (Man)
Posted 17 January 2021

What I do?

"Preparing reports and calculations. Design and calculation of steel structures."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years n/a 897,800 INR

39/50  Dimensional Engineer (Man)
Posted 09 January 2021

What I do?

"GD&T Design tolerance stack up CAD CAE."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 2-4 Years n/a 572,600 INR

38/50  Protection Engineering (Man)
Posted 12 December 2020

What I do?

"Test relays, control panel testing, power system studies."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 1,865,400 INR

37/50  Engineering Manager (Man)
Posted 20 November 2020

What I do?

"Mechanical Engineering, Sales."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years n/a 1,515,600 INR

36/50  Mechanical Design Engineer (Man)
Posted 16 November 2020

What I do?

"Battery pack design and simulation."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year n/a 994,500 INR

35/50  Production Process Engineer (Man)
Posted 19 August 2020

What I do?

"I have a medium understanding on gear cutting, gear finishing, machining process. Also, can draft fixtures and other required 2D drawings. Supported my teammates in machine commissioning too."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years n/a 408,100 INR

34/50  Welding Engineer (Man)
Posted 05 August 2020

What I do?

"Engineer having skill set in welding and non destructive testing with an experience of 6 years 7 months."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 874,400 INR

33/50  Project Manager (Man)
Posted 30 July 2020

What I do?

"Technical project management, fmea, drbfm, Project management."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 1,748,900 INR

32/50  Software Engineer (Man)
Posted 05 July 2020

What I do?

"Nothing is better than something."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year n/a 1,632,300 INR

31/50  Sr. Design Engineer (Man)
Posted 02 July 2020

What I do?

"Agriculture and construction machine concept design."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 840,600 INR

30/50  Quality Assurance (Man)
Posted 30 April 2020

What I do?

"Automotive Industry."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 606,200 INR

29/50  Senior Manager Operations (Man)
Posted 15 March 2020

What I do?

"Terminal operations."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 20+ Years n/a 1,282,500 INR

28/50  Application Engineer (Man)
Posted 15 February 2020

What I do?

"Steam related design and manufacturing."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 609,700 INR

27/50  Mechanical Design Engineer (Man)
Posted 30 January 2020

What I do?

"New product development, Gearbox, heavy industry & sheet metal design."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 792,800 INR

26/50  ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (Man)
Posted 27 January 2020

What I do?

"Dear Sir, Qualification : B. E (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) &+ Exp : 15yrs Here I forward my resume. Please find attached my all details. Pls forward to reputed consultants or address email me asap. Skill set: Infrastructure Development, Power Projects and Execution of Electrical equipment commissioning of the LT&HTusing Method statements, Certifying the Contractor’s bills for Erection and Supply of materials. Thanks and Regards, S. Kannan SKYPE I D :madhu. kannan18 Mob: 0091-919176777919."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years n/a 699,500 INR

25/50  Construction Electrical Engineer (Man)
Posted 13 December 2019

What I do?

"Currently i am working as a Deputy manager - Electrical in chennai, Tamilnadu. high rise residential Building project. I have a 15 Years experience in Residential, commercial - Projects. Electrical internal wiring's, LT & HT Panels, LT & HT cables, Cable Tray's Transformers, Diesel Generators, earthings, Lightning arresters - Installation, testings & commission."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Some College 12-16 Years n/a 929,700 INR

24/50  Senior Engineer (Man)
Posted 13 October 2019

What I do?

"Automotive Body Design."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 1,048,600 INR

23/50  Founder (Man)
Posted 08 October 2019

What I do?

"Own and operate a textile manufacturing business."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 20+ Years n/a 8,155,700 INR

22/50  Lead Engineer (Man)
Posted 19 August 2019

What I do?

"Value engineering, contract negotiation, technical evaluation."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 2,446,700 INR

21/50  Manufacturing (Man)
Posted 15 August 2019

What I do?

"Manufacturing process."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year n/a 815,600 INR

20/50  Research (Man)
Posted 13 August 2019

What I do?

"Research and developmewnt."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 786,400 INR

19/50  BIM Detailer (Man)
Posted 11 August 2019

What I do?

"3D Modelling and sheet work and automtaion."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years n/a 461,300 INR

18/50  Superintendent (Man)
Posted 23 July 2019

What I do?

"Dear Sir/Mam, Kindly find the attached CV."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 466,000 INR

17/50  Senior Line Engineer (Man)
Posted 21 June 2019

What I do?

"Survey, Design & Erection, Testing & Commissioning of Electrical distribution system."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 716,500 INR

16/50  Structural Engineer (Man)
Posted 24 May 2019

What I do?

"Offshore structural engineer."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 1,219,900 INR

15/50  Project Manager (Man)
Posted 17 May 2019

What I do?

"Project manager for telecom services."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years n/a 1,794,300 INR

14/50  MEP Cordinator (Man)
Posted 18 April 2019

What I do?

"Coordinating MEP with structural trades, Communicate subcontractor conflicts to A/E design team and make recommendations to solve their problems in most efficient and cost effective manner, Managing the demands of meeting a tight schedule by positioning trades in the right spot at the right time, Provided front line troubleshooting, engineering, and maintenance support on an as needed basis after start-up."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years n/a 815,600 INR

13/50  Aerodynamics Engineer (Man)
Posted 31 March 2019

What I do?

"Aerodynamics of rocket."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year n/a 396,100 INR

12/50  Civil Engineer (Man)
Posted 24 March 2019

What I do?

"Site engineer civil."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 2-4 Years n/a 407,700 INR

11/50  Divisional Manager (Man)
Posted 25 February 2019

What I do?

"Managing the group of 7 design engineers designing the fuel injection pump and autocomponents."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 12-16 Years n/a 2,330,200 INR

10/50  Engineer (Man)
Posted 23 February 2019

What I do?

"Senior Reliability Engineer, Mechanical,."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 16-20 Years n/a 3,262,300 INR

9/50  Quality (Man)
Posted 29 January 2019

What I do?

"Quality Assurance."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 2,330,200 INR

8/50  Purchasing Buyer (Man)
Posted 22 December 2018

What I do?

"Buyer for Automotive parts."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 4-8 Years n/a 1,647,800 INR

7/50  Chief Engineer (Man)
Posted 12 October 2018

What I do?

"Automation control system design and installation."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years n/a 5,453,800 INR

6/50  Engineering Specialist (Man)
Posted 19 September 2018

What I do?

"Lead of team of 6-7 designers in Piping detail engineering design for oil & gas projects."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 12-16 Years n/a 2,402,200 INR

5/50  Principal Engineer (Man)
Posted 15 August 2018

What I do?

"Working as a principal design engineer in a water treatment plant company."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 8-12 Years n/a 1,155,700 INR

4/50  Production Manager (Man)
Posted 30 July 2018

What I do?

"Equipment manufacturing."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 1,090,700 INR

3/50  Validation (Man)
Posted 08 June 2018

What I do?

"Testing and validation in automotive."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 4-8 Years n/a 1,298,500 INR

2/50  Low Voltage Panel Board Design Mechanical /Electrical (Man)
Posted 01 May 2018

What I do?

"Manage the team members, design the low voltage panel."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 1,272,600 INR

1/50  Development Engineer (Man)
Posted 28 April 2018

What I do?

"Catalyst specialist, project management."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Chennai Masters Degree 4-8 Years n/a 1,428,400 INR


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