Data-backed market estimates for 2026
Tech Salary Calculator & Salary Benchmark for India
Know Your Real Worth in the Indian Tech Market.
Compare your salary against Indian tech market benchmarks by role, experience, city, skills, and company type. Understand your salary range, market position, and compensation potential when switching jobs or negotiating your next appraisal.
Planning ranges, not a payslip census. Methodology.
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SDE-II Benchmark
Top-tier product companies, Bangalore
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Market Range
₹32L - ₹58L
Percentile Rank
84th
AI Suggestion
12% growth potential in FinTech
Market pulse
Editorial planning bands · 2026 public reports — not a live feed
What is SalaryScope AI?
SalaryScope AI is a salary intelligence and compensation benchmarking platform built for India's technology workforce. It helps software engineers, developers, data professionals, product managers, and other technology professionals understand how their compensation compares with the market.
Salary benchmarks can vary by role, experience, city, skills, company type, and total compensation structure. SalaryScope AI brings these factors together to help professionals make better-informed career and compensation decisions. Start with the role salary guides or the free calculator on this page.
WHY SALARYSCOPE AI
Salary intelligence, honestly built.
No invented user counts. No borrowed logos. A planning benchmark built around how Indian tech pay is discussed in 2026 public reports.
Made for India
Compensation, hike, and switch benchmarks tuned to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, NCR and other Indian tech hubs — not US averages.
AI explains the estimate
Market signals set the band. AI then drafts the narrative, switch framing, and negotiation language around the profile you submitted.
Refreshed for 2026
Editorial Insights and salary guides are refreshed against 2026 public hiring and hike prints — not a live crawl of every offer.
Pay only when ready
Free range preview on this page. A full report is ₹11 per credit — no subscription and no auto-renewal.
What a report is for
Market range, percentile-style position, estimated gap, and switch or appraisal context — built from your inputs and compiled 2026 India compensation signals.
Indian market data
Planning ranges compiled from named 2026 public hiring and hike reports, plus the profile you submit for a paid report. Not a verified payslip census.
- Role, city, experience, and company type
- Editorial refresh for 2026
Switch insight
A paid report scores whether exploring a switch looks stronger than staying, using the role, city, skills, and CTC you enter.
Sample framingExplore / stay
Appraisal context
Preparing for a review? The report frames a planning hike range and what evidence is missing — not a guaranteed increment.
- Appraisal readiness notes
- Negotiation talking points
Tools for clearer career decisions
Data-backed market estimates first. AI then explains the result and drafts negotiation language you can take into the next conversation.
Market benchmarking
Compare your stated CTC against compiled Indian tech bands by role, city, experience, and company type — a planning estimate, not a live exchange feed.
Negotiation notes
A paid report drafts appraisal and offer language around your estimated band and the profile you submitted.
Resume review
Optionally upload a resume for a heuristic ATS-style readability score and rewrite. Not a guarantee that any scanner will pass it.
Current-market trends
Editorial Insights compile named 2026 hiring and hike reports so you can see which skills and hubs are moving — not a real-time crawl.
From Data to
Your Next Offer.
1
Enter your profile
Add your role, experience, city, company type, and CTC. Optionally upload a resume for richer context — there is no LinkedIn connection.
2
See the market estimate
Your CTC is placed in a percentile-style band for that role, city, and company type. Treat it as a planning range, not observed payroll.
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Decide what to do next
AI drafts switch, appraisal, and negotiation language around that band so you can walk into the conversation with a number.
Methodology
How SalaryScope estimates your market value
SalaryScope provides market estimates for career planning. It is not payroll, Form 16, or guaranteed compensation data.
Collect compensation signals
Public pages compile named 2026 hiring and hike reports. Paid reports start from the role, experience, city, company type, and CTC you submit.
Normalise role, experience, and location
Titles are grouped to a role family. Experience and city are the values you enter — we do not invent missing years.
Compare a relevant market segment
The model is asked to place your CTC against realistic 2026 India bands for that role, city, years of experience, company type, and skills.
Estimate a planning range
Reports talk in percentile-style language (where your CTC sits versus a compiled band). Exact observation counts are not published.
AI interprets the result
A second pass writes switch, appraisal, and negotiation language around that band. AI explains the estimate — it does not create a verified salary census.
Full detail on How it works. Updated 12 Sep 2026 on Insights.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I know if my salary is below market in India?+
Compare your CTC against role, experience, city, and company-type benchmarks. SalaryScope AI maps your compensation to percentile bands so you can see where you stand before appraisals or job switches. Treat the result as a planning estimate, not a payroll file.
What is a good salary for a software engineer in India in 2026?+
It varies sharply by city and employer type. A senior engineer in Bangalore at a product company often earns ₹28–55 LPA, while the same profile at IT services may sit at ₹18–28 LPA. Percentile benchmarking matters more than generic averages.
How should I treat a SalaryScope benchmark report?+
Treat it as a planning estimate. You submit role, experience, city, company type, and CTC. The model places that CTC against 2026 India market bands and AI writes the explanation. It is not a verified payslip sample or a tax filing.
Should I negotiate salary during appraisal or switch jobs?+
If you are more than 15–20% below P75 for your role and city, external offers often reset compensation faster than annual hikes at IT services firms (typically 5–8%). Benchmark first, then choose negotiate vs switch based on your percentile gap.
Is SalaryScope AI free to use?+
The in-hand salary calculator is free. Full career reports with percentile-style benchmarks, switch context, and negotiation guidance start from ₹11 per report.
Stop leaving money on the table.
Built for Indian tech professionals who want to negotiate better offers and understand their market leverage with data, not guesswork.
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