Level 1 salary in the 8th Pay Commission

These are projections. The government has not announced a fitment factor. This page will be updated when it does.

At a fitment factor of 2.28, the level 1 entry pay of ₹18,000 would become ₹41,040, and gross pay in an X city would move from ₹36,360 to ₹54,490 (+49.9%), because DA restarts at 0%.

Projected basic pay for every cell

Cell	7th CPC basic	× 1.92	× 2.08	× 2.28	× 2.57	× 2.86
1	₹18,000	₹34,560	₹37,440	₹41,040	₹46,260	₹51,480
2	₹18,500	₹35,520	₹38,480	₹42,180	₹47,545	₹52,910
3	₹19,100	₹36,672	₹39,728	₹43,548	₹49,087	₹54,626
4	₹19,700	₹37,824	₹40,976	₹44,916	₹50,629	₹56,342
5	₹20,300	₹38,976	₹42,224	₹46,284	₹52,171	₹58,058
6	₹20,900	₹40,128	₹43,472	₹47,652	₹53,713	₹59,774
7	₹21,500	₹41,280	₹44,720	₹49,020	₹55,255	₹61,490
8	₹22,100	₹42,432	₹45,968	₹50,388	₹56,797	₹63,206
9	₹22,800	₹43,776	₹47,424	₹51,984	₹58,596	₹65,208
10	₹23,500	₹45,120	₹48,880	₹53,580	₹60,395	₹67,210
11	₹24,200	₹46,464	₹50,336	₹55,176	₹62,194	₹69,212
12	₹24,900	₹47,808	₹51,792	₹56,772	₹63,993	₹71,214
13	₹25,600	₹49,152	₹53,248	₹58,368	₹65,792	₹73,216
14	₹26,400	₹50,688	₹54,912	₹60,192	₹67,848	₹75,504
15	₹27,200	₹52,224	₹56,576	₹62,016	₹69,904	₹77,792
16	₹28,000	₹53,760	₹58,240	₹63,840	₹71,960	₹80,080
17	₹28,800	₹55,296	₹59,904	₹65,664	₹74,016	₹82,368
18	₹29,700	₹57,024	₹61,776	₹67,716	₹76,329	₹84,942
19	₹30,600	₹58,752	₹63,648	₹69,768	₹78,642	₹87,516
20	₹31,500	₹60,480	₹65,520	₹71,820	₹80,955	₹90,090
21	₹32,400	₹62,208	₹67,392	₹73,872	₹83,268	₹92,664
22	₹33,400	₹64,128	₹69,472	₹76,152	₹85,838	₹95,524
23	₹34,400	₹66,048	₹71,552	₹78,432	₹88,408	₹98,384
24	₹35,400	₹67,968	₹73,632	₹80,712	₹90,978	₹1,01,244
25	₹36,500	₹70,080	₹75,920	₹83,220	₹93,805	₹1,04,390
26	₹37,600	₹72,192	₹78,208	₹85,728	₹96,632	₹1,07,536
27	₹38,700	₹74,304	₹80,496	₹88,236	₹99,459	₹1,10,682
28	₹39,900	₹76,608	₹82,992	₹90,972	₹1,02,543	₹1,14,114
29	₹41,100	₹78,912	₹85,488	₹93,708	₹1,05,627	₹1,17,546
30	₹42,300	₹81,216	₹87,984	₹96,444	₹1,08,711	₹1,20,978
31	₹43,600	₹83,712	₹90,688	₹99,408	₹1,12,052	₹1,24,696
32	₹44,900	₹86,208	₹93,392	₹1,02,372	₹1,15,393	₹1,28,414
33	₹46,200	₹88,704	₹96,096	₹1,05,336	₹1,18,734	₹1,32,132
34	₹47,600	₹91,392	₹99,008	₹1,08,528	₹1,22,332	₹1,36,136
35	₹49,000	₹94,080	₹1,01,920	₹1,11,720	₹1,25,930	₹1,40,140
36	₹50,500	₹96,960	₹1,05,040	₹1,15,140	₹1,29,785	₹1,44,430
37	₹52,000	₹99,840	₹1,08,160	₹1,18,560	₹1,33,640	₹1,48,720
38	₹53,600	₹1,02,912	₹1,11,488	₹1,22,208	₹1,37,752	₹1,53,296
39	₹55,200	₹1,05,984	₹1,14,816	₹1,25,856	₹1,41,864	₹1,57,872
40	₹56,900	₹1,09,248	₹1,18,352	₹1,29,732	₹1,46,233	₹1,62,734

The new matrix may not be a straight multiple: a pay commission usually rounds cells and may change the 3% increment or merge levels. Treat these as estimates.

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