Level 5 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 5 entry pay of ₹29,200 would become ₹66,576, and gross pay in an X city would move from ₹61,240 to ₹86,154 (+40.7%), 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	₹29,200	₹56,064	₹60,736	₹66,576	₹75,044	₹83,512
2	₹30,100	₹57,792	₹62,608	₹68,628	₹77,357	₹86,086
3	₹31,000	₹59,520	₹64,480	₹70,680	₹79,670	₹88,660
4	₹31,900	₹61,248	₹66,352	₹72,732	₹81,983	₹91,234
5	₹32,900	₹63,168	₹68,432	₹75,012	₹84,553	₹94,094
6	₹33,900	₹65,088	₹70,512	₹77,292	₹87,123	₹96,954
7	₹34,900	₹67,008	₹72,592	₹79,572	₹89,693	₹99,814
8	₹35,900	₹68,928	₹74,672	₹81,852	₹92,263	₹1,02,674
9	₹37,000	₹71,040	₹76,960	₹84,360	₹95,090	₹1,05,820
10	₹38,100	₹73,152	₹79,248	₹86,868	₹97,917	₹1,08,966
11	₹39,200	₹75,264	₹81,536	₹89,376	₹1,00,744	₹1,12,112
12	₹40,400	₹77,568	₹84,032	₹92,112	₹1,03,828	₹1,15,544
13	₹41,600	₹79,872	₹86,528	₹94,848	₹1,06,912	₹1,18,976
14	₹42,800	₹82,176	₹89,024	₹97,584	₹1,09,996	₹1,22,408
15	₹44,100	₹84,672	₹91,728	₹1,00,548	₹1,13,337	₹1,26,126
16	₹45,400	₹87,168	₹94,432	₹1,03,512	₹1,16,678	₹1,29,844
17	₹46,800	₹89,856	₹97,344	₹1,06,704	₹1,20,276	₹1,33,848
18	₹48,200	₹92,544	₹1,00,256	₹1,09,896	₹1,23,874	₹1,37,852
19	₹49,600	₹95,232	₹1,03,168	₹1,13,088	₹1,27,472	₹1,41,856
20	₹51,100	₹98,112	₹1,06,288	₹1,16,508	₹1,31,327	₹1,46,146
21	₹52,600	₹1,00,992	₹1,09,408	₹1,19,928	₹1,35,182	₹1,50,436
22	₹54,200	₹1,04,064	₹1,12,736	₹1,23,576	₹1,39,294	₹1,55,012
23	₹55,800	₹1,07,136	₹1,16,064	₹1,27,224	₹1,43,406	₹1,59,588
24	₹57,500	₹1,10,400	₹1,19,600	₹1,31,100	₹1,47,775	₹1,64,450
25	₹59,200	₹1,13,664	₹1,23,136	₹1,34,976	₹1,52,144	₹1,69,312
26	₹61,000	₹1,17,120	₹1,26,880	₹1,39,080	₹1,56,770	₹1,74,460
27	₹62,800	₹1,20,576	₹1,30,624	₹1,43,184	₹1,61,396	₹1,79,608
28	₹64,700	₹1,24,224	₹1,34,576	₹1,47,516	₹1,66,279	₹1,85,042
29	₹66,600	₹1,27,872	₹1,38,528	₹1,51,848	₹1,71,162	₹1,90,476
30	₹68,600	₹1,31,712	₹1,42,688	₹1,56,408	₹1,76,302	₹1,96,196
31	₹70,700	₹1,35,744	₹1,47,056	₹1,61,196	₹1,81,699	₹2,02,202
32	₹72,800	₹1,39,776	₹1,51,424	₹1,65,984	₹1,87,096	₹2,08,208
33	₹75,000	₹1,44,000	₹1,56,000	₹1,71,000	₹1,92,750	₹2,14,500
34	₹77,300	₹1,48,416	₹1,60,784	₹1,76,244	₹1,98,661	₹2,21,078
35	₹79,600	₹1,52,832	₹1,65,568	₹1,81,488	₹2,04,572	₹2,27,656
36	₹82,000	₹1,57,440	₹1,70,560	₹1,86,960	₹2,10,740	₹2,34,520
37	₹84,500	₹1,62,240	₹1,75,760	₹1,92,660	₹2,17,165	₹2,41,670
38	₹87,000	₹1,67,040	₹1,80,960	₹1,98,360	₹2,23,590	₹2,48,820
39	₹89,600	₹1,72,032	₹1,86,368	₹2,04,288	₹2,30,272	₹2,56,256
40	₹92,300	₹1,77,216	₹1,91,984	₹2,10,444	₹2,37,211	₹2,63,978

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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