8th CPC Salary Calculator (Tentative)

8th Pay Commission Salary Calculator (Tentative)

Calculate your estimated salary under the 8th Pay Commission as on 01 January 2026.

Pay Level * Select Pay Level Level 1 (GP 1800, PB-1) Level 2 (GP 1900, PB-1) Level 3 (GP 2000, PB-1) Level 4 (GP 2400, PB-1) Level 5 (GP 2800, PB-1) Level 6 (GP 4200, PB-2) Level 7 (GP 4600, PB-2) Level 8 (GP 4800, PB-2) Level 9 (GP 5400, PB-2) Level 10 (GP 5400, PB-3) Level 11 (GP 6600, PB-3) Level 12 (GP 7600, PB-3) Level 13 (GP 8700, PB-4) Level 13A (GP 8900, PB-4) Level 14 (GP 10000, PB-4) Level 15 (HAG, 67000-79000) Level 16 (HAG, 75500-80000) Level 17 (HAG, 80000) Level 18 (HAG, 90000)

Basic Pay (₹) * Select Basic Pay

Fitment Factor * Select Fitment Factor 1.92 2.08 2.28 2.86

Salary Date

Allowances

House Rent Allowance (HRA) Selected

HRA: Allowance for housing expenses

HRA Rate * Select HRA Rate 10% (Tier 3 Cities) 20% (Tier 2 Cities) 30% (Metro Cities)

Select the HRA rate based on your city tier.

Transport Allowance (TA) Selected

TA: Allowance for commuting expenses

City/Town * Select City/Town Other City Ahmadabad (UA) Bangalore / Bengaluru (UA) Chennai (UA) Coimbatore (UA) Delhi (UA) Ghaziabad (UA) Greater Mumbai (UA) Hyderabad (UA) Indore (UA) Jaipur (UA) Kanpur (UA) Kochi (UA) Kolkata (UA) Kozhikode (UA) Lucknow (UA) Nagpur (UA) Patna (UA) Pune (UA) Surat (UA)

TA varies by pay level and city type.

Salary Outlook from January 2026 (Per Month)

Component	Amount (₹)
Basic Pay	0
Dearness Allowance	0
House Rent Allowance	0
Transport Allowance	0
Other Allowances/Incomes (if any)
Gross Salary	0
NPS Contribution NPS: 10% of (Basic + DA)	0
CGHS Contribution CGHS: Health scheme contribution	0
Income Tax (New Regime) Income Tax: Based on FY 2025-26 slabs	0 (approx)
Other Deductions (if any)
Net Salary	0

Enter Annual Income (to know actual Income Tax - new regime FY 2025-26):

Annual Income Tax: ₹0

Monthly Income Tax: ₹0

*Note: Income Tax is deducted as per budget (revised tax regime FY 2025-26) dated Feb 01, 2025. Income Tax is tentative and may change due to hike in DA, increment, promotion, etc. Manually enter amount for other incomes (if any) like PCA/HPCA, overtime, honorarium, NPA, etc. Manually enter amount for other monthly deductions (if any) like LIC, Bank Loan, etc.

HRA Rates

City Tier	HRA Rate (%)
Metro Cities (e.g., Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Pune)	30%
Tier 2 Cities (e.g., Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Amravati, Amritsar, Anand, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Belagavi, Brahmapur, Bhavnagar, Bhiwandi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Bokaro Steel City, Burdwan , Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dahod, Dehradun, Dombivli, Dhanbad, Bhilai, Durgapur, Erode, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hamirpur, Hubballi–Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kalaburagi, Kakinada, Kannur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kollam, Kota, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Madurai, Malappuram, Mathura, Mangaluru, Meerut, Moradabad, Mysuru, Nagpur, Nanded, Nadiad, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Patna, Puducherry, Purulia, Prayagraj, Raipur, Rajkot, Rajamahendravaram, Ranchi, Rourkela, Ratlam, Saharanpur, Salem, Sangli, Shimla, Siliguri, Solapur, Srinagar, Surat, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Ujjain, Vijayapura, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasai-Virar, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vellore, and Warangal.)	20%
Tier 3 Cities (Other Cities)	10%

Transport Allowance Rates

Pay Level	City Type	TA (₹)
1-2 (Basic < ₹24,200)	TPTA Cities	1350 + DA
1-2 (Basic < ₹24,200)	Tier 3 Cities	900 + DA
1-8	TPTA Cities	3600 + DA
1-8	Tier 3 Cities	1800 + DA
9-18	TPTA Cities	7200 + DA
9-18	Tier 3 Cities	3600 + DA

Higher TPTA Cities: Metro Cities + Patna, Surat, Kochi, Kozhikode, Indore, Nagpur, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow.

CGHS Contribution Table

Pay Level (7th CPC)	CGHS Deduction per Month
Level 1 to 5	₹250
Level 6	₹450
Level 7 to 11	₹650
Level 12 and above	₹1000

Other Allowances

Allowance Type)	Eligibility	Amount / Calculation
HPCA / PCA	Level 8 and below	₹4100 per month
HPCA / PCA	Level 9 and above	₹5300 per month
Non-Practising Allowance (NPA)	Only for medical professionals	20% of Basic Pay