8th Pay Commission Salary Calculator

1Your pay level

Your payslip shows it as “Level” or “Pay Level”. If you remember only your old grade pay (GP), pick the level that shows it.

2Your basic pay today

Choose the amount shown against “Basic Pay” on your payslip.

3Where do you work?

Big metro cityDelhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, PuneOther big citySuch as Bhopal, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Varanasi, DehradunSmall town or villageEverywhere else

In Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad or Faridabad, or a higher-TA city such as Lucknow, Jaipur or Patna? Choose your city below so HRA and TA are both right.

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I work in one of the 19 cities with higher transport allowance

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4Your pension scheme

NPSJoined on or after 1 January 2004UPSSwitched to the Unified Pension SchemeOld pension (GPF)Joined before 2004

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I use an official car (no transport allowance)

Only for Level 14 and above officers entitled to an official car.

CGHS contribution is deducted from my pay

Professional tax a month (₹)

₹

Only in states that charge it, such as Maharashtra or Karnataka (₹200).

HRA after the 8th CPC

24% / 16% / 8%: as when the 7th CPC allowances started (July 2017)30% / 20% / 10%: today's rates

DA merged on the effective date (%)

The fitment factor absorbs the DA due on 1 January 2026. We use 60%.

If the fitment factor is 1.92

Basic pay: ₹18,000→₹34,600

Take-home pay: ₹33,200→₹41,324 +₹8,124 a month

₹41,324 = 41 thousand 324 rupees a month

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At 1.92, your new basic pay is 20% more than today's basic pay plus DA. That is the real rise; the rest is DA being folded in.

Your payslip: today and after the 8th CPC (estimate)
	Today	8th CPC
Basic pay	₹18,000	₹34,600× 1.92
Dearness Allowance (DA)	₹10,80060% of basic	₹00% of basic
House Rent Allowance (HRA)	₹5,40030% of basic	₹8,30424% of basic
Transport Allowance (TA)	₹2,160₹1,350 + DA on it	₹2,160₹2,160 + DA on it
Gross pay	₹36,360	₹45,064
NPS	−₹2,88010% of basic + DA	−₹3,46010% of basic + DA
CGHS	−₹250Level 1 rate	−₹250
CGEGIS (insurance)	−₹30Group C	−₹30
Income tax (TDS)	−₹0New tax regime, a full year at this pay	−₹0
Take-home pay	₹33,200	₹41,324

Take-home pay at each fitment factor
Factor	Basic pay	Take-home	More than today
1.83	₹32,900	₹39,386	+₹6,186
1.92	₹34,600	₹41,324	+₹8,124
2.46	₹44,300	₹52,382	+₹19,182
2.57	₹46,300	₹54,662	+₹21,462
2.86	₹51,500	₹60,590	+₹27,390
3.83	₹69,000	₹80,540	+₹47,340

This is an estimate. The 8th Pay Commission has not given its report yet, so the fitment factor, pay matrix and allowances are not decided.

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