How we
calculate
- 1
Today
Your CTC, or the middle of your role's published range if you skip it.
- 2
With AI
Technical IT roles: your position in your role's range, mapped onto the AI sub-industry range from the same report. Other roles: Naukri's national median AI premium, labelled as an illustration.
- 3
5 years
The yearly difference × 5, before tax. It ignores raises and promotions.
Every number has a receipt. 🧾
No invented figures.
If no verified benchmark matches your role, we say there isn't enough data.
Like-for-like only.
We calculate a gap only when both ranges come from the same report, experience bracket and geography.
National stays national.
Naukri's cross-role premium is labelled as an illustration, never as your role's figure.
Association, not causation.
Higher pay in AI roles may reflect industry, employer or seniority, not just skills.
Reviewed quarterly.
Each source shows when it was last checked, and stale records are flagged.
📚 Sources
India (national). No city-level breakdown. Sample size not disclosed by the publisher.
Published Oct 2025 · Verified Oct 2026
India (national), all roles combined. Report cites 60,000+ jobseekers, thousands of job listings and recruiter surveys; the sample behind the salary figures is not separately disclosed.
Published Jul 2025 · Verified Oct 2026
📍 City is collected to help us prioritise future data. Current sources publish national ranges only, so results are not adjusted by city.