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IAS Officer Salary 2021

IAS officers have the highest pay scale in the country along with many perks like DA, Travel allowance, HRA and more. The pay scale is as per the 7th Pay Commission and the payment level is 10. The basic pay of an IAS Officer is INR 56,100 (Excluding the other benefits like TA, DA, HRA) and the salary scale can be reached to Rs. 2,50,000 for a Cabinet Secretary. 

IAS Salary

In this section of the blog, I have mentioned the topic of IAS salary in India in detail and also the salary structure/pay scale of IAS officers according to the 7th Pay Commission recommendation.

With that said let me get straight to the point. The basic monthly IAS salary in India starts from Rs. 56,100 (excluding DA, TA, and HRA).

This value can go on to reach a monthly salary of Rs, 2,50,000, which is the salary of the post of Cabinet Secretary of India.

Now let us take a look at the pay scale of IAS officers according to the 7th Pay Commission.

IAS officer Salary Structure – 7th Pay Commission

Salary Structure of an IAS Officer

IAS Salary in India:

Pay LevelNumber of years required in serviceBasic Pay (INR)Posts
State SecretariatDistrict AdministrationCentral Secretariat
101-456,100UndersecretarySub-Divisional MagistrateAssistant Secretary
115-867,700Deputy SecretaryAdditional District MagistrateUndersecretary
129-1278,800Joint SecretaryDistrict MagistrateDeputy Secretary
1313-161,18,500Special Secretary-cum-DirectorDistrict MagistrateDirector
1416-241,44,200Secretary-cum-CommissionerDivisional CommissionerJoint Secretary
1525-301,82,200Principal SecretaryDivisional CommissionerAdditional Secretary
1630-332,05,400Additional Chief SecretaryNo Equivalent RankNo Equivalent Rank
1734-362,25,000Chief SecretaryNo Equivalent RankSecretary
1837+ years2,50,000No Equivalent RankNo Equivalent RankCabinet Secretary of India

About Allowances:

What is mentioned above in the table is the IAS Officer Salary in India excluding the various allowances that the government offers to IAS officers like House rent Allowances, Dearness Allowances, Travel Allowances, Medical, etc.

I have not mentioned the allowances here because the government does not specifically give out details about what allowances are allocated for the various pay grades.

This is also due to the reason that Allowances that IAS officers receive from the govt. differ according to the city of posting, and various other factors.

I think that’s all you need to know about the salary of IAS for now. That’s because making the salary of IAS as the main motivation for appearing for the UPSC CSE exams is not going to help you clear it.

Being an IAS officer is more than just the salary and allowances and power that it fetches.

It is more about the responsibility that rests on anyone filling in as an IAS officer.

Therefore, someone that wants to become an IAS officer for money or power alone will never be able to make it through all the 3 rounds of the UPSC CSE selection process. Definitely not through the personal interview round.

If you want to know about the UPSC CSE selection process or the exam pattern, you’ll find a blog pertaining to the same on my website itself.

Promotions of an IAS Officer

Q1. What is the starting salary of an IAS officer?

The starting salary of an IAS officer is 56,100 INR per month. And that is just the basic monthly salary of an IAS officer without taking into account all the perks and allowances that he is eligible to receive, like Dearness Allowance (DA), Transport Allowance (TA), and House Rent Allowance (HRA), and so on and so forth.

Also, to note is that this base monthly salary of an IAS officer is when he’s been in the civil services for 1-4 years. So, after 4 years the basic monthly salary of IAS officers increases to 67,700 INR. However, since the question asks about the starting salary of an IAS officer, I will stop right there. To know more, you can read the blog I have written above.


Q2. Who pays the salary of an IAS officer?


This is an important question. So, the answer is, the state government pays the salary of IAS officers. Now, you might be thinking that how is this possible when the IAS officers have been selected via the UPSC, and not the State PSCs. Well, the explanation for this is that the salary of IAS officers is decided and fixed by the Union government of India. However, it is the State government that pays the salary of IAS officers, to those assigned to the state in question.


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