What AI, data, cloud and business-intelligence roles actually pay in India in 2026 — minimum, average and maximum salary by experience level, across every major domain.
⬇ Download the full report (PDF)Every figure below is a real, sourced salary band — not an estimate. Each band is sourced per role, so roles that price identically are shown ONCE rather than repeated under different job titles. Ranges are annual gross pay (₹ lakh per annum, LPA) for India, by experience level within each domain. Where a role has no reliable figure, we leave it out rather than guess.
Building and deploying LLM, agent and MLOps systems — the top of the market.
Training that leads here: Generative AI · MLOps & LLM Deployment · Agentic AI
| Experience | Salary range (LPA) | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Entry · 0–3 yrs | ₹8L – ₹15L | ₹11L |
| Mid · 3–7 yrs | ₹14L – ₹28L | ₹20L |
| Senior · 7+ yrs | ₹26L – ₹48L | ₹36L |
Statistics, modelling and production pipelines.
Training that leads here: Data Science
| Experience | Salary range (LPA) | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Entry · 0–3 yrs | ₹6L – ₹13L | ₹9L |
| Mid · 3–7 yrs | ₹12L – ₹22L | ₹16L |
| Senior · 7+ yrs | ₹22L – ₹36L | ₹28L |
Classical ML and deep learning, trained and shipped.
Training that leads here: Machine Learning · Machine Learning with Python
| Experience | Salary range (LPA) | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Entry · 0–3 yrs | ₹5L – ₹9L | ₹7L |
| Mid · 3–7 yrs | ₹10L – ₹17L | ₹13L |
| Senior · 7+ yrs | ₹16L – ₹28L | ₹21L |
Cloud architecture, infrastructure and DevOps.
Training that leads here: Cloud & DevOps (AWS)
| Experience | Salary range (LPA) | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Entry · 0–3 yrs | ₹5L – ₹8L | ₹6L |
| Mid · 3–7 yrs | ₹9L – ₹16L | ₹12L |
| Senior · 7+ yrs | ₹16L – ₹30L | ₹22L |
Dashboards, DAX and the analytics on-ramp.
Training that leads here: Business Intelligence (Power BI)
| Experience | Salary range (LPA) | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Entry · 0–3 yrs | ₹4L – ₹6L | ₹5L |
| Mid · 3–7 yrs | ₹6L – ₹11L | ₹8L |
| Senior · 7+ yrs | ₹11L – ₹18L | ₹14L |
Salary bands are read live from Greater Insights' careers dataset for India, sourced from AmbitionBox and reflecting 2026-Q2. Figures are annual gross pay in Indian rupees (LPA), grouped by role and experience level within each domain. This report is generated directly from that dataset, so it refreshes as the underlying data is updated. Where a reliable figure is unavailable for a role or domain, we omit it rather than estimate.