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AI & Data Salaries in India — 2026

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.

Updated August 2026 · Source: AmbitionBox · 2026-Q2
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5Sourced roles
15Sourced salary bands
₹48LTop of the range: GenAI / LLM Engineer
2026-Q2Data freshness (AmbitionBox)

Salaries by role & experience

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.

GenAI / LLM Engineer

Building and deploying LLM, agent and MLOps systems — the top of the market.

Training that leads here: Generative AI · MLOps & LLM Deployment · Agentic AI

ExperienceSalary range (LPA)Typical
Entry · 0–3 yrs ₹8L – ₹15L ₹11L
Mid · 3–7 yrs ₹14L – ₹28L ₹20L
Senior · 7+ yrs ₹26L – ₹48L ₹36L

Data Scientist

Statistics, modelling and production pipelines.

Training that leads here: Data Science

ExperienceSalary range (LPA)Typical
Entry · 0–3 yrs ₹6L – ₹13L ₹9L
Mid · 3–7 yrs ₹12L – ₹22L ₹16L
Senior · 7+ yrs ₹22L – ₹36L ₹28L

ML Engineer

Classical ML and deep learning, trained and shipped.

Training that leads here: Machine Learning · Machine Learning with Python

ExperienceSalary range (LPA)Typical
Entry · 0–3 yrs ₹5L – ₹9L ₹7L
Mid · 3–7 yrs ₹10L – ₹17L ₹13L
Senior · 7+ yrs ₹16L – ₹28L ₹21L

AWS / Cloud Engineer

Cloud architecture, infrastructure and DevOps.

Training that leads here: Cloud & DevOps (AWS)

ExperienceSalary range (LPA)Typical
Entry · 0–3 yrs ₹5L – ₹8L ₹6L
Mid · 3–7 yrs ₹9L – ₹16L ₹12L
Senior · 7+ yrs ₹16L – ₹30L ₹22L

Power BI Developer

Dashboards, DAX and the analytics on-ramp.

Training that leads here: Business Intelligence (Power BI)

ExperienceSalary range (LPA)Typical
Entry · 0–3 yrs ₹4L – ₹6L ₹5L
Mid · 3–7 yrs ₹6L – ₹11L ₹8L
Senior · 7+ yrs ₹11L – ₹18L ₹14L

Methodology & sources

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.

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