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Average Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Salary in India for 2026

An aircraft maintenance engineer in India earns about 369,300 INR a year. That's 4% roughly in line with the national average of 384,200 INR.

Pay ranges widely from country to country and from role to role. The lowest reported salaries in India sit around 175,900 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 581,000 INR. Everything on this page is in Indian rupee (INR, symbol ₹), which lets you compare numbers like-for-like without worrying about exchange rates.

The numbers here are pulled together from official government wage data, large independent salary surveys, and aggregated worker-reported pay. Most reported salaries include the benefits that are common in India, such as housing or transport allowances, which is worth keeping in mind if you're comparing against a country where those are usually paid on top.

How much does an aircraft maintenance engineer make in India?

Average salary
369,300 INR
30,775 INR per month
Lowest reported
175,900 INR
14,658 INR per month
Highest reported
581,000 INR
48,416 INR per month

A typical aircraft maintenance engineer working in India brings home around 30,775 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 175,900 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 581,000 INR for the most experienced and specialised people in the role.

The wide gap between low end and top end reflects how much pay can vary inside the same job title. A junior aircraft maintenance engineer working at a small local employer earns very different money from a senior at a multinational. Skills, employer, city and years in the seat all push the number around.

How aircraft maintenance engineer pay ranges in India

A good way to think about salary in India is to look at the distribution rather than the headline average. Half of all aircraft maintenance engineers in India earn less than 384,500 INR a year, and the other half earn more. That middle number is the median, and it is usually more useful than the average for answering "is my pay normal here".

Looking at the quartiles fills in the picture. A quarter of earners take home less than 252,300 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 501,400 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of aircraft maintenance engineers sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 175,900 INR. The highest stretch to 581,000 INR, though only a small fraction of earners ever reach that level. If you are deciding whether your own offer or current pay is reasonable, work out which of those four bands you would fall into and use that as your reference point.

175,900
Low
384,500
Median
581,000
High
252,300
25th
501,400
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Aircraft maintenance engineer pay by experience in India

Years of experience is the single biggest lever on pay for an aircraft maintenance engineer in India, ahead of education and almost any other single factor. The longer you have been in the role, the more your employer can trust you to handle complexity, mentor others and act independently, all of which command higher pay. The chart below shows how the typical aircraft maintenance engineer salary changes as you move through the career ladder.

  • 0-2 Years
    207,700 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +42% from previous
    294,700 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +31% from previous
    386,400 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +24% from previous
    478,100 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +6% from previous
    504,500 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +10% from previous
    555,800 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 0 - 2 Years to 2 - 5 Years, where pay rises by about 42%. That is the point at which a aircraft maintenance engineer typically goes from "competent in the role" to "the person other people in the team learn from", and the market pays well for that step.

Aircraft maintenance engineer pay by education in India

Education sits alongside experience as one of the biggest factors driving aircraft maintenance engineer pay in India. Higher qualifications consistently pull higher salaries, but the size of the gap tends to be smallest at junior levels and widens as people move up. Two people in the same role with the same years of experience but different degrees can end up earning very different money once they reach mid-career.

Below is the average aircraft maintenance engineer salary in India broken down by the highest level of education a worker has completed.

  • Bachelor's Degree
    327,800 INR
  • Master's Degree
    +43% from previous
    467,700 INR

Aircraft maintenance engineer gender pay gap in India

The gender pay gap is a stubborn feature of almost every labour market, and India is no exception. Male aircraft maintenance engineers in India earn an average of 392,300 INR a year, while female aircraft maintenance engineers earn around 361,600 INR. That works out to a 8% gap in favour of men, even when comparing people doing the same work.

A pay gap of this size has a real long-term cost. Over a typical thirty-year career it can add up to several years of pay, and it compounds through pensions, retirement contributions and bonus-linked stock. Some of the gap is explained by women being more likely to work part-time, take career breaks, or be steered toward lower-paying specialisations. Some of it is straightforward unequal pay for the same job, which is harder to defend.

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer gender pay gap

8%

Men earn this much more than women on average in India.

Men 392,300 INR
Women 361,600 INR

Pay raises for an aircraft maintenance engineer in India

Most countries hand out at least some kind of pay raise every year, typically when an employee's contract is reviewed or as a cost-of-living adjustment to keep wages roughly in step with inflation. The rhythm and size of those raises varies hugely between industries.

A typical worker doing this role in India sees a raise of about 12% every 16 months, which works out to roughly 9% on an annual basis. That figure is the typical underlying rate; in years where inflation runs high you can usually expect a bit more, and in flat-economy years a bit less.

Across all jobs in India, the national average raise is around 9% every 16 months.

By industry

Industries with the highest pay raises in India:

  • Banking
    1%
  • Energy
    2%
  • Information Technology
  • Healthcare
  • Travel
  • Construction
  • Education

By experience level

Experienced workers tend to see larger raises. Retaining a senior is cheaper than replacing them, so employers fight harder for them.

  • Junior Level
    3% - 5%
  • Mid-Career
  • Senior Level
  • Top Management

Aircraft maintenance engineer bonus rates in India

Bonuses are the other half of total compensation, and they vary a lot between jobs and industries. Some roles are paid almost entirely in base salary; others lean heavily on bonus structures tied to revenue, project completion or company performance. Whether a job pays a bonus, how big it is, and how often it lands all factor into whether the headline salary is actually a good offer.

57%

57% of aircraft maintenance engineers in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes an aircraft maintenance engineer a moderate-bonus role overall, which is useful context when you're weighing up a job offer where the base is below market.

Among those who did receive a bonus, the size of the payment varied substantially. Reported bonuses ranged from 3% to 6% of base salary. The remaining 43% of aircraft maintenance engineers reported no bonus at all over the same period.

Which careers pay bonuses in India

Revenue-facing roles tend to pay the biggest bonuses. Operational and support roles tend toward smaller, more predictable ones.

  • Finance
  • Architecture
  • Sales
  • Business Development
  • Marketing / Advertising
  • Information Technology
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Customer Service
  • Human Resources
  • Construction
  • Transport
  • Hospitality

Aircraft maintenance engineer: public vs private sector pay

Public-sector pay in India is about 6% more than private-sector pay for similar work. The private sector typically offers stronger upside and bigger bonuses; the public sector typically offers better benefits and stability.

Public vs private pay gap

5%

Public-sector workers earn this much more than private-sector workers in India on average.

Public sector 392,300 INR
Private sector 371,100 INR

Aircraft maintenance engineer salary by city and region in India

Aircraft maintenance engineer pay is not even across India. The chart below shows the highest-paying cities and regions in the dataset, followed by the full location table.

  • Uttar Pradesh
  • West Bengal
  • Maharashtra
  • Karnataka
  • Mumbai
  • Bangalore
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Bihar
  • Rajasthan
  • Jharkhand
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
Uttar PradeshRegion467,100 INR467,100 INR233,600-727,400 INR
West BengalRegion450,300 INR431,300 INR233,900-691,200 INR
MaharashtraRegion433,400 INR425,100 INR222,300-670,600 INR
KarnatakaRegion433,400 INR419,400 INR225,300-664,500 INR
MumbaiCity431,300 INR417,200 INR225,300-663,200 INR
BangaloreCity431,300 INR451,000 INR207,700-681,900 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion430,500 INR442,200 INR209,500-675,100 INR
BiharRegion426,700 INR462,300 INR195,200-681,900 INR
RajasthanRegion426,700 INR437,300 INR209,700-669,100 INR
JharkhandRegion424,300 INR424,300 INR209,500-656,800 INR
OrissaRegion420,800 INR404,600 INR221,500-648,200 INR
Tamil NaduRegion415,900 INR388,100 INR221,500-633,100 INR
GujaratRegion412,000 INR403,100 INR209,700-632,400 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion412,000 INR421,400 INR201,100-643,400 INR
KeralaRegion411,400 INR377,200 INR222,300-619,000 INR
AhmadabadCity409,000 INR377,200 INR218,900-618,800 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion407,100 INR407,100 INR204,700-629,800 INR
Delhi (city)City404,600 INR398,300 INR207,700-625,000 INR
HyderabadCity404,600 INR431,100 INR192,000-641,900 INR
KolkataCity399,900 INR409,000 INR195,200-625,000 INR
JaipurCity399,900 INR382,600 INR207,700-610,100 INR
ChennaiCity398,300 INR388,100 INR204,700-615,000 INR
PunjabRegion398,300 INR420,800 INR187,300-627,900 INR
PuneCity396,300 INR366,200 INR214,000-598,600 INR
IndoreCity394,800 INR425,100 INR181,600-626,800 INR
SuratCity394,800 INR417,200 INR185,100-619,800 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion394,300 INR411,400 INR190,500-620,300 INR
UttaranchalRegion390,000 INR407,100 INR189,300-614,600 INR
AssamRegion386,400 INR363,000 INR204,000-589,400 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity385,300 INR419,400 INR175,900-615,700 INR
BhopalCity385,300 INR401,300 INR185,100-605,700 INR
KanpurCity384,500 INR407,300 INR181,600-607,400 INR
LucknowCity384,500 INR392,300 INR189,300-598,600 INR
Delhi (region)Region383,300 INR406,300 INR180,500-603,400 INR
NagpurCity378,300 INR399,900 INR175,900-595,300 INR
VisakhapatnamCity372,600 INR386,400 INR180,300-585,900 INR
HaryanaRegion372,600 INR352,000 INR197,600-565,100 INR
GhaziabadCity369,300 INR369,300 INR185,100-573,500 INR
NagalandRegion367,900 INR367,900 INR183,700-566,900 INR
LudhianaCity367,200 INR384,200 INR176,800-578,500 INR
PatnaCity357,700 INR371,100 INR172,200-562,200 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion353,600 INR383,300 INR161,600-563,000 INR
MizoramRegion353,600 INR367,200 INR172,200-556,000 INR
ChandigarhRegion352,000 INR365,400 INR167,100-547,800 INR
ManipurRegion352,000 INR330,700 INR187,500-531,700 INR
TripuraRegion352,000 INR378,800 INR159,500-559,000 INR
CoimbatoreCity348,300 INR327,800 INR185,100-529,600 INR
PondicherryRegion345,700 INR317,700 INR187,300-524,700 INR
GoaRegion341,900 INR348,300 INR167,100-535,800 INR
MeghalayaRegion341,900 INR369,300 INR158,700-543,200 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion341,400 INR335,800 INR174,000-528,500 INR
VadodaraCity335,800 INR341,900 INR163,800-524,700 INR
agraCity335,100 INR327,300 INR172,200-514,800 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion335,100 INR320,500 INR172,200-510,200 INR
SikkimRegion325,800 INR318,800 INR164,200-498,000 INR
Daman & DiuRegion322,600 INR299,500 INR172,200-487,600 INR
MaduraiCity322,600 INR349,300 INR150,000-514,300 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion322,600 INR341,400 INR152,000-510,300 INR
LakshadweepRegion313,700 INR335,100 INR150,000-498,000 INR

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer in India: FAQs

  • How much does an aircraft maintenance engineer make per month in India?

    An aircraft maintenance engineer in India earns about 30,775 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 369,300 INR.

  • What's the salary range for an aircraft maintenance engineer in India?

    Entry-level aircraft maintenance engineers in India start near 175,900 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 581,000 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 252,300 and 501,400 INR.

  • Is the median aircraft maintenance engineer salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 384,500 INR, higher than the average of 369,300 INR. Half of aircraft maintenance engineers in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for aircraft maintenance engineers in India?

    Men working as an aircraft maintenance engineer in India earn around 8% more than women on average (392,300 vs 361,600 INR a year).

  • Do aircraft maintenance engineers in India get bonuses?

    About 57% of aircraft maintenance engineers in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 3% to 6% of base salary.

  • Do aircraft maintenance engineers earn more in the public or private sector in India?

    In India, the public sector pays an aircraft maintenance engineer about 6% more on average. Public-sector pay tends to be steadier; private-sector pay tends to offer bigger upside.

  • How often do aircraft maintenance engineers in India get a pay raise?

    An aircraft maintenance engineer in India sees a raise of around 12% every 16 months, equivalent to roughly 9% a year.