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Average Ceramics Engineer Salary in India for 2026

A ceramics engineer in India earns about 309,800 INR a year. That's 19% below 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 159,400 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 471,700 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 a ceramics engineer make in India?

Average salary
309,800 INR
25,816 INR per month
Lowest reported
159,400 INR
13,283 INR per month
Highest reported
471,700 INR
39,308 INR per month

A typical ceramics engineer working in India brings home around 25,816 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 159,400 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 471,700 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 ceramics 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 ceramics 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 ceramics engineers in India earn less than 294,700 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 204,000 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 367,200 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of ceramics engineers sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 159,400 INR. The highest stretch to 471,700 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.

159,400
Low
294,700
Median
471,700
High
204,000
25th
367,200
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Ceramics engineer pay by experience in India

Years of experience is the single biggest lever on pay for a ceramics 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 ceramics engineer salary changes as you move through the career ladder.

  • 0-2 Years
    183,600 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +32% from previous
    243,000 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +30% from previous
    315,900 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +21% from previous
    382,600 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +10% from previous
    421,400 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +4% from previous
    440,200 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 0 - 2 Years to 2 - 5 Years, where pay rises by about 32%. That is the point at which a ceramics 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.

Ceramics engineer pay by education in India

Education sits alongside experience as one of the biggest factors driving ceramics 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 ceramics engineer salary in India broken down by the highest level of education a worker has completed.

  • Bachelor's Degree
    258,400 INR
  • Master's Degree
    +38% from previous
    357,300 INR

Ceramics 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 ceramics engineers in India earn an average of 327,300 INR a year, while female ceramics engineers earn around 294,300 INR. That works out to a 11% 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.

Ceramics Engineer gender pay gap

10%

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

Men 327,300 INR
Women 294,300 INR

Pay raises for a ceramics 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 11% every 16 months, which works out to roughly 8% 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

Ceramics 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.

28%

28% of ceramics engineers in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes a ceramics engineer a low-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 1% to 3% of base salary. The remaining 72% of ceramics 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

Ceramics 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

Ceramics engineer salary by city and region in India

Ceramics 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
  • Bihar
  • Maharashtra
  • Hyderabad
  • Delhi (city)
  • West Bengal
  • Gujarat
  • Jharkhand
  • Kerala
  • Chennai
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
Uttar PradeshRegion384,500 INR392,300 INR189,300-600,000 INR
BiharRegion382,600 INR413,900 INR176,800-612,500 INR
MaharashtraRegion372,600 INR357,700 INR194,600-572,200 INR
HyderabadCity361,500 INR369,900 INR175,900-563,300 INR
Delhi (city)City361,500 INR349,300 INR189,300-553,400 INR
West BengalRegion359,900 INR386,400 INR164,200-568,500 INR
GujaratRegion354,000 INR340,400 INR185,100-544,800 INR
JharkhandRegion351,900 INR359,900 INR172,400-547,800 INR
KeralaRegion351,900 INR340,000 INR183,700-539,800 INR
ChennaiCity351,900 INR340,000 INR183,700-539,800 INR
KarnatakaRegion348,300 INR378,300 INR159,500-555,800 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion345,700 INR375,200 INR159,400-551,200 INR
RajasthanRegion341,400 INR367,200 INR158,700-544,800 INR
Tamil NaduRegion341,400 INR348,300 INR167,100-533,000 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion340,400 INR345,700 INR168,100-529,600 INR
MumbaiCity340,000 INR366,200 INR157,600-539,800 INR
OrissaRegion340,000 INR363,000 INR157,600-535,900 INR
BangaloreCity335,800 INR322,600 INR174,000-514,300 INR
SuratCity335,100 INR341,400 INR163,800-524,400 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion335,100 INR362,200 INR152,300-533,100 INR
PuneCity332,500 INR317,700 INR172,400-507,300 INR
JaipurCity332,100 INR361,600 INR152,300-529,600 INR
PunjabRegion327,300 INR335,800 INR159,500-513,300 INR
AhmadabadCity325,900 INR314,500 INR169,000-498,000 INR
KanpurCity325,800 INR330,700 INR159,100-504,300 INR
AssamRegion325,600 INR332,500 INR159,400-507,300 INR
BhopalCity325,600 INR311,700 INR169,000-498,500 INR
KolkataCity320,500 INR349,300 INR148,300-510,200 INR
Delhi (region)Region317,700 INR325,600 INR157,600-499,300 INR
LucknowCity314,500 INR339,100 INR142,300-498,500 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion313,700 INR340,400 INR146,200-502,200 INR
IndoreCity312,400 INR335,800 INR143,200-492,700 INR
HaryanaRegion312,400 INR315,900 INR152,000-485,300 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion309,800 INR294,700 INR159,400-472,100 INR
TripuraRegion308,300 INR332,100 INR143,200-492,400 INR
GhaziabadCity308,300 INR315,900 INR152,000-483,800 INR
VisakhapatnamCity308,300 INR296,000 INR159,500-472,000 INR
NagpurCity305,600 INR312,400 INR150,000-475,700 INR
NagalandRegion301,700 INR308,300 INR150,000-472,100 INR
MeghalayaRegion301,700 INR327,300 INR138,800-483,800 INR
UttaranchalRegion301,300 INR290,800 INR158,700-462,300 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity301,300 INR325,600 INR138,200-480,600 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion299,500 INR283,700 INR154,700-455,400 INR
LudhianaCity297,000 INR288,100 INR157,600-459,700 INR
CoimbatoreCity297,000 INR305,600 INR148,300-464,900 INR
PondicherryRegion296,000 INR282,500 INR152,300-454,300 INR
PatnaCity294,700 INR281,500 INR152,000-447,700 INR
MaduraiCity294,300 INR318,800 INR136,200-467,100 INR
agraCity288,700 INR279,400 INR152,100-444,300 INR
ManipurRegion288,700 INR296,000 INR143,200-454,300 INR
GoaRegion275,500 INR297,000 INR125,700-442,200 INR
SikkimRegion275,500 INR265,000 INR142,300-424,300 INR
VadodaraCity275,500 INR297,000 INR125,700-442,200 INR
MizoramRegion273,000 INR263,900 INR143,200-421,400 INR
ChandigarhRegion273,000 INR263,900 INR143,200-421,400 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion272,800 INR294,700 INR124,400-430,000 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion272,800 INR275,500 INR134,600-424,300 INR
LakshadweepRegion263,100 INR267,100 INR129,000-409,000 INR
Daman & DiuRegion253,400 INR240,500 INR128,900-385,300 INR

Ceramics Engineer in India: FAQs

  • How much does a ceramics engineer make per month in India?

    A ceramics engineer in India earns about 25,816 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 309,800 INR.

  • What's the salary range for a ceramics engineer in India?

    Entry-level ceramics engineers in India start near 159,400 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 471,700 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 204,000 and 367,200 INR.

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

    The median is 294,700 INR, lower than the average of 309,800 INR. Half of ceramics engineers in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

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

    Men working as a ceramics engineer in India earn around 11% more than women on average (327,300 vs 294,300 INR a year).

  • Do ceramics engineers in India get bonuses?

    About 28% of ceramics engineers in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 1% to 3% of base salary.

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

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

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

    A ceramics engineer in India sees a raise of around 11% every 16 months, equivalent to roughly 8% a year.