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Average Engineering Safety Coordinator Salary in India for 2026

An engineering safety coordinator in India earns about 263,100 INR a year. That's 32% 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 128,900 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 407,100 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 engineering safety coordinator make in India?

Average salary
263,100 INR
21,925 INR per month
Lowest reported
128,900 INR
10,741 INR per month
Highest reported
407,100 INR
33,925 INR per month

A typical engineering safety coordinator working in India brings home around 21,925 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 128,900 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 407,100 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 engineering safety coordinator 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 engineering safety coordinator 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 engineering safety coordinators in India earn less than 263,100 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 176,800 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 335,100 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of engineering safety coordinators sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 128,900 INR. The highest stretch to 407,100 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.

128,900
Low
263,100
Median
407,100
High
176,800
25th
335,100
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Engineering safety coordinator pay by experience in India

Years of experience is the single biggest lever on pay for an engineering safety coordinator 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 engineering safety coordinator salary changes as you move through the career ladder.

  • 0-2 Years
    158,700 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +31% from previous
    207,700 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +34% from previous
    277,400 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +20% from previous
    332,500 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +8% from previous
    359,900 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +6% from previous
    382,600 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 2 - 5 Years to 5 - 10 Years, where pay rises by about 34%. That is the point at which a engineering safety coordinator 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.

Engineering safety coordinator pay by education in India

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

  • Certificate or Diploma
    207,700 INR
  • Bachelor's Degree
    +37% from previous
    283,700 INR
  • Master's Degree
    +29% from previous
    367,200 INR

Engineering safety coordinator gender pay gap in India

The gender pay gap is a stubborn feature of almost every labour market, and India is no exception. Male engineering safety coordinators in India earn an average of 271,300 INR a year, while female engineering safety coordinators earn around 252,300 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.

Engineering Safety Coordinator gender pay gap

7%

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

Men 271,300 INR
Women 252,300 INR

Pay raises for an engineering safety coordinator 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

Engineering safety coordinator 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.

30%

30% of engineering safety coordinators in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes an engineering safety coordinator 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 0% to 3% of base salary. The remaining 70% of engineering safety coordinators 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

Engineering safety coordinator: 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

Engineering safety coordinator salary by city and region in India

Engineering safety coordinator 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.

  • Maharashtra
  • West Bengal
  • Rajasthan
  • Bihar
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Bangalore
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Delhi (city)
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
MaharashtraRegion327,300 INR348,300 INR154,700-518,900 INR
West BengalRegion318,800 INR325,800 INR157,600-496,100 INR
RajasthanRegion313,700 INR301,600 INR163,800-483,400 INR
BiharRegion312,400 INR335,100 INR143,200-493,000 INR
Uttar PradeshRegion312,400 INR283,700 INR167,100-467,700 INR
Tamil NaduRegion311,700 INR305,600 INR159,100-480,600 INR
BangaloreCity311,700 INR311,700 INR157,600-483,800 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion309,800 INR296,000 INR159,500-472,100 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion305,600 INR294,700 INR159,100-466,900 INR
Delhi (city)City301,700 INR320,500 INR143,200-480,600 INR
HyderabadCity301,600 INR315,700 INR146,200-472,100 INR
GujaratRegion301,600 INR319,600 INR142,300-476,600 INR
AhmadabadCity301,300 INR282,300 INR159,400-459,700 INR
AssamRegion294,700 INR288,100 INR150,000-450,300 INR
MumbaiCity294,300 INR301,800 INR142,300-459,300 INR
JharkhandRegion292,000 INR268,900 INR158,700-442,200 INR
KarnatakaRegion288,100 INR294,700 INR138,800-448,500 INR
PuneCity288,100 INR268,900 INR152,000-433,800 INR
KolkataCity288,100 INR273,000 INR150,000-436,200 INR
KeralaRegion286,400 INR271,300 INR152,000-437,300 INR
OrissaRegion286,400 INR294,300 INR142,300-451,000 INR
LucknowCity283,700 INR275,200 INR150,000-437,300 INR
ChennaiCity283,700 INR301,600 INR136,100-450,300 INR
SuratCity277,400 INR290,800 INR134,600-437,300 INR
BhopalCity275,800 INR275,800 INR139,100-426,700 INR
PunjabRegion275,800 INR286,400 INR134,600-433,400 INR
Delhi (region)Region273,000 INR288,100 INR130,400-430,500 INR
UttaranchalRegion272,800 INR272,800 INR136,200-421,400 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion272,800 INR251,500 INR148,300-411,400 INR
KanpurCity271,300 INR279,400 INR128,500-420,800 INR
JaipurCity267,100 INR275,200 INR130,400-417,100 INR
IndoreCity266,000 INR286,400 INR123,400-424,300 INR
CoimbatoreCity265,000 INR261,300 INR136,200-409,000 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion265,000 INR283,700 INR123,400-420,100 INR
MeghalayaRegion263,900 INR283,700 INR119,900-420,100 INR
NagpurCity263,200 INR272,800 INR127,700-411,400 INR
HaryanaRegion263,100 INR257,700 INR136,100-406,300 INR
NagalandRegion261,300 INR239,000 INR138,800-394,800 INR
LudhianaCity259,100 INR259,100 INR128,500-401,300 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion258,400 INR258,400 INR129,000-396,300 INR
VisakhapatnamCity257,700 INR257,700 INR129,000-397,900 INR
ManipurRegion254,800 INR251,500 INR128,500-392,300 INR
VadodaraCity253,400 INR240,500 INR128,900-384,500 INR
TripuraRegion252,300 INR273,300 INR116,180-401,300 INR
PondicherryRegion249,600 INR237,400 INR134,600-383,300 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity249,600 INR272,800 INR116,960-397,900 INR
GhaziabadCity246,500 INR227,600 INR134,600-372,600 INR
ChandigarhRegion243,000 INR243,000 INR119,900-378,300 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion243,000 INR257,700 INR113,700-384,500 INR
GoaRegion239,000 INR227,600 INR125,100-365,400 INR
MizoramRegion239,000 INR239,000 INR119,020-367,200 INR
PatnaCity239,000 INR239,000 INR117,440-367,200 INR
agraCity238,900 INR252,300 INR113,780-377,200 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion237,400 INR239,300 INR115,260-369,900 INR
MaduraiCity233,900 INR254,700 INR106,980-375,200 INR
SikkimRegion228,000 INR243,000 INR107,580-361,500 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion225,300 INR233,900 INR106,980-354,000 INR
Daman & DiuRegion221,500 INR207,800 INR115,400-332,100 INR
LakshadweepRegion210,500 INR218,900 INR103,600-332,100 INR

Engineering Safety Coordinator in India: FAQs

  • How much does an engineering safety coordinator make per month in India?

    An engineering safety coordinator in India earns about 21,925 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 263,100 INR.

  • What's the salary range for an engineering safety coordinator in India?

    Entry-level engineering safety coordinators in India start near 128,900 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 407,100 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 176,800 and 335,100 INR.

  • Is the median engineering safety coordinator salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 263,100 INR, higher than the average of 263,100 INR. Half of engineering safety coordinators in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for engineering safety coordinators in India?

    Men working as an engineering safety coordinator in India earn around 8% more than women on average (271,300 vs 252,300 INR a year).

  • Do engineering safety coordinators in India get bonuses?

    About 30% of engineering safety coordinators in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 0% to 3% of base salary.

  • Do engineering safety coordinators earn more in the public or private sector in India?

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

  • How often do engineering safety coordinators in India get a pay raise?

    An engineering safety coordinator in India sees a raise of around 11% every 16 months, equivalent to roughly 8% a year.