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Average Personal Support Worker Salary in India for 2026

A personal support worker in India earns about 239,000 INR a year. That's 38% 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 129,000 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 359,900 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 personal support worker make in India?

Average salary
239,000 INR
19,916 INR per month
Lowest reported
129,000 INR
10,750 INR per month
Highest reported
359,900 INR
29,991 INR per month

A typical personal support worker working in India brings home around 19,916 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 129,000 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 359,900 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 personal support worker 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 personal support worker 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 personal support workers in India earn less than 217,900 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 157,600 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 265,000 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of personal support workers sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 129,000 INR. The highest stretch to 359,900 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.

129,000
Low
217,900
Median
359,900
High
157,600
25th
265,000
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Personal support worker pay by experience in India

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

  • 0-2 Years
    150,000 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +26% from previous
    189,300 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +31% from previous
    247,800 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +18% from previous
    292,000 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +10% from previous
    322,600 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +6% from previous
    341,900 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 2 - 5 Years to 5 - 10 Years, where pay rises by about 31%. That is the point at which a personal support worker 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.

Personal support worker pay by education in India

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

  • Bachelor's Degree
    191,600 INR
  • Master's Degree
    +54% from previous
    294,300 INR

Personal support worker gender pay gap in India

The gender pay gap is a stubborn feature of almost every labour market, and India is no exception. Male personal support workers in India earn an average of 225,300 INR a year, while female personal support workers earn around 246,200 INR. That works out to a 8% gap in favour of women, 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.

Personal Support Worker gender pay gap

8%

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

Women 246,200 INR
Men 225,300 INR

Pay raises for a personal support worker 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 9% every 18 months, which works out to roughly 6% 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

Personal support worker 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.

25%

25% of personal support workers in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes a personal support worker 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 2% of base salary. The remaining 75% of personal support workers 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

Personal support worker: 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

Personal support worker salary by city and region in India

Personal support worker 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.

  • Bihar
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • West Bengal
  • Karnataka
  • Hyderabad
  • Maharashtra
  • Delhi (city)
  • Kerala
  • Orissa
  • Madhya Pradesh
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
BiharRegion288,700 INR314,500 INR134,600-462,300 INR
Uttar PradeshRegion288,700 INR273,300 INR152,300-442,200 INR
West BengalRegion283,700 INR275,200 INR150,000-437,300 INR
KarnatakaRegion281,500 INR271,300 INR148,300-431,100 INR
HyderabadCity277,400 INR277,400 INR138,200-430,000 INR
MaharashtraRegion275,800 INR286,400 INR134,600-433,400 INR
Delhi (city)City273,300 INR282,300 INR128,900-426,700 INR
KeralaRegion271,300 INR265,000 INR139,100-417,200 INR
OrissaRegion271,300 INR259,100 INR138,800-413,900 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion268,900 INR273,000 INR130,400-417,100 INR
JharkhandRegion267,100 INR253,400 INR142,300-407,100 INR
ChennaiCity267,100 INR277,400 INR129,000-421,400 INR
Tamil NaduRegion266,000 INR282,300 INR124,400-420,100 INR
GujaratRegion265,000 INR273,000 INR125,700-415,900 INR
PunjabRegion265,000 INR265,000 INR134,600-412,000 INR
RajasthanRegion263,900 INR268,900 INR128,500-412,000 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion263,200 INR267,100 INR129,000-409,000 INR
BangaloreCity263,200 INR239,300 INR142,300-394,500 INR
MumbaiCity263,200 INR249,600 INR136,200-397,900 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion261,300 INR245,300 INR139,100-394,300 INR
AssamRegion257,700 INR273,300 INR119,900-407,100 INR
AhmadabadCity253,400 INR246,500 INR129,000-386,400 INR
JaipurCity251,500 INR239,000 INR128,500-384,200 INR
KolkataCity251,500 INR254,700 INR123,400-388,100 INR
IndoreCity251,500 INR271,300 INR113,560-396,300 INR
BhopalCity251,500 INR228,000 INR136,100-377,200 INR
SuratCity246,500 INR246,500 INR125,100-384,200 INR
PuneCity245,300 INR239,000 INR124,400-377,200 INR
LucknowCity245,300 INR251,500 INR119,700-384,200 INR
HaryanaRegion245,300 INR259,100 INR117,100-386,400 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion245,300 INR225,300 INR130,400-369,900 INR
UttaranchalRegion239,000 INR217,900 INR129,000-359,900 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion239,000 INR258,400 INR110,120-378,300 INR
NagpurCity239,000 INR239,000 INR118,200-367,200 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity239,000 INR259,100 INR111,900-383,300 INR
CoimbatoreCity239,000 INR254,700 INR112,660-378,300 INR
KanpurCity239,000 INR239,000 INR119,700-371,100 INR
GhaziabadCity237,400 INR221,500 INR127,700-361,600 INR
Delhi (region)Region233,900 INR233,900 INR119,500-363,000 INR
TripuraRegion231,000 INR247,800 INR106,160-366,200 INR
VisakhapatnamCity231,000 INR210,500 INR124,400-349,300 INR
MaduraiCity228,500 INR245,300 INR103,440-361,600 INR
PondicherryRegion228,500 INR222,300 INR116,960-348,300 INR
NagalandRegion228,000 INR215,100 INR119,900-348,300 INR
ManipurRegion227,600 INR239,300 INR106,360-361,600 INR
MeghalayaRegion227,600 INR246,200 INR102,960-361,500 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion221,500 INR232,900 INR107,820-348,300 INR
ChandigarhRegion221,500 INR201,100 INR116,740-330,900 INR
LudhianaCity221,500 INR204,000 INR119,700-339,100 INR
agraCity217,900 INR228,500 INR104,620-341,400 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion217,900 INR209,700 INR112,440-332,100 INR
MizoramRegion216,800 INR200,000 INR117,380-327,300 INR
GoaRegion215,100 INR221,500 INR104,920-339,100 INR
PatnaCity215,100 INR197,600 INR115,740-325,900 INR
VadodaraCity215,100 INR221,500 INR104,920-339,100 INR
SikkimRegion205,700 INR210,500 INR98,820-319,600 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion201,100 INR201,100 INR100,280-311,700 INR
Daman & DiuRegion194,600 INR192,000 INR97,460-301,800 INR
LakshadweepRegion192,600 INR192,600 INR97,640-297,000 INR

Personal Support Worker in India: FAQs

  • How much does a personal support worker make per month in India?

    A personal support worker in India earns about 19,916 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 239,000 INR.

  • What's the salary range for a personal support worker in India?

    Entry-level personal support workers in India start near 129,000 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 359,900 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 157,600 and 265,000 INR.

  • Is the median personal support worker salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 217,900 INR, lower than the average of 239,000 INR. Half of personal support workers in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for personal support workers in India?

    Men working as a personal support worker in India earn around 8% less than women on average (225,300 vs 246,200 INR a year).

  • Do personal support workers in India get bonuses?

    About 25% of personal support workers in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 1% to 2% of base salary.

  • Do personal support workers earn more in the public or private sector in India?

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

  • How often do personal support workers in India get a pay raise?

    A personal support worker in India sees a raise of around 9% every 18 months, equivalent to roughly 6% a year.