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Average Prisoner Custody Officer Salary in India for 2026

A prisoner custody officer in India earns about 150,000 INR a year. That's 61% 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 72,360 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 232,400 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 prisoner custody officer make in India?

Average salary
150,000 INR
12,500 INR per month
Lowest reported
72,360 INR
6,030 INR per month
Highest reported
232,400 INR
19,366 INR per month

A typical prisoner custody officer working in India brings home around 12,500 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 72,360 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 232,400 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 prisoner custody officer 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 prisoner custody officer 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 prisoner custody officers in India earn less than 152,300 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 103,200 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 201,100 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of prisoner custody officers sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 72,360 INR. The highest stretch to 232,400 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.

72,360
Low
152,300
Median
232,400
High
103,200
25th
201,100
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Prisoner custody officer pay by experience in India

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

  • 0-2 Years
    84,780 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +41% from previous
    119,560 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +29% from previous
    154,700 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +24% from previous
    192,000 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +7% from previous
    204,700 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +9% from previous
    222,300 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 0 - 2 Years to 2 - 5 Years, where pay rises by about 41%. That is the point at which a prisoner custody officer 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.

Prisoner custody officer pay by education in India

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

  • High School
    112,280 INR
  • Certificate or Diploma
    +72% from previous
    192,600 INR

Prisoner custody officer gender pay gap in India

The gender pay gap is a stubborn feature of almost every labour market, and India is no exception. Male prisoner custody officers in India earn an average of 158,700 INR a year, while female prisoner custody officers earn around 142,300 INR. That works out to a 12% 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.

Prisoner Custody Officer gender pay gap

10%

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

Men 158,700 INR
Women 142,300 INR

Pay raises for a prisoner custody officer 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 17 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

Prisoner custody officer 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.

31%

31% of prisoner custody officers in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes a prisoner custody officer 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 4% of base salary. The remaining 69% of prisoner custody officers 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

Prisoner custody officer: 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

Prisoner custody officer salary by city and region in India

Prisoner custody officer 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
  • Mumbai
  • Karnataka
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • West Bengal
  • Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Rajasthan
  • Orissa
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
Uttar PradeshRegion187,500 INR187,500 INR91,840-290,800 INR
BiharRegion183,700 INR197,600 INR83,060-292,000 INR
MumbaiCity176,800 INR169,000 INR90,620-271,300 INR
KarnatakaRegion175,900 INR172,200 INR91,520-273,300 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion174,000 INR180,300 INR83,900-275,200 INR
West BengalRegion172,400 INR164,200 INR90,900-265,000 INR
MaharashtraRegion169,000 INR168,100 INR87,520-263,200 INR
Tamil NaduRegion168,100 INR158,700 INR87,760-254,700 INR
RajasthanRegion167,100 INR172,200 INR82,920-263,200 INR
OrissaRegion167,100 INR159,500 INR88,240-258,400 INR
Delhi (city)City167,100 INR163,800 INR83,900-259,100 INR
ChennaiCity164,200 INR161,600 INR85,020-254,800 INR
GujaratRegion164,200 INR161,600 INR85,020-254,800 INR
SuratCity163,800 INR172,200 INR78,960-259,100 INR
JaipurCity161,600 INR158,700 INR84,180-249,600 INR
HyderabadCity161,600 INR172,400 INR75,980-257,700 INR
JharkhandRegion161,600 INR161,600 INR80,760-253,400 INR
KeralaRegion161,300 INR150,000 INR87,880-245,300 INR
PunjabRegion161,300 INR172,200 INR77,380-254,800 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion161,300 INR161,300 INR82,480-249,600 INR
KolkataCity161,300 INR164,200 INR80,580-252,300 INR
HaryanaRegion159,500 INR152,100 INR86,460-243,000 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion159,500 INR163,800 INR79,260-253,400 INR
BangaloreCity159,500 INR168,100 INR78,960-253,400 INR
AhmadabadCity159,500 INR148,300 INR86,740-240,500 INR
NagpurCity159,100 INR167,100 INR75,280-251,500 INR
KanpurCity158,700 INR164,200 INR74,060-246,500 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion158,700 INR163,800 INR73,820-246,500 INR
AssamRegion157,600 INR148,300 INR81,960-237,400 INR
PuneCity157,600 INR142,300 INR83,060-237,400 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity154,700 INR168,100 INR69,240-246,200 INR
LucknowCity152,100 INR152,300 INR73,100-233,900 INR
IndoreCity152,000 INR163,800 INR69,180-240,500 INR
TripuraRegion151,800 INR161,300 INR70,940-238,900 INR
Delhi (region)Region151,800 INR159,400 INR69,260-239,000 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion148,300 INR159,100 INR69,240-232,400 INR
ManipurRegion148,300 INR137,400 INR78,500-222,300 INR
UttaranchalRegion148,300 INR152,000 INR71,020-231,000 INR
VisakhapatnamCity148,300 INR152,300 INR69,400-232,900 INR
GhaziabadCity148,300 INR148,300 INR73,880-227,600 INR
PatnaCity148,300 INR152,000 INR71,700-228,000 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion143,200 INR138,800 INR74,540-221,500 INR
GoaRegion142,300 INR148,300 INR71,020-225,700 INR
BhopalCity142,300 INR150,000 INR69,580-225,300 INR
MaduraiCity139,100 INR150,000 INR64,300-221,500 INR
MeghalayaRegion139,100 INR150,000 INR64,040-217,900 INR
CoimbatoreCity138,800 INR130,400 INR75,280-212,500 INR
agraCity138,200 INR137,400 INR72,780-214,000 INR
NagalandRegion137,400 INR137,400 INR68,580-209,500 INR
LudhianaCity137,400 INR143,200 INR66,480-214,000 INR
MizoramRegion137,400 INR143,200 INR67,560-214,000 INR
SikkimRegion136,200 INR134,600 INR67,320-208,600 INR
VadodaraCity136,200 INR139,100 INR66,440-209,500 INR
PondicherryRegion134,600 INR123,400 INR73,040-200,000 INR
Daman & DiuRegion130,400 INR119,900 INR72,360-197,600 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion129,000 INR125,100 INR66,100-196,800 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion128,900 INR138,200 INR63,380-207,700 INR
ChandigarhRegion128,900 INR136,200 INR62,460-204,000 INR
LakshadweepRegion119,700 INR125,700 INR58,200-190,500 INR

Prisoner Custody Officer in India: FAQs

  • How much does a prisoner custody officer make per month in India?

    A prisoner custody officer in India earns about 12,500 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 150,000 INR.

  • What's the salary range for a prisoner custody officer in India?

    Entry-level prisoner custody officers in India start near 72,360 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 232,400 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 103,200 and 201,100 INR.

  • Is the median prisoner custody officer salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 152,300 INR, higher than the average of 150,000 INR. Half of prisoner custody officers in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for prisoner custody officers in India?

    Men working as a prisoner custody officer in India earn around 12% more than women on average (158,700 vs 142,300 INR a year).

  • Do prisoner custody officers in India get bonuses?

    About 31% of prisoner custody officers in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 0% to 4% of base salary.

  • Do prisoner custody officers earn more in the public or private sector in India?

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

  • How often do prisoner custody officers in India get a pay raise?

    A prisoner custody officer in India sees a raise of around 9% every 17 months, equivalent to roughly 6% a year.