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Average Public Management Assistant Professor Salary in India for 2026

A public management assistant professor in India earns about 475,700 INR a year. That's 24% above 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 258,400 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 717,900 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 public management assistant professor make in India?

Average salary
475,700 INR
39,641 INR per month
Lowest reported
258,400 INR
21,533 INR per month
Highest reported
717,900 INR
59,825 INR per month

A typical public management assistant professor working in India brings home around 39,641 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 258,400 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 717,900 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 public management assistant professor 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 public management assistant professor 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 public management assistant professors in India earn less than 437,300 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 311,700 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 529,600 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of public management assistant professors sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 258,400 INR. The highest stretch to 717,900 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.

258,400
Low
437,300
Median
717,900
High
311,700
25th
529,600
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Public management assistant professor pay by experience in India

Years of experience is the single biggest lever on pay for a public management assistant professor 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 public management assistant professor salary changes as you move through the career ladder.

  • 0-2 Years
    299,500 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +26% from previous
    377,200 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +32% from previous
    496,100 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +17% from previous
    582,700 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +11% from previous
    645,800 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +7% from previous
    688,900 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 2 - 5 Years to 5 - 10 Years, where pay rises by about 32%. That is the point at which a public management assistant professor 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.

Public management assistant professor pay by education in India

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

  • Master's Degree
    357,700 INR
  • PhD
    +64% from previous
    587,800 INR

Public management assistant professor gender pay gap in India

The gender pay gap is a stubborn feature of almost every labour market, and India is no exception. Male public management assistant professors in India earn an average of 492,400 INR a year, while female public management assistant professors earn around 451,000 INR. That works out to a 9% 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.

Public Management Assistant Professor gender pay gap

8%

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

Men 492,400 INR
Women 451,000 INR

Pay raises for a public management assistant professor 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 17 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

Public management assistant professor 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.

52%

52% of public management assistant professors in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes a public management assistant professor 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 4% to 5% of base salary. The remaining 48% of public management assistant professors 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

Public management assistant professor: 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

Public management assistant professor salary by city and region in India

Public management assistant professor 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
  • West Bengal
  • Rajasthan
  • Karnataka
  • Hyderabad
  • Gujarat
  • Maharashtra
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
Uttar PradeshRegion605,700 INR568,500 INR320,500-922,900 INR
BiharRegion595,300 INR643,800 INR273,000-948,300 INR
West BengalRegion580,600 INR559,000 INR301,600-890,700 INR
RajasthanRegion572,200 INR582,700 INR279,400-890,100 INR
KarnatakaRegion562,600 INR539,700 INR294,700-862,100 INR
HyderabadCity553,400 INR553,400 INR275,500-861,300 INR
GujaratRegion551,200 INR571,300 INR263,900-862,400 INR
MaharashtraRegion551,200 INR571,300 INR263,900-862,400 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion551,200 INR562,200 INR271,300-860,300 INR
Tamil NaduRegion548,800 INR580,600 INR257,700-864,900 INR
BangaloreCity548,500 INR504,300 INR296,000-828,400 INR
AhmadabadCity545,300 INR535,800 INR277,400-840,100 INR
ChennaiCity539,700 INR563,000 INR261,300-851,200 INR
Delhi (city)City537,300 INR559,000 INR257,700-843,600 INR
MumbaiCity533,000 INR513,300 INR275,500-817,800 INR
PunjabRegion533,000 INR533,000 INR266,000-828,400 INR
KeralaRegion528,600 INR519,300 INR271,300-814,500 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion528,600 INR538,600 INR259,100-824,800 INR
SuratCity520,900 INR520,900 INR261,300-810,400 INR
OrissaRegion518,900 INR498,000 INR271,300-794,900 INR
KolkataCity510,200 INR522,700 INR249,600-795,700 INR
NagpurCity507,300 INR507,300 INR254,700-788,000 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion504,500 INR478,100 INR268,900-769,500 INR
KanpurCity499,300 INR499,300 INR247,800-772,700 INR
JharkhandRegion498,000 INR467,700 INR265,000-756,700 INR
HaryanaRegion496,100 INR524,300 INR232,400-782,500 INR
LucknowCity492,700 INR504,400 INR240,500-772,700 INR
AssamRegion492,400 INR522,700 INR232,900-778,500 INR
ManipurRegion487,600 INR518,300 INR228,000-769,500 INR
PuneCity485,200 INR478,100 INR247,800-747,400 INR
JaipurCity480,300 INR462,300 INR251,500-736,700 INR
MeghalayaRegion475,700 INR513,300 INR217,900-754,900 INR
CoimbatoreCity472,100 INR498,000 INR222,300-744,600 INR
IndoreCity472,000 INR510,300 INR216,800-751,100 INR
LudhianaCity472,000 INR433,400 INR254,800-714,300 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion467,700 INR430,500 INR252,300-709,600 INR
VisakhapatnamCity467,700 INR430,500 INR252,300-709,600 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion467,100 INR504,300 INR214,000-744,700 INR
Delhi (region)Region466,900 INR466,900 INR233,600-724,300 INR
UttaranchalRegion462,300 INR424,900 INR251,500-696,700 INR
GhaziabadCity462,300 INR433,400 INR245,300-702,800 INR
GoaRegion460,500 INR471,700 INR225,300-719,100 INR
TripuraRegion459,300 INR498,500 INR209,500-731,700 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity459,300 INR498,500 INR209,500-732,400 INR
BhopalCity459,300 INR420,800 INR247,800-695,200 INR
NagalandRegion454,300 INR428,400 INR239,300-691,200 INR
PatnaCity447,300 INR412,000 INR239,300-675,100 INR
VadodaraCity442,300 INR453,200 INR216,800-692,500 INR
MizoramRegion440,200 INR404,600 INR238,900-665,300 INR
ChandigarhRegion437,900 INR406,300 INR239,000-663,200 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion437,300 INR455,400 INR209,700-687,100 INR
MaduraiCity431,300 INR467,100 INR197,600-691,200 INR
SikkimRegion430,000 INR448,500 INR207,800-675,200 INR
agraCity428,400 INR444,300 INR204,000-671,000 INR
PondicherryRegion424,300 INR415,900 INR215,100-652,200 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion419,400 INR419,400 INR208,600-648,200 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion413,900 INR398,300 INR215,100-633,300 INR
LakshadweepRegion406,300 INR406,300 INR204,700-628,000 INR
Daman & DiuRegion396,300 INR388,100 INR204,700-610,100 INR

Public Management Assistant Professor in India: FAQs

  • How much does a public management assistant professor make per month in India?

    A public management assistant professor in India earns about 39,641 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 475,700 INR.

  • What's the salary range for a public management assistant professor in India?

    Entry-level public management assistant professors in India start near 258,400 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 717,900 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 311,700 and 529,600 INR.

  • Is the median public management assistant professor salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 437,300 INR, lower than the average of 475,700 INR. Half of public management assistant professors in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for public management assistant professors in India?

    Men working as a public management assistant professor in India earn around 9% more than women on average (492,400 vs 451,000 INR a year).

  • Do public management assistant professors in India get bonuses?

    About 52% of public management assistant professors in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 4% to 5% of base salary.

  • Do public management assistant professors earn more in the public or private sector in India?

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

  • How often do public management assistant professors in India get a pay raise?

    A public management assistant professor in India sees a raise of around 11% every 17 months, equivalent to roughly 8% a year.