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Average Quality Control and Compliance Officer Salary in India for 2026

A quality control and compliance officer 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 113,560 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 376,800 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 quality control and compliance officer make in India?

Average salary
239,000 INR
19,916 INR per month
Lowest reported
113,560 INR
9,463 INR per month
Highest reported
376,800 INR
31,400 INR per month

A typical quality control and compliance officer working in India brings home around 19,916 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 113,560 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 376,800 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 quality control and compliance 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 quality control and compliance 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 quality control and compliance officers in India earn less than 247,800 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 161,600 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 325,600 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of quality control and compliance officers sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 113,560 INR. The highest stretch to 376,800 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.

113,560
Low
247,800
Median
376,800
High
161,600
25th
325,600
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Quality control and compliance officer pay by experience in India

Years of experience is the single biggest lever on pay for a quality control and compliance 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 quality control and compliance officer salary changes as you move through the career ladder.

  • 0-2 Years
    136,100 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +41% from previous
    192,000 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +30% from previous
    249,600 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +24% from previous
    309,800 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +6% from previous
    327,800 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +10% from previous
    359,900 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 quality control and compliance 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.

Quality control and compliance officer pay by education in India

Education lifts pay across almost every role, but the size of the lift varies enormously. The biggest premiums show up in licensed professions like medicine, law and accounting, where extra years of formal study open up seniority that isn't available without the qualification. The smallest premiums show up in skilled trades and creative work, where practical experience often beats academic credentials.

As a rough cross-industry guide for India: a post-secondary certificate or diploma adds around 17% over a high-school-only baseline. A bachelor's degree typically adds another 25% on top of that. A master's lifts pay a further 30%, and a PhD adds about 22% more in fields that value research-level qualifications. These are averages across many different professions, so the real number for your specific job could easily be twice as high or close to zero. The per-job pages below have the real numbers for individual roles.

Quality control and compliance 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 quality control and compliance officers in India earn an average of 252,300 INR a year, while female quality control and compliance officers earn around 232,400 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.

Quality Control and Compliance Officer gender pay gap

8%

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

Men 252,300 INR
Women 232,400 INR

Pay raises for a quality control and compliance 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 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

Quality control and compliance 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.

56%

56% of quality control and compliance officers in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes a quality control and compliance officer 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 3% to 6% of base salary. The remaining 44% of quality control and compliance 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

Quality control and compliance 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

Quality control and compliance officer salary by city and region in India

Quality control and compliance 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.

  • Bihar
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • West Bengal
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Mumbai
  • Rajasthan
  • Gujarat
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
BiharRegion301,800 INR325,800 INR139,100-478,100 INR
Uttar PradeshRegion301,600 INR301,600 INR152,100-467,700 INR
MaharashtraRegion299,500 INR294,700 INR152,000-459,300 INR
West BengalRegion283,700 INR273,000 INR150,000-436,200 INR
Tamil NaduRegion282,500 INR267,100 INR152,100-431,300 INR
MumbaiCity279,400 INR268,900 INR146,200-426,700 INR
RajasthanRegion275,500 INR283,400 INR136,200-430,500 INR
GujaratRegion275,500 INR272,800 INR142,300-425,100 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion275,500 INR283,400 INR136,200-430,500 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion275,200 INR277,400 INR136,100-428,400 INR
ChennaiCity275,200 INR267,100 INR138,200-420,100 INR
KeralaRegion271,300 INR247,800 INR148,300-407,300 INR
BangaloreCity268,900 INR279,400 INR128,500-420,800 INR
HyderabadCity267,100 INR282,300 INR127,700-420,800 INR
JaipurCity263,900 INR252,300 INR137,400-403,100 INR
KarnatakaRegion263,900 INR252,300 INR139,100-406,300 INR
AhmadabadCity263,900 INR243,000 INR143,200-397,900 INR
JharkhandRegion263,100 INR263,100 INR128,900-407,100 INR
OrissaRegion263,100 INR253,400 INR137,400-401,300 INR
Delhi (city)City263,100 INR258,400 INR134,600-406,300 INR
PunjabRegion263,100 INR277,400 INR125,100-415,900 INR
LucknowCity259,100 INR263,900 INR125,700-403,100 INR
NagpurCity259,100 INR273,000 INR119,900-409,000 INR
KolkataCity254,700 INR259,100 INR124,400-394,500 INR
PuneCity253,400 INR232,900 INR136,200-381,800 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion249,600 INR261,300 INR119,700-392,300 INR
AssamRegion249,600 INR233,900 INR134,600-381,800 INR
SuratCity247,800 INR263,900 INR115,600-394,800 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion246,500 INR246,500 INR125,100-382,600 INR
HaryanaRegion246,200 INR232,900 INR128,900-375,200 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity245,300 INR265,000 INR112,000-388,100 INR
Delhi (region)Region239,300 INR258,400 INR112,440-383,300 INR
IndoreCity239,000 INR259,100 INR111,900-383,300 INR
KanpurCity238,900 INR252,300 INR112,620-378,300 INR
TripuraRegion237,400 INR254,800 INR108,800-376,800 INR
ManipurRegion237,400 INR222,300 INR124,400-359,900 INR
GoaRegion233,900 INR239,000 INR117,100-367,900 INR
CoimbatoreCity233,900 INR218,900 INR124,400-357,300 INR
UttaranchalRegion233,600 INR243,000 INR111,000-367,900 INR
NagalandRegion232,400 INR232,400 INR116,180-361,600 INR
BhopalCity231,000 INR238,900 INR111,900-362,200 INR
VadodaraCity231,000 INR233,900 INR114,940-361,600 INR
MeghalayaRegion228,500 INR245,300 INR103,440-361,600 INR
PatnaCity228,500 INR233,900 INR106,820-354,000 INR
VisakhapatnamCity228,500 INR233,900 INR110,340-357,300 INR
MizoramRegion228,000 INR238,900 INR109,520-361,600 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion228,000 INR246,500 INR105,620-365,400 INR
LudhianaCity225,700 INR232,400 INR107,320-351,900 INR
GhaziabadCity225,300 INR225,300 INR113,280-348,300 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion225,300 INR218,900 INR117,100-349,300 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion218,900 INR209,500 INR113,700-339,100 INR
agraCity218,900 INR215,100 INR113,280-340,400 INR
ChandigarhRegion216,800 INR225,300 INR104,900-340,400 INR
MaduraiCity210,500 INR231,000 INR98,820-340,000 INR
PondicherryRegion209,500 INR194,600 INR114,900-317,700 INR
Daman & DiuRegion208,600 INR192,600 INR113,280-313,700 INR
LakshadweepRegion205,700 INR215,100 INR96,600-322,600 INR
SikkimRegion204,000 INR201,100 INR102,960-315,900 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion200,000 INR210,500 INR94,900-315,900 INR

Quality Control and Compliance Officer in India: FAQs

  • How much does a quality control and compliance officer make per month in India?

    A quality control and compliance officer 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 quality control and compliance officer in India?

    Entry-level quality control and compliance officers in India start near 113,560 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 376,800 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 161,600 and 325,600 INR.

  • Is the median quality control and compliance officer salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 247,800 INR, higher than the average of 239,000 INR. Half of quality control and compliance officers in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for quality control and compliance officers in India?

    Men working as a quality control and compliance officer in India earn around 9% more than women on average (252,300 vs 232,400 INR a year).

  • Do quality control and compliance officers in India get bonuses?

    About 56% of quality control and compliance officers in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 3% to 6% of base salary.

  • Do quality control and compliance officers earn more in the public or private sector in India?

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

  • How often do quality control and compliance officers in India get a pay raise?

    A quality control and compliance officer in India sees a raise of around 11% every 17 months, equivalent to roughly 8% a year.