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Average Quality Manager Salary in India for 2026

A quality manager in India earns about 628,000 INR a year. That's 63% 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 294,700 INR a year, while the very top stretches to 991,000 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 manager make in India?

Average salary
628,000 INR
52,333 INR per month
Lowest reported
294,700 INR
24,558 INR per month
Highest reported
991,000 INR
82,583 INR per month

A typical quality manager working in India brings home around 52,333 INR a month before tax. Entry-level pay starts near 294,700 INR, and the top of the ladder reaches roughly 991,000 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 manager 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 manager 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 managers in India earn less than 664,500 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 430,500 INR (the 25th percentile), and a quarter clear 877,300 INR (the 75th percentile). The middle 50% of quality managers sit somewhere inside that band, which is where the typical reader of this page probably lives.

The very lowest reported salaries sit around 294,700 INR. The highest stretch to 991,000 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.

294,700
Low
664,500
Median
991,000
High
430,500
25th
877,300
75th
The middle 50% sit between the 25th and 75th percentile Tails are the lowest and highest reported All figures in INR

Quality manager pay by experience in India

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

  • 0-2 Years
    340,400 INR
  • 2-5 Years
    +37% from previous
    467,700 INR
  • 5-10 Years
    +42% from previous
    665,300 INR
  • 10-15 Years
    +22% from previous
    812,900 INR
  • 15-20 Years
    +6% from previous
    858,400 INR
  • 20+ Years
    +9% from previous
    934,900 INR

The single largest jump on the ladder is from 2 - 5 Years to 5 - 10 Years, where pay rises by about 42%. That is the point at which a quality manager 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 manager pay by education in India

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

  • Bachelor's Degree
    467,700 INR
  • Master's Degree
    +84% from previous
    858,400 INR

Quality manager 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 managers in India earn an average of 675,100 INR a year, while female quality managers earn around 589,400 INR. That works out to a 15% 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 Manager gender pay gap

13%

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

Men 675,100 INR
Women 589,400 INR

Pay raises for a quality manager 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 12% every 18 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 manager 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.

85%

85% of quality managers in India reported a bonus of some kind in the past twelve months. That makes a quality manager a high-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 5% to 9% of base salary. The remaining 15% of quality managers 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 manager: 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 manager salary by city and region in India

Quality manager 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
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Bihar
  • Karnataka
  • Mumbai
  • Hyderabad
  • Rajasthan
  • Maharashtra
  • West Bengal
LocationTypeAverageMedianRange
Uttar PradeshRegion790,600 INR823,400 INR381,800-1,249,900 INR
Madhya PradeshRegion759,300 INR732,400 INR394,500-1,162,300 INR
Tamil NaduRegion759,300 INR698,200 INR411,400-1,147,600 INR
BiharRegion754,900 INR814,500 INR345,700-1,198,300 INR
KarnatakaRegion748,600 INR765,100 INR367,900-1,168,300 INR
MumbaiCity733,300 INR746,600 INR359,900-1,142,900 INR
HyderabadCity727,100 INR714,300 INR369,300-1,122,300 INR
RajasthanRegion724,000 INR694,700 INR377,200-1,109,200 INR
MaharashtraRegion721,600 INR679,200 INR383,300-1,097,500 INR
West BengalRegion719,100 INR733,300 INR351,200-1,122,900 INR
BangaloreCity719,100 INR761,400 INR339,100-1,134,100 INR
Andhra PradeshRegion712,100 INR683,400 INR369,900-1,088,800 INR
GujaratRegion710,500 INR669,100 INR377,200-1,080,400 INR
KolkataCity707,600 INR679,200 INR367,900-1,079,600 INR
JharkhandRegion702,800 INR728,500 INR339,100-1,102,900 INR
OrissaRegion702,800 INR713,900 INR345,100-1,094,000 INR
PuneCity698,200 INR698,200 INR348,300-1,084,200 INR
SuratCity693,100 INR680,100 INR351,200-1,065,800 INR
AhmadabadCity693,100 INR693,100 INR345,700-1,075,700 INR
Delhi (city)City688,900 INR645,800 INR365,400-1,043,700 INR
HaryanaRegion672,600 INR615,300 INR361,500-1,011,300 INR
Delhi (region)Region671,000 INR658,300 INR341,900-1,035,500 INR
KeralaRegion667,400 INR667,400 INR332,100-1,032,800 INR
LucknowCity664,500 INR639,100 INR344,600-1,014,700 INR
ChennaiCity659,200 INR620,300 INR352,000-1,004,600 INR
AssamRegion658,300 INR603,400 INR353,600-990,700 INR
JaipurCity649,700 INR663,100 INR317,700-1,015,500 INR
PunjabRegion648,200 INR632,400 INR330,700-995,200 INR
VisakhapatnamCity642,800 INR681,500 INR301,600-1,014,700 INR
KanpurCity639,900 INR626,800 INR325,900-985,700 INR
UttaranchalRegion638,700 INR675,200 INR301,800-1,007,400 INR
ChhatisgarhRegion633,300 INR659,200 INR305,600-995,200 INR
Jammu & KashmirRegion629,800 INR665,300 INR296,000-993,600 INR
BhopalCity628,000 INR667,400 INR294,700-991,100 INR
NagpurCity626,800 INR615,000 INR317,700-964,000 INR
IndoreCity615,700 INR664,500 INR282,300-979,300 INR
VadodaraCity615,700 INR590,200 INR319,600-943,800 INR
Arunachal PradeshRegion615,700 INR578,500 INR325,900-934,900 INR
MeghalayaRegion615,300 INR667,400 INR282,300-978,900 INR
Pimpri-ChinchwadCity615,300 INR667,400 INR282,500-978,900 INR
TripuraRegion605,700 INR656,800 INR277,400-965,000 INR
ManipurRegion605,700 INR556,000 INR327,800-913,400 INR
CoimbatoreCity602,700 INR553,400 INR325,600-908,200 INR
agraCity600,000 INR563,300 INR317,700-913,400 INR
MizoramRegion598,600 INR637,500 INR283,400-948,900 INR
PondicherryRegion597,800 INR597,800 INR301,800-929,700 INR
Himachal PradeshRegion597,800 INR648,200 INR275,800-953,300 INR
NagalandRegion583,000 INR607,400 INR281,500-919,700 INR
ChandigarhRegion580,600 INR615,700 INR273,300-919,700 INR
MaduraiCity580,600 INR626,800 INR267,100-922,300 INR
GhaziabadCity578,500 INR600,000 INR275,500-906,000 INR
LudhianaCity575,100 INR608,500 INR271,300-907,100 INR
SikkimRegion572,200 INR535,900 INR301,600-868,400 INR
PatnaCity568,500 INR603,400 INR267,100-899,900 INR
GoaRegion566,900 INR545,300 INR294,700-869,400 INR
Daman & DiuRegion548,800 INR548,800 INR275,200-848,200 INR
Dadra & Nagar HaveliRegion544,800 INR553,400 INR266,000-847,000 INR
LakshadweepRegion535,800 INR524,700 INR273,300-821,500 INR
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsRegion535,800 INR524,300 INR275,200-824,800 INR

Quality Manager in India: FAQs

  • How much does a quality manager make per month in India?

    A quality manager in India earns about 52,333 INR a month before tax, based on an annual average of 628,000 INR.

  • What's the salary range for a quality manager in India?

    Entry-level quality managers in India start near 294,700 INR. Top-end pay reaches around 991,000 INR. The middle 50% of earners sit between 430,500 and 877,300 INR.

  • Is the median quality manager salary in India higher or lower than the average?

    The median is 664,500 INR, higher than the average of 628,000 INR. Half of quality managers in India earn below the median, half earn above it.

  • What's the gender pay gap for quality managers in India?

    Men working as a quality manager in India earn around 15% more than women on average (675,100 vs 589,400 INR a year).

  • Do quality managers in India get bonuses?

    About 85% of quality managers in India reported a bonus in the past 12 months. Reported bonuses ranged from 5% to 9% of base salary.

  • Do quality managers earn more in the public or private sector in India?

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

  • How often do quality managers in India get a pay raise?

    A quality manager in India sees a raise of around 12% every 18 months, equivalent to roughly 8% a year.