India salaries are YOE-first.
Title matters. City matters. But in India, YOE sets the floor and company type decides how fast the number climbs.
First read
The YOE market in three numbers.
All numbers below use cleaned annual cash compensation: fixed salary plus variable pay. Equity fields are excluded.
YOE ladder
The salary curve is the report.
Median cash compensation by years of experience.
TAL says: company type changes the slope.
Same YOE does not mean same market. A 5-8 YOE person in IT services sits around 15.0 LPA median. In unicorns or FAANG+, the same band is 32.0 LPA.
YOE x company type
The split TAL should talk about.
Median cash compensation by YOE band and company archetype.
Salary league checker
Am I in the right lane?
Compare your cash compensation against the cleaned YOE x company-type band.
Enter your details and TAL will place you against the cleaned salary band.
P25, median, P75, and P90 will show here.
Story engine
Three voices. One movie.
The economist gives the structure. The reporter gives the hook. The observer gives the ache.
The Economist
India has parallel salary economies. YOE prices the base. Company archetype decides the slope. City changes the arena.
The Reporter
The headline is not salary growth. The headline is same years, different India. The 5-8 YOE band is where the split becomes visible.
The Observer
The pain is not just earning less. It is seeing someone with your same YOE living in another salary universe.
Methodology note