SSC CGL Salary 2026

It is set by pay level rather than by one figure. The table on this page covers 5 levels, from Pay Level 4 starting at ₹25,500 basic pay up to Pay Level 8 starting at ₹47,600. Which level you draw depends on the post you are allotted, not on the examination itself, so two candidates who clear the same paper can start on different pay. Basic pay is also only the base: allowances are added to it and deductions come off it before anything reaches your account.

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There is no single figure, and quoting one would mean assuming things about you that nobody can know in advance. Take-home pay starts from the basic pay for your level and moves in both directions from there: applicable Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance and Transport Allowance are added, and NPS contribution, CGHS or equivalent charges, income tax and other applicable deductions come off. It then changes again with your place of posting, whether you take government accommodation, current allowance rates and your own tax position. The basic pay table on this page is the part that is fixed and comparable between posts; the rest is not knowable until after allocation.

The one attached to the highest pay level, and the level belongs to the post rather than to the examination. Posts across 5 levels are filled from the same paper, which is why the salary question has no answer until allocation. The notification lists the level against each post, and that list is the part that moves between cycles as posts are added and withdrawn, which is why this page does not reproduce it.

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No. Each row of the table is a band, not a point. Pay Level 4 runs from ₹25,500 to ₹81,100, and Pay Level 8 from ₹47,600 to ₹1,51,100. A career moves up through the band it sits in, and into a higher level on promotion. The starting figure is what a new entrant draws; the upper figure is where that level ends. Comparing starting figures across posts tells you where you begin rather than where the post leads.

In the official SSC CGL 2026 notice, cited and linked at the foot of this page. The pay level attached to each post is stated there, and that document governs: where any other source disagrees with it, including this page, the notification is what counts. Allowance rates are a separate matter again, set centrally and revised periodically, so the pay level is the stable part of the package and the amounts sitting on top of it are not.