Delivery hub
Pune
Maharashtra's second city and a major IT, engineering and GCC hub, typically a little cheaper than Mumbai or Bengaluru for tech talent.
Minimum wage
₹14,155/month (Zone I, unskilled, shops & commercial establishments, incl. special allowance)
Applies 1 Jul–31 Dec 2026 (basic ₹10,021 + special allowance ₹4,134). Semi-skilled ₹14,990, skilled ₹15,766. Maharashtra revises the special allowance every six months.
Employer contributions
EPF + EPS (Provident Fund & Pension)
Employer 12% (3.67% EPF + 8.33% EPS) on PF wages up to ₹25,000/month (ceiling raised from ₹15,000 on 17 Sep 2026)
EDLI and EPF admin charges apply on top; rates not yet verified here. Employees already contributing on higher wages may continue to.
Source: Ministry of Labour & Employment gazette notification, 17 Sep 2026Last checked Oct 2026EDLI & admin charges
Coming soonEDLI and admin charge rates pending verification.
Last checked Oct 2026ESIC (Employees' State Insurance)
Employer 3.25% / employee 0.75% of wages, for employees earning up to ₹21,000/month
Wage ceiling per ESIC Standard Note as on 01.01.2026 (₹25,000 for persons with disability).
Source: ESIC – ContributionLast checked Oct 2026
Labour codes in effect since 21 Nov 2025
Four labour codes (Wages; Industrial Relations; Social Security; Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions) effective 21 November 2025
Source: Press Information Bureau, 21 Nov 2025Last checked Oct 2026Uniform definition of 'wages': if excluded allowances (HRA, conveyance, etc.) exceed 50% of total pay, the excess counts as wages for PF, gratuity and other statutory calculations
Source: Ministry of Labour & Employment – FAQs on Labour CodesLast checked Oct 2026Fixed-term employees become eligible for gratuity after 1 year of continuous service (previously 5)
Source: Press Information Bureau, 21 Nov 2025Last checked Oct 2026Mandatory appointment letters for all workers; IT/ITES salaries must be released by the 7th of each month; women may work night shifts with consent and safeguards
Source: Press Information Bureau, 21 Nov 2025Last checked Oct 2026No national floor wage amount has been notified yet; the Code on Wages (Central) Rules 2026 set out how it will be fixed
Source: Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2026 (PRS India)Last checked Oct 2026
13th-month pay
No statutory 13th-month pay. A statutory bonus regime exists under the Code on Wages, 2019; eligibility thresholds and rates are not yet modeled here.
Statutory bonus
Statutory bonus eligibility and rates under the Code on Wages pending verification.
Internet
Ookla Speedtest Global Index
Country median (Aug 2026): fixed 63.94 Mbps down / 58.38 up; mobile 128.20 Mbps down / 10.10 up
Country-level median, not city-specific.
Public holidays 2026
Three national holidays (26 Jan, 15 Aug, 2 Oct) plus state-notified festival holidays. State lists for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana pending verification.
Entity setup basics
- Most offshore teams use a Private Limited Company incorporated through the MCA SPICe+ form: at least 2 directors and 2 shareholders, with at least one director resident in India (182+ days in the financial year).
- IT/ITES generally allow 100% FDI under the automatic route.
FDI inflows carry RBI reporting requirements (e.g., FC-GPR).
Typical steps
- Name reservation and incorporation via SPICe+ (MCA)
- PAN / TAN issued with incorporation
- GST registration if applicable
- State Shops & Establishments registration
- EPFO and ESIC registration
EOR / payroll coverage
| Provider | EOR status | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Deel | Listed | Provider page |
| Remote | Listed | Provider page |
| Multiplier | Listed | Provider page |
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Last checked Oct 2026Pay by role
| Role | Monthly range (local) | USD / month | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer support agent | INR 25,000–55,000 | US$263–578 | City data · n = 21 (Indeed) · Sources: Indeed, Glassdoor, Paylab (cross-check) |
| Back-office / data processing | INR 22,100–34,300 | US$232–361 | National figure (India), not city-specific · n = 2300 (Indeed) · Sources: Indeed, Glassdoor (cross-check), Paylab (cross-check) |
| Team lead / supervisor | INR 83,300–180,000 | US$876–1893 | City data · n = 69 (Indeed) · Sources: Indeed, Glassdoor, Paylab (cross-check) |
| Software engineer | INR 65,700–130,000 | US$691–1367 | City data · n = 1700 (Indeed) · Sources: Indeed, Glassdoor, Paylab (cross-check) |
| Senior software engineer | INR 108,000–185,000 | US$1136–1945 | City data · n = 682 (Indeed) · Sources: Indeed, Glassdoor, Paylab (cross-check) |
| Finance & accounting | INR 19,200–50,000 | US$202–526 | National figure (India), not city-specific · n = 2300 (Indeed) · Sources: Indeed, Glassdoor, Paylab (cross-check) |
| Executive / virtual assistant | INR 41,700–66,700 | US$438–701 | City data · n = 198 (Glassdoor) · Sources: Glassdoor, Indeed (cross-check), Paylab (cross-check) |
Gross monthly base pay. Band = lowest market average or median among the band-setting sources, up to the highest top-of-typical-range figure among them, in gross monthly base pay. Indeed: average to top of advertised range. Payscale: median to 90th percentile. JobStreet/Jobsdb: median to top of typical range. Glassdoor: average base pay to 75th percentile. Government wage surveys: median. Recruiter salary guides: the relevant level's range. Cross-checks are listed but don't set the band: recruiter-guide tops more than 1.5× the other sources, figures below the legal minimum wage, wide 10th–90th percentile spreads (Paylab), figures on a different pay basis (UAE guides quote total packages including allowances), and sources whose central figure mainly reflects entry-level or junior hiring rather than the role as defined here (fresh-graduate-weighted job-ad medians, virtual-assistant titles for the executive-assistant role, Indian IT-services "senior software engineer" designations, retail/hospitality team-leader ads), national guides applied to a higher-paying city, and regional fallback values. This approximates what a well-run foreign employer pays to attract good people; it is not the local market floor. City-level data is preferred; country-level figures are labelled. Cells with no reliable data show "Not enough data yet". Indicative tier: where no job board or salary survey has enough recent city salaries, we may show a range drawn from recruiter salary guides and employer-cost guides (each cited with its access date). These cells are labelled Indicative and are less reliable than job-board-backed bands; currently only Phnom Penh uses this tier. Minimum-wage floor: where market averages fall below the legal minimum wage, the band starts at the minimum wage and is labelled as such (currently Jakarta customer support and data entry).
USD converted at 1 USD = 95.11 INR (ExchangeRate-API (open.er-api.com), mid-market, 16 Oct 2026).
Excludes employer contributions, 13th-month pay, allowances and bonuses. See methodology and pay sources.
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Estimate your total costField notes from Gregory Dunham – coming soon
Firsthand operator observations, kept separate from official data.
Coming soon — firsthand notes from Gregory Dunham on:
- Typical monthly pay by role
- Real-world power reliability and backup needs
- Real-world internet: providers, redundancy, outages
- Entity setup pitfalls and realistic timelines