Offer calibration
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Salary & compensation benchmarking
Salary benchmarking for India, weeks old, not a year old.
Weekly salary benchmarks and compensation data for India: P25, P50 and P75 by role, level, company stage and city, including ESOPs and variable pay. Stop losing offers to blind spots in your pay bands.
SDE-II: pay vs attritionBy stage & city
Bangalore
Pune
Other metros
Series B · Bangalore₹24.5LBase ₹18.5L + ESOP ₹6L
Series C · Pune₹22.1LBase ₹17.5L + ESOP ₹4.6L
What is salary benchmarking?
Salary benchmarking (or compensation benchmarking) compares what you pay for a role with what similar employers pay for a similar role in the same city. It tells you whether an offer or pay band sits below, at or above the market, usually expressed as percentiles: P25, the median (P50) and P75.
- Pay data points
- 14.2M+
- Companies benchmarked
- 2,400+
- Data refresh
- Weekly
- Job families covered
- 350+
Market percentiles
Salary benchmarks by percentile
Know where every offer sits against the market. Example: total annual pay for an SDE-II in Bangalore.
- 25th percentile
- ₹16.8L
- Median (50th percentile)
- ₹24.5L
- 75th percentile
- ₹35.2L
Below market. Expect higher attrition and more counter-offers lost.
Competitive. The usual target for balancing cost and retention.
Premium. Strong retention, but returns flatten above this level.
Illustrative data · Sep 2026
Methodology
How our salary data stays current
Annual salary surveys are self-reported and months out of date by the time you read them. Kynoa combines live sources and checks them against each other. See our full methodology.
Traditional surveys vs Kynoa
Refreshed once a year52×Refreshed weekly from live sources
Self-reported by HR teams3.2×Cross-checked across several sources
500–1,000 companies4.8×2,400+ companies indexed continuously
6–12 months behind the market24×Within 7 days of the market
Base salary only5 partsBase, variable, ESOP and benefits
Sources and how much we trust them
EPFO records98% reliability
Provident fund contributions checked against declared CTC structures
Job postings92% reliability
Salary ranges from 12+ job platforms, normalised for role, level and city
Consented offer data95% reliability
Anonymised offer letters shared by professionals who use Resume Targeting
Employee-reported pay78% reliability
Glassdoor and AmbitionBox data, cross-checked against EPFO
MCA and stock-exchange filings99% reliability
Executive pay and ESOP pool disclosures from annual reports
Total rewards
Salary is only part of the offer
Compensation benchmarking compares total pay, not just salary. Kynoa splits it into base, variable, ESOP and benefits, adjusted for currency moves and vesting schedules, so you compare like with like. Read our ESOP valuation guide.
Base salary
Fixed pay, normalised across cities
Variable and bonus
Performance pay, with how often it actually pays out
ESOP / RSU
Fair value, shown against the vesting schedule
Benefits
Health, retirement and learning budgets, valued in rupees
SDE-II total rewards, Bangalore medianBy stage
Series B₹24.5L
Series C₹30.2L
Series D+₹38.7L
Listed₹42.1L
BaseVariableESOPBenefits
Use cases
What teams use salary data for
Annual pay review
Find everyone below P25 before they get an outside offer, and generate manager-ready adjustment proposals.
Equity refresh planning
Model ESOP refresh grants against market movement and vesting cliffs, and spot underwater grants early.
Location strategy
Compare total cost of employment across cities. The same role can cost 2.3× more in Bangalore than in Indore.
Pay trend forecasts
Six-to-twelve-month projections that factor in funding, hiring velocity and skill demand, for next year's budget.
Pay equity audits
Ongoing checks for pay gaps by gender, tenure and other groups, with reports ready for the board.
Coverage that matches how Indian companies hire
- Job families
- 350+
- Seniority levels
- 18
- Indian cities
- 42
- Industries
- 12
From software engineering to supply chain
IC1–IC8 and M1–M10, mapped across both ladders
Metros, Tier 2 hubs and IT corridors, adjusted for cost of living
IT services, SaaS, fintech, BFSI, e-commerce, pharma and more
Built for everyone in the pay cycle
CHRO / CPO
Workforce cost strategy
- A pay philosophy backed by live market data
- Scenarios: "What does a 10% raise cost vs the attrition it prevents?"
- Competitiveness against your talent-market peers
- Quarterly pay-trend briefings by role family and city
Compensation & benefits
Pay band management
- Alerts when people fall outside their target range
- Adjustment proposals within your budget
- ESOP refresh scenarios against vesting cliffs
- Pay equity analysis across groups
Talent acquisition
Offers that get accepted
- Live P25 / P50 / P75 by stage and city
- Likely counter-offer ranges from current employers
- Hiring cost by location for new roles
- Acceptance rates by pay band
Finance / FP&A
Workforce cost forecasting
- Pay projections tied to planned headcount
- Replacement cost by pay band
- Budget vs actual, adjusted for market movement
- Pay implications of expansion or restructuring
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from Mercer, Aon or WTW surveys?
Survey houses publish annual, self-reported data from a limited sample. Kynoa combines five source types (EPFO records, job postings, consented offer letters, public filings and employee reports), refreshes weekly and cross-checks them.
How do you handle foreign-currency pay?
All pay is converted to rupees using a purchasing-power-adjusted rate, updated daily. For multi-country teams we show location-adjusted equivalents.
Can I benchmark against specific companies?
Yes, for listed companies and private companies where we have enough data (usually Series B and later). Results are aggregated so no individual can be identified.
How do you value ESOPs at private companies?
We combine fair-market valuations from the latest funding round, secondary-market data and probability-weighted outcomes. Each valuation shows a confidence range and a stage-based risk discount.
What size of company is this for?
The enterprise platform is built for organisations with 200 or more employees. If you are smaller, book a call and we will suggest the right option.
Design partner programme
Shape Kynoa with us
We're onboarding a small group of Indian enterprises as design partners. You get early access and direct input into the roadmap. We get feedback grounded in real pay decisions.
- Early access to new modules as they ship
- Regular working sessions with the product team
- A direct say in what we build next
Benchmark your pay bands
Get a report comparing your bands with the market, showing where you are likely losing people.
Free initial benchmark for qualifying enterprises: 5 roles across 3 cities