What is Paycheck India?

Paycheck India is a research initiative at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. It is connected to the international WageIndicator Network composing of 100 plus countries.

Paycheck India provides jobseekers complete information on salaries, living wage, minimum wage and relevant content concerning labor law and careers.

Paycheck India helps one look at pay rates for hundreds of different jobs in all walks of life – private sector, public sector and not-for-profit.


Simpliance and Paycheck India

Simpliance and Paycheck India share a common goal of making systems and processes of the labour market more transparent and efficient.

Our objective is to:

  1. Empower employees by making them aware of their work rights and
  2. Assist companies in becoming law compliant by providing them compliance management tools and systems.

What are the main components of Paycheck India website?

Following are the main components or pillars of Paycheck India website:

  • Salary Survey - The detailed salary survey helps in understanding the Indian market and benchmarking against other countries to draw comparisons. Currently WageIndicator Foundation salary survey covers 92 countries.
  • Salary Check - The salary data collected through salary survey on Paycheck India website is used to develop the Salary Check tool. The tool provides precise and updated salary information for hundreds of different jobs in all walks of life – private sector, public sector and not-for-profit.

    Salary check tool empowers jobseekers and salaried employee to compare their salaries with millions of anonymous profiles across a broad spectrum of industry domains/ experience/functional groups both in India and other global markets (81 countries).

  • Minimum Wage Check - The tool provides latest and up to date information on minimum wage rates in Indian States and Union Territories. The Minimum Wage data base of WageIndicator Foundation is the largest and most up to date in the world.
  • Wages in Context - Wages in Context provides a range of income figures, including the National Poverty line, World Bank Poverty line, the national Statutory Minimum Wage, the estimated Living Wages and actual wages in low- medium- high-skilled occupations. In this way Wages in Context enables assessing the income situation of working individuals and their families in a country. WageIndicator presents living wages for more than 60 countries with a sound method.
  • Labour Law - Labour law section is an inventory of Indian labour law. It provides information on work and wages, working hours, leaves, maternity and paternity benefits, employment security, occupational health and safety, social security etc. The information is provided in simple language for easy understanding of legal terms.

Who are the main audience of Paycheck India Website?

Paycheck India’s main target audience is salaried employee or a worker. However, the website is widely referred by employers, trade unions, journalists, researchers and academicians. Know more about Paycheck India