What is the Hand Salary of 7th Pay Matrix Level 2 (Rs. 19900) in 2025?

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An essential table for calculating the base salary for central government employees is the Pay Matrix Table for Central Government Employees in India. The 7th Central Pay Commission introduced the pay matrix table. Since 2006, this table has been in effect. It’s not just a table of numbers in the Pay Matrix! This table’s cell values are backed by the salary accounts of thousands of employees.

Pay Level: What Is It?

The Central Government of India uses a system called pay level to define the designation or grade of its employees. It is determined by the employee’s current post and grade, as well as other variables. Level 1 to Level 18 make up the 19 levels that make up the pay level (including 13A). The wage range varies depending on the level, and the greater the level, the higher the salary. The beginning basic compensation for Level 1 personnel, for instance, is Rs. 18,000, while the maximum monthly salary for Level 18 staff is Rs. 2,50,000.

What are the Pay Matrix Table’s main benefits?

For employees of India’s central government, the pay matrix table offers a number of benefits. First of all, it offers a simple and straightforward system for calculating salary and benefits for government workers. Employers can now handle and comprehend their payrolls more easily as a result. Second, it makes sure that everyone can immediately find their basic pay after the annual raise! This table provides a more accurate Pay Fixation computation than the previous Pay Calculation Method!

Pay Matrix Level 2 Overview

What’s the hand salary for the Pay Matrix Level 2 in the Central Govt?

Pay Level-2 Salary 2025

Figuring out the first month’s salary of a central government worker can be a bit of a hassle, depending on the city their office is in! All you need are three main elements in order to calculate their monthly wage: the percentage of Dearness Allowance, the house rent allowance percentage, and the rate of transport allowance. We’ve crunched the numbers into four separate categories based on those factors!

The central government has divided the cities and towns in India into three categories such as Class X, Class Y, and Class Z, and the house rent has been determined accordingly. Similarly, cities in India have been divided into two categories to calculate the transport allowance. We have provided four types of salary structures based on the above categories.

Illustration-1: ‘X Class’ and ‘TPTA’ Classified Cities

Level-2 Salary X Class & TPTA

Classified ‘X’ Cities: Hyderabad (UA), Delhi (UA), Ahmadabad (UA), Bangalore / Bengaluru (UA), Greater Mumbai (UA), Pune (UA), Chennai (UA), Kolkata (UA)

Illustration-2: ‘Y Class’ and ‘TPTA’ Classified Cities

Level-2 Salary Y Class & TPTA

Classified under Higher TPTA Cities: 1. Ahmedabad (UA), 2. Bengaluru (UA), 3. Chennai (UA), 4. Coimbatore (UA), 5. Delhi (UA), 6. Ghaziabad (UA), 7. Greater Mumbai (UA), 8. Hyderabad (UA), 9. Indore (UA), 10. Jaipur (UA), 11. Kanpur (UA), 12. Kochi (UA), 13. Kolkata (UA), 14. Kozhikode (UA), 15. Lucknow (UA), 16. Nagpur (UA), 17. Patna (UA), 18. Pune (UA), 19. Surat (UA)

Illustration-3: Y Class and ‘Other Cities’ Classified Cities

Level-2 Salary Y Class & Others

Classified ‘Y’ Cities: Vijayawada (UA), Warangal (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam (M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), Nellore (UA), Guwahati (UA), Patna (UA), Chandigarh (UA), S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali*, Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur (UA), Rajkot (UA), Jamnagar (UA), Bhavnagar (UA), Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA), Faridabad* (M.Corpn.), Gurgaon* (UA), Srinagar (UA), Jammu(UA), Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA), Bokaro Steel City (UA), Belgaum (UA), Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.), Mangalore (UA), Mysore (UA), Gulbarga (UA), Kozhikode (UA), Kochi (UA), Thiruvananthapuram (UA), Thrissur, (UA), Malappuram (UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA), Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhopal (UA), Jabalpur (UA), Ujjain (M.Corpn.), Amravati (M.Corpn.), Nagpur (UA), Aurangabad (UA), Nashik (UA), Bhiwandi (UA), Solapur (M.Corpn.), Kolhapur (UA), Vasai–Virar City (M.Corpn.), Malegaon (UA), Nanded-Vaghela (M.Corpn.), Sangli (UA), Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (UA), Raurkela (UA), Puducherry / Pondicherry (UA), Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludhiana (M.Coprn.), Bikaner (M.Corpn.), Jaipur (M.Corpn.), Jodhpur (UA), Kota (M.Corpn.), Ajmer (UA), Salem (UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore (UA), Tiruchirappalli (UA), Madurai (UA), Erode (UA), Moradabad (M.Corpn.), Meerut (UA), Ghaziabad* (UA), Aligarh (UA), Agra (UA), Bareilly (UA), Lucknow (UA), Kanpur (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur (UA), Varanasi (UA), Saharanpur (M.Corpn.), Nodia* (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi (UA), Dehradun (UA), Asansol (UA), Siliguri(UA), Durgapur (UA)

Illustration-4: ‘Z Class’ and ‘Other Cities’ Classified Cities

Level-2 Salary Z Class & Others

Classified ‘Z’ Cities: These are not covered by classification as X or Y cities or towns, which are all classified as Z class. Other Places or Other Cities: All cities and towns other than TPTA Cities (including Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad & Noida). *Minimum HRA of Rs. 5400, Rs. 3600, and Rs. 1800 for Class A, B, and C respectively.

City-wise Pay Level 2 Monthly Salary Chart 2025

• 7th Pay Matrix Table for Central Govt Employees
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