Median income
INR 134,8192024 · Published threshold
IN · INR · 2024
India Income Percentiles 2024: Median & Top 1%
The 2024 WID-based median annual income in India is INR 134,819, or INR 11,235 when divided by 12. The annual top-1% entry threshold is INR 2,652,369. These are pre-tax national-income estimates for equal-split adults aged 20+, not employee salaries or household incomes.
Median income, average salary and income percentiles
The median is the 50th-percentile boundary, with half of adults below it and half above. The imported dataset contains percentile thresholds, not an arithmetic mean. Averaging these boundaries does not produce an average salary. A top-1% threshold is the entry boundary, not the average income of the richest 1%.
CountryIndia
Annual pre-tax incomeINR
Data sourceWID.world · 2024
India income thresholds
Selected published WID thresholds. Amounts are annual pre-tax national income, not take-home salary. Monthly equivalents divide the annual amount by 12.
| Approximate rank | Annual income (INR) | Monthly equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Top 50% | INR 134,819 | INR 11,235 |
| Top 25% | INR 212,902 | INR 17,742 |
| Top 10% | INR 371,983 | INR 30,999 |
| Top 5% | INR 1,379,675 | INR 114,973 |
| Top 1% | INR 2,652,369 | INR 221,031 |
| Top 0.1% | INR 10,513,546 | INR 876,129 |
Income data: 2024 · PPP: 2024 · World: 2024
How is it calculated?
Annual pre-tax national income for equal-split adults aged 20+. This WID concept is broader than salary. Country rank uses local thresholds; worldwide rank uses WID purchasing-power conversion. We use logarithmic interpolation between points and extrapolation outside them.
This estimate is outside the published threshold range; it uses extrapolation and is more uncertain.
Amounts use each country's own currency and data year. This is a rank comparison, not an exchange-rate, cost-of-living or relocation estimate.
Income tiers
The tier names are a RankMyIncome display system, not official WID classifications.
Diamond: Top 10% · Master: Top 5% · Grandmaster: Top 1% · Challenger: Top 0.1%
Data source: WID.world · Methodology (English)
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Worldwide rank of the country median
Top 67.69%USD PPP 6,532.64 · 2024
Top 1% threshold / median
19.67×2024
Income distribution explorer
Published in the imported WID series. Annual pre-tax national income, not net salary.
p10
INR 28,426Published threshold
p25
INR 92,688Published threshold
p50
INR 134,819Published threshold
p75
INR 212,902Published threshold
p90
INR 371,983Published threshold
p95
INR 1,379,675Published threshold
p99
INR 2,652,369Published threshold
p99.9
INR 10,513,546Published threshold
Common questions
What is the median income in India?
INR 134,819 · 2024. Published in the imported WID series. Annual pre-tax national income, not net salary.
What is the top 10% income in India?
INR 371,983 · 2024. Published in the imported WID series. Annual pre-tax national income, not net salary.
Is this a salary percentile?
WID pre-tax national income is broader than salary. These are adult income ranks, not employee salary percentiles.
Related tools
Compare adult median income
India’s national distribution covers adults, rather than only salaried employees or income-tax filers. The INR thresholds cannot identify a city, occupation or household percentile. The selected South Asian comparisons below use the same WID definition and a common purchasing-power unit.
| Country | Median (USD PPP) | Income / PPP year |
|---|---|---|
| India | 6,532.64 | 2024 / 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 9,580.76 | 2024 / 2024 |
| Pakistan | 7,641.72 | 2024 / 2024 |
| Sri Lanka | 10,866.97 | 2024 / 2024 |
The top-10% threshold is 2.76 times the median; the top-1% threshold is 19.67 times the median. These ratios compare income boundaries, not shares of total income.
Sources and interpretation
Monthly equivalents divide annual income by 12; they are not take-home pay. PPP compares national price levels, not current exchange rates or personal living costs. WID estimates may be revised.
WID.world · tptinc992j / tptincj992 · 2024 · INR. PPP: xlcusp999i / xlcuspi999 · 2024.
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