8th Pay Commission salary: level-wise estimate (not official)

This 8th Pay Commission salary page is a level-wise estimate, not an order. The 8th pay commission salary calculator does the same kind of sum for a basic pay you type. Fitment factor 2.57 on this page is the 7th CPC figure. It is not an 8th CPC figure. हिन्दी: 8वां वेतन आयोग सैलरी.

What is official on the 8th Pay Commission so far

The 8th Central Pay Commission has been set up. A fitment factor has not been notified.

8cpc.gov.in says the Commission was constituted by a Government of India notification dated 3 November 2025. The Gazette resolution of 3 November 2025 (F.No. 01-01/2025-E.III(A), Gazette of India Extraordinary, CG-DL-E-03112025-267353) is the same text linked from the Terms of Reference page.

The resolution names:

• Chairperson: Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
• Member (part-time): Prof. Pulak Ghosh
• Member-Secretary: Shri Pankaj Jain

The terms of reference ask the Commission to examine pay, allowances and other benefits for listed categories. The first category is Central Government employees, industrial and non-industrial. All India Services, Defence Forces, Union Territory staff and some other categories are also listed. State government employees are not in that list.

Paragraph 2(f)(iv) says the Commission will keep in view the likely impact on the finances of State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications.

Paragraph 5 says the Commission will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution. It may send interim reports if needed, after recommendations on a matter are finalised.

The PIB release of 28 October 2025 says the Union Cabinet approved the Terms of Reference that day. It calls the Commission a temporary body, with the same 18-month limit. It also says the Government had announced the 8th CPC in January 2025. On the date of effect, PIB says that, going by the usual ten-year gap, the effect would normally be expected from 1 January 2026. That sentence is a trend. It is not a decision.

The Lok Sabha reply of 10 August 2026 (Unstarred Question 3571) says the Commission was constituted by the resolution dated 3 November 2025, and that it will report within 18 months. On the date from which the recommendations would apply, and on a state advisory, the reply says the Commission has not submitted its recommendations to the Government yet. It does not name a fitment factor or a date of effect.

The gazette, the 8cpc.gov.in pages opened for this guide, the PIB release and the Lok Sabha reply do not notify a fitment factor or a new pay matrix.

Fitment factor 2.57: how the 7th CPC did it

Fitment factor 2.57 is a 7th CPC figure. Rule 7(1)(A)(i) of the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 says, in short:

1. Take the existing basic pay.
2. Multiply it by 2.57.
3. Round that figure to the nearest rupee.
4. Find that figure in the applicable level of the Pay Matrix.
5. If the same figure is a cell, that is the pay. If not, the pay is the immediate next higher cell.
6. If that figure is below the first cell of the level, the pay is the first cell.

The 7th CPC report, paragraph 5.1.29, uses the same steps: multiply by 2.57, round off to the nearest rupee, then take that figure or the next higher figure in the level.

Paragraph 5.1.27 says this 2.57 was proposed for all employees. It includes a factor of 2.25 for DA neutralisation, on the assumption that Dearness Allowance would be 125 percent when the new pay started. The actual raise named there is 14.29 percent.

Paragraph 4.2.9 says the same thing in another way. Of the multiple 2.57, 2.25 is for merging basic pay with DA, assumed at 125 percent on 1 January 2016. The rest is the real increase (2.57 ÷ 2.25 = 1.1429, which the paragraph calls 14.2 percent).

So the old DA was merged into the new basic. You do not add that old 125 percent again on top of the new basic. Later DA is a new percent of the new basic. The report pages and the CCS rules opened for this guide do not state a first DA rate of 0 percent after that merger. This page does not add one.

Pay Matrix rounding

Paragraph 5.1.21 says each level has a vertical range. Those steps are an annual pay progression of three percent. Paragraph 4.1.17 says the stages inside a level move up at 3 percent a year.

Table 5 prints the cells. In that table, each later cell is the previous cell times 1.03, rounded to the nearest hundred rupees. That is a check of the printed cells. The paragraphs above do not themselves use the words “nearest hundred”.

Level 1 starts at ₹18,000. Level 2 starts at ₹19,900. Level 3 starts at ₹21,700. Level 4 starts at ₹25,500. Level 5 starts at ₹29,200. Level 6 starts at ₹35,400. Level 7 starts at ₹44,900. Level 8 starts at ₹47,600. Level 9 starts at ₹53,100. Level 10 starts at ₹56,100. These are cell 1 of each level. The Index row of Table 5 is not 2.57 for every level. Levels 1 to 5 show 2.57. Levels 6 to 9 show 2.62. Level 10 shows 2.67. Those index numbers built the entry pay. They are not an 8th CPC factor.

DA of 63% from 1 July 2026

For pay today, use the DA that is already notified. DoE OM No. 1/2(i)/2026-E.II(B), dated 29 October 2026, raises Dearness Allowance for Central Government employees from 60% to 63% of Basic Pay with effect from 1 July 2026. The subject line says the same date, 01.07.2026.

Basic Pay in that OM is pay drawn in the Level in the Pay Matrix under the 7th CPC. It does not include special pay. Para 4 rounds 50 paise and above up to the next rupee, and ignores a fraction below 50 paise.

The longer note is DA hike from 60% to 63%. The DA arrears calculator does the month sum.

8th Pay Commission salary level-wise estimate

Illustration only, not official. There is no 8th CPC pay matrix, so these rows do not move you to a “next higher cell”. Each new basic is only the Level’s starting basic pay times an assumed factor, rounded to the nearest rupee.

The factors 2.00, 2.25 and 2.57 are assumptions for this table. 2.57 is the 7th CPC fitment factor, shown again so you can compare. In the 7th CPC report, 2.25 is the DA-merge part inside 2.57. It is not a second official multiplier. Here, 2.00 and 2.25 are used as full multipliers only so the columns can be compared. They are not 8th CPC factors.

The “Basic + DA at 63%” column is today’s basic plus today’s DA. It is not a guess. The factor columns are guesses of a new basic only. They do not add a new DA or HRA, because those rates after the 8th CPC are not notified.

Illustration only, not official. Starting basic pay is cell 1 of that level in the 7th CPC Pay Matrix. The three factor columns are guesses. They are not an 8th CPC order.

Basic plus DA, next to the estimates

The bars below compare today’s basic plus 63% DA with the three assumed new basics. Two levels are shown: Level 1 and Level 7. The rupee figures are the same ones as in the table. The scale is separate for each level, so you can see the gap inside that level.

Illustration only, not official.

State government staff

The resolution’s terms of reference cover Central Government employees and the other categories listed there. They do not list State Government employees as a category whose pay the Commission is to set.

Paragraph 2(f)(iv) says State Governments usually adopt such recommendations with some modifications. Your state decides if, and how, it will follow. The Lok Sabha reply of 10 August 2026, on whether the Centre will issue a state advisory, says the Commission has not submitted its recommendations yet. It does not give a state guideline.

Use the 8th pay commission salary calculator

Open the 8th pay commission salary calculator and type your own basic pay and your own factor. Every factor there is a number you choose.

For the DA that is already due, open the DA arrears calculator.

A shorter status note is on 8th Pay Commission: what is official so far.

Hindi: 8वां वेतन आयोग सैलरी: लेवल-वार अनुमान.