India hiring statistics.

In India, base salary is typically only 60–70% of the true all-in cost of employing someone — the rest is statutory contributions, benefits, equipment, and management.

Establishing your own Indian legal entity typically costs $50,000–$100,000 in setup and compliance infrastructure before the first hire.

It typically takes 12–18 months to establish a compliant Indian entity — versus days to place a hire through an Employer of Record.

Employees' Provident Fund is a mandatory statutory contribution: 12% of basic wages from the employee and 12% from the employer, under the EPF Act, 1952.

For employees earning up to ₹21,000/month, the employer contributes 3.25% of gross wages to Employees' State Insurance (employee 0.75%).

Gratuity is payable at 15 days' wages per completed year of service, after five years, under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.

Remvix's India compensation benchmark covers 24 tech and business roles across four experience levels, in INR and USD.

Across the benchmarked roles, lead/staff (8+ yrs) compensation averages about 5.6× junior (0–2 yrs) compensation — experience compounds steeply for scarce skills.

The highest-paid senior (5–8 yrs) role in the benchmark sits near $49,500 per year — AI, data, and DevOps roles cluster at the top.

India offers roughly 4–8 hours of live working-time overlap with US Eastern time — enough for daily synchronous collaboration.