TabSalary calculator guide
One rulebook, two authorities
Pay and allowances for Central Government employees flow from two distinct sources, and mixing them up produces wrong answers. Pay levels, increments and fixation live in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules administered by the Department of Expenditure. MACP is a career-progression scheme owned by DoPT. Allowances such as HRA and Transport Allowance are notified separately by the Department of Expenditure and revise on their own triggers.
Independently built and maintained · Published August 23, 2026 · Last reviewed August 26, 2026
These tools keep the sources separate. Wherever a figure traces to a specific office memorandum or statutory rule, the calculator cites that instrument next to the result. Wherever the 8th Pay Commission is involved, the tool refuses to present a single answer: it shows named scenarios because no fitment factor, pay matrix or implementation date has been notified.
How the calculation works
Provenance = Official (notified instrument) + User Input (your entries) + Estimated (labelled scenarios)
- Start from your current Level and cell in the pay matrix — both are User Input.
- Apply only notified rates for today's pay: DA 60% from January 2026, HRA 30/20/10%, TA bands plus DA.
- Treat every 8th Pay Commission figure as an Estimated scenario until orders appear.
- Verify final fixation with your DDO or accounts office before acting on any result.
Worked example
A Level 10 employee at cell 1 draws basic pay ₹56,100 (Official). At the current DA of 60% the Dearness Allowance alone adds ₹33,660 per month (Official, OM dated 22 April 2026). A hypothetical 2.57 fitment factor would put the same employee near ₹1,44,200 after implementation (Estimated scenario only).
What this estimate does not include
- Nothing here covers State Government pay, PSU scales, Defence rank pay or Railway-specific orders.
- Scenario outputs about the 8th Pay Commission are not predictions; the Commission has not submitted recommendations.
- Calculators are educational tools; final pay fixation belongs to your accounts office.
Use the result as a planning estimate, not as personalized financial, tax, legal, or investment advice.
Source ledger
Primary references- Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance — Dearness Allowance order No. 1/1(i)/2026-E.II(B) dated 22.04.2026 (DA raised to 60% w.e.f. 01.01.2026).
- CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 — First Schedule pay matrix and Rule 13 fixation method.
- DoPT — Modified Assured Career Progression scheme OMs.
Rates and rules are checked against the primary source before publication and re-checked whenever the source changes. External links open in a new tab; calculator inputs never leave your browser.