8th Pay Commission: Government Wage Trends

The government is thinking about how much to pay its employees with the 8th Pay Commission.

Right now, the average government worker makes about ₹9 lakh per year, which is about five times what an average person in India earns.

This ratio has stayed pretty much the same for the last 20 years.

Both government salaries and the average person's income have grown at about the same rate, around 10% per year.

There was a time when the ratio was a bit lower, around 4 times, but it went back up.

So, the government's pay for its workers has kept up with how much people in the country are earning.