Archive · 18 Sep 2025
IT Salaries Lag Inflation, Urges Investments
Imagine you get a raise, but everything you buy gets more expensive, even faster!
That's what's happening to many IT workers.
While their salaries went up a little, the cost of living like rent and food went up even more.
A wealth educator says that relying only on your salary isn't enough anymore.
To make sure you have enough money, it's important to invest wisely.
Gold has done well in the past as well, often going up in value to help protect your money.
This means that investing is becoming essential to keep up with the rising cost of living.
IT employees are seeing single-digit salary hikes.
Living costs, like rent and groceries, are rising in double digits.
Entry-level IT salaries barely increased from 2012 to 2022.
Investing is becoming essential to build wealth.
Gold prices have nearly doubled in the last decade.
- Who
- IT workers, wealth educator Meenal Goel
- What
- Salary increases are not keeping up with rising costs, urging investments
- When
- Over the last decade
- Where
- India (implied)
- Why
- To keep pace with inflation and build wealth
- Entry-Level IT Salary (2012)
- ₹3 lakh
- Entry-Level IT Salary (2022)
- ₹3.6 lakh
- Salary Hikes
- Single-digit %
- Rising Costs
- Double-digit %
- Focus
- Investing is crucial
- Gold price increase (past decade)
- Nearly doubled