Archive · 15 Sep 2026
8th Pay Commission: Salary Estimates Under 3.83, 4.0
The 8th Pay Commission will recommend a new pay structure for central government employees and pensioners.
A fitment factor is a number used to multiply a worker’s current basic pay.
Some employee and pensioner groups want the factor to be 3.83 or 4.0.
If someone earns basic pay of ₹18,000, the estimated new basic pay would be ₹68,940 at 3.83.
At 4.0, it would be ₹72,000.
These figures are only examples and are not final salaries.
Other payments, such as dearness allowance, house rent allowance and transport allowance, could change the final monthly salary.
The government will decide after the commission submits its recommendations and they are accepted.
The fitment factor multiplies current basic pay to estimate revised basic pay.
The All India Federation of Pensioners’ Associations suggested a 3.83 fitment factor.
The Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh proposed a 4.0 fitment factor.
For current basic pay of ₹18,000, estimated revised pay would be ₹68,940 at 3.83 or ₹72,000 at 4.0.
No final fitment factor has been announced; the commission is expected to submit recommendations by May-June 2027.
- Who
- The 8th Pay Commission, central government employees and pensioners, employee unions, and pensioner bodies.
- What
- The commission is preparing recommendations for a new salary structure, including a possible fitment factor of 3.83 or 4.0.
- When
- The commission was constituted on 3 November 2025 and has 18 months to submit recommendations, tentatively by May-June 2027.
- Where
- The commission is holding stakeholder and employee-union meetings in major cities across the country.
- Why
- The fitment factor will help determine revised basic pay and is intended to protect the purchasing power of employees and pensioners.
3.83 Proposal
4.0 Proposal
Recommended fitment factor
3.83 Proposal
The All India Federation of Pensioners’ Associations has suggested a fitment factor of 3.83.
4.0 Proposal
The Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh has suggested a higher fitment factor of 4.0.
Illustrative basic-pay outcome
3.83 Proposal
At the 3.83 factor, current basic pay of ₹18,000 would produce estimated revised basic pay of ₹68,940.
4.0 Proposal
At the 4.0 factor, current basic pay of ₹18,000 would produce estimated revised basic pay of ₹72,000.
- Previous fitment factors
- The 6th Pay Commission used 1.86, while the 7th Pay Commission used 2.57.
- Proposed factor by AIFPA
- The All India Federation of Pensioners’ Associations suggested 3.83.
- Proposed factor by BPMS
- The Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh suggested 4.0.
- ₹18,000 basic pay estimate
- ₹68,940 at a 3.83 factor and ₹72,000 at a 4.0 factor.
- Level 6 estimate
- Basic pay of ₹35,400 could become ₹1,35,582 at 3.83 or ₹1,41,600 at 4.0.
- Level 10 estimate
- Basic pay of ₹56,100 could become ₹2,14,863 at 3.83 or ₹2,24,400 at 4.0.
- Status
- The calculations are illustrative, and no final fitment factor has been announced.