8th Pay Commission: Calculate your salary here

8th Pay Commission: Calculate your salary here

Stage 1: Understanding the Fitment Factor

A multiplier representing the factor of basic pay under the 7th Pay Commission for converting it to the basic pay under the 8th Pay Commission.

Employees have been proposed a Fitment Factor of 2.28 under the 8th Pay Commission, which means that salaries will be multiplied by 2.28 to arrive at new basic salaries.

Stage 2: The Computation Process

Simply multiply the old basic salary by the Fitment Factor to get the new basic salary.

Formula:

New Salary = Current Salary x Fitment Factor

For instance:

Example 1: A Level 1 Employee

Currently, Salary (7th Pay Commission): ₹18,000

Fitment Factor: 2.28

Stepwise calculation:

New Salary = 18,000 x 2.28

New Salary = 40,944.

This implies that under the 8th Pay Commission, the Level 1 employee’s salary would be raised to roughly ₹41,000 (to the nearest hundred).

Example 2: A Level 2 Employee

Currently, Salary (7th Pay Commission): ₹19,900

Fitment Factor: 2.28

Stepwise calculation:

New Salary = 19,900 x 2.28

New Salary = 45,372.

Thus, the Level II employee’s salary rises to ₹45,400 (rounded).

Stage 3: Adding the Dearness Allowance

The DA is the extra amount added to the basic salary of employees in order to neutralize inflationary effects. This would also be incorporated into the new basic pay structure under the 8th Pay Commission.

The expected DA will cross 70% by 2026. So, it will be added to the new basic pay proposed.

Example 3: Adding the DA

Let’s take the Level 1 employee and assume their new basic salary is ₹40,944.

New Basic Salary: ₹40,944

Expected DA (70%): 70 % of 40,944 = 28,660.80

Total Salary (Basic + DA): ₹40,944 + ₹28,660.80 = ₹69,604.80

Thus, the total salary would be ₹69,600 (rounded).

Step 4: Using the Pay Matrix

The Pay Matrix is a table that displays the salary for every level in the 8th Pay Commission as per the Fitment Factor. This simplifies the calculation process, as the new pay for every level is already present in the convolution matrix.

For example, the salary for a level 1 employee will increase from ₹18,000 to ₹21,600, while for a level 13 employee, it will increase from ₹1,23,100 to ₹1,47,720.

In a nutshell, the salary calculation that is the 8th Pay Commission equation.

You multiply by the Fitment Factor (2.280) the current pay scale to get the new basic pay (computation).

Final Example:

If Basic Pay is 30000 currently in 7th CPC,

Your salary after 8th Pay Commission will be:

New Salary = Current Basic Salary x Fitment Factor + DA at current salary

i.e.

=(30000 x 2.28) + (30000×53%)

=68400 + 15900

=84300/-

So, A government employee with 30000 basic pay in 7th CPC will get 84300 Rupees.

i.e. His total salary in 7th CPC was 45900 and will get 84300 in 8th Pay Commission.