Salary guide
Infosys salary for freshers
Infosys salary for freshers is ₹7 LPA for Digital Specialist Engineer trainees and ₹11 LPA to ₹21 LPA for Specialist Programmer trainees, Business Standard reported in December 2025. Infosys has not published the Systems Engineer CTC, so check your offer letter for it. On a ₹7 LPA offer, in-hand pay is about ₹51,125 a month in FY 2026-27.
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- In-hand a month, PF inside CTC
- ₹51,125
- In-hand a month, PF on top
- ₹54,625
- Source
- Business Standard, 26 Dec 2025
How much does Infosys pay freshers?
Each CTC is printed as its source published it, with the date. The monthly in-hand pay is worked out for FY 2026-27, with your employer's PF inside the CTC or on top of it.
| Role | CTC a year (published) | In-hand a month, PF inside CTC | In-hand a month, PF on top | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Specialist EngineerTrainee | ₹7 LPA | ₹51,125 | ₹54,625 | Business Standard, 26 Dec 2025 |
| Specialist Programmer L1Trainee | ₹11 LPA | ₹80,458 | ₹85,958 | Business Standard, 26 Dec 2025 |
| Specialist Programmer L2Trainee | ₹16 LPA | ₹1,08,948 | ₹1,15,700 | Business Standard, 26 Dec 2025 |
| Specialist Programmer L3Trainee | ₹21 LPA | ₹1,38,209 | ₹1,46,417 | Business Standard, 26 Dec 2025 |
What is the Infosys Specialist Programmer salary?
Specialist Programmer trainees join at one of three levels: ₹11 LPA at L1, ₹16 LPA at L2 and ₹21 LPA at L3. Infosys’s Group CHRO told Moneycontrol that the company has expanded the Specialist Programmer track, with packages up to ₹21 lakh a year.
In hand, that is about ₹80,458 a month at L1, ₹1,08,948 at L2 and ₹1,38,209 at L3, with the employer’s PF inside the CTC. L1 pays no income tax; at L3 the tax is about ₹1,86,992 a year.
What is the Infosys Digital Specialist Engineer salary?
Digital Specialist Engineer (DSE) trainees get ₹7 LPA. That works out to about ₹51,125 a month in hand with the employer’s PF inside the CTC, or ₹54,625 if PF is paid on top, and no income tax under the new regime.
The drive Business Standard described was open to 2025 graduates in BE, BTech, ME, MTech, MCA and integrated MSc, from computer science, IT and some circuit branches such as ECE and EEE.
What is the Infosys Systems Engineer salary?
Systems Engineer is one of the roles Infosys hires freshers into, but Infosys has not published its CTC, and we found no dated report from a major news outlet that states it. Figures on job and salary sites differ, so we don’t print one.
Take the CTC from your offer letter, then see what it means each month in the in-hand salary guide, or in the 3.5 LPA and 4 LPA breakdowns.
What should you check in your offer letter?
- Systems Engineer offers: read the CTC on your offer letter. No dated published figure exists, so don’t rely on numbers from job sites.
- Whether a one-time joining bonus is counted inside the CTC. It is paid once, so your monthly pay is lower than the CTC suggests.
- Whether the CTC includes the employer’s PF. If it does, read the "PF inside CTC" column.
- Your basic pay and job location. This page assumes basic is half the CTC and Karnataka professional tax.
How is the in-hand pay worked out?
- CTCs are printed exactly as each source published them. The in-hand pay is our own calculation for FY 2026-27 under the new tax regime (the default), for a resident below 60 with salary as the only income. Where a source gives a range, both ends are worked out.
- Basic pay is taken as 50% of CTC and HRA as 40% of basic. Companies split pay differently, but under the new regime the split changes only your PF, not your tax.
- PF is 12% of basic from you and 12% from your employer, on the full basic pay. The table shows both cases: the employer's PF inside the CTC and on top of it.
- Standard deduction of ₹75,000; no tax when taxable income is ₹12 lakh or less (section 156 rebate), with marginal relief just above it; 4% cess on any tax.
- Professional tax at Karnataka rates. Other states charge different amounts, and some charge none.
- Not included: joining or retention bonuses, variable pay, gratuity, insurance and meal cards. If your offer counts any of these inside the CTC, your monthly pay is lower than the table shows.
Salary sourcesBusiness Standard (26 Dec 2025)Tax sources, checked 3 Nov 2026Finance Bill 2026 memorandum: rates of income-tax for tax year 2026-27Income-tax Act, 2025, section 156: rebateIncome-tax Act, 2025, section 19: standard deductionFAQs: revision of the EPFO wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a monthProfessional tax: employer portal and ratesThe Code on Wages, 2019, section 2(y): wages
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₹7 LPA for Digital Specialist Engineer trainees and ₹11 LPA to ₹21 LPA for Specialist Programmer trainees, Business Standard reported on 26 December 2025. Infosys has not published the Systems Engineer figure, so check your offer letter for it.
About ₹80,458 a month in hand at L1 (₹11 LPA), ₹1,08,948 at L2 (₹16 LPA) and ₹1,38,209 at L3 (₹21 LPA), with the employer’s PF inside the CTC, under the new tax regime in FY 2026-27.
About ₹51,125 a month on a ₹7 LPA CTC with the employer’s PF inside the CTC, or ₹54,625 with PF on top. No income tax is due at this CTC under the new regime, because the section 156 rebate cancels it.
The December 2025 drive was for 2025 graduates in BE, BTech, ME, MTech, MCA and integrated MSc, from computer science, IT and some circuit branches such as ECE and EEE, Business Standard reported. Check the eligibility of the current drive on Infosys’s careers site.