IPS Salary 2026: Salary per Month by Rank, Ranks and Insignia

An IPS officer's basic pay runs from ₹56,100 a month for a new officer, the first cell of Level 10 of the pay matrix, to a fixed ₹2,25,000 a month for the Director General of Police who heads a police force, at Level 17. The Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016 fix the level of every grade in between, and allowances are paid on top. This page lists each level with its basic pay range, the rank that goes with it, the years of service after which each grade opens, and the badge of rank set by the IPS (Uniform) Rules, 1954.

Dearness allowance is paid on top of basic pay at the Central Government rate, which IPS officers get under rule 3 of the All India Services (Dearness Allowance) Rules, 1972: 60% of basic pay from 1 January 2026. A new IPS officer's basic pay plus DA is therefore ₹89,760 a month. House rent allowance (or government housing) and other allowances depend on the posting, and income tax and other deductions come out of the total, so no single "in-hand" figure is official.

IPS salary per month by grade

The last column adds dearness allowance to the first cell of each level, the lowest basic pay in the grade. An officer's actual pay is usually higher: increments move it down the level, and pay on promotion is fixed from the pay already drawn plus an increment. All figures are before house rent allowance, other allowances and deductions.

The amounts are the first and last cells of each level in the pay matrix as substituted by the IPS (Pay) Amendment Rules, 2017. The matrix printed with the rules in 2016 started Level 13 at ₹1,18,500; the 2017 amendment replaced it, and Level 13 now starts at ₹1,23,100.

When each grade comes: salary by years of service

The levels are from rule 3 of the pay rules. Years count from your year of allotment.

Grade or rank	Level	Eligible after
Junior Scale (on joining)	10	Appointment
Senior Time Scale	11	4 years
Junior Administrative Grade	12	9 years and Phase III training
Selection Grade	13	13 years, by selection
Deputy Inspector General of Police	13A	14 years, by selection
Inspector General of Police	14	18 years and Phase IV training, by selection
Additional Director General of Police	15	Selection
Director General of Police (HAG+)	16	Selection
Director General of Police (Head of Police Force)	17	Selection from DGPs at Level 16

Read with the pay table above, this gives the earliest pay the rules allow at each stage. After 5 years of service you can be in the Senior Time Scale, Level 11, with basic pay from ₹67,700 (₹1,08,320 with DA). After 10 years, the Junior Administrative Grade, Level 12, from ₹78,800 (₹1,26,080 with DA). After 20 years, Inspector General, Level 14, from ₹1,44,200 (₹2,30,720 with DA). These are the first cells of each level; increments and pay fixed on promotion usually put an officer higher in the level.

For when each step comes and the training it needs, see the IPS career journey.

How pay grows inside a level

• Annual increments. Each increment moves you to the next cell of the same level. The rules have two increment dates, 1 January and 1 July, depending on when you were appointed or promoted.
• Advance increments. The state sanctions a direct recruit's second and third increments after he or she passes the prescribed departmental examinations. The third is paid retrospectively once probation is completed and the officer is confirmed (rule 10).
• On promotion. You get one increment in your old level and move to the matching cell, or the next higher one, in the new level (rule 5). You can choose to have this done from the date of promotion or from the date of your next increment in the old level. If you choose the later date, the 2023 amendment places you in the next higher cell of the new level on the day you are promoted, and your pay is re-fixed when that increment falls due.
• Parity with the IAS. When an IAS officer of a batch is posted at the Centre at Levels 10 to 15, IPS officers at least two years senior who have not reached that level get it on a non-functional basis (Note 1 under rule 3).

Ranks in the IPS

The pay rules name the ranks from Deputy Inspector General upwards. Below that, the rules speak of grades, and SVPNPA names the ranks: officers start as Assistant Superintendent of Police and later serve as Superintendent of Police. Schedule II of the pay rules lists Superintendent of Police posts among the posts carrying pay in the senior scale, which covers the Senior Time Scale, the Junior Administrative Grade and the Selection Grade (Levels 11 to 13), so an SP's pay depends on which of these grades the officer holds. In a police commissionerate the titles differ. The Delhi list in Schedule II, for example, puts the Commissioner of Police at Level 17, Special Commissioners at Level 15, Joint Commissioners at Level 14 and Additional Commissioners at Level 13A.

Badges of rank

The IPS (Uniform) Rules, 1954 describe the badges in silver metal: the State Emblem, five-pointed stars of the "Star of India" pattern, and a crossed sword and baton. Every IPS officer also wears the letters "I.P.S." at the base of the shoulder strap. The rules group the badges like this:

Badge	Worn by, as the rules describe them
Crossed sword and baton, State Emblem and one star	Director, Intelligence Bureau
Crossed sword and baton and State Emblem	Director General and Inspector General of Police in the states the rules list; Director, CBI; Directors General of the CRPF, BSF and Security
Crossed sword and baton and one star	Inspectors General of Police in the states, the Union Territory of Mizoram and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Additional Inspector General of Police; Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau; Director, National Police Academy, among others
State Emblem and three stars	All other officers drawing pay above the time scale, including Selection Grade; Deputy Inspectors General wear the three stars as a triangle, apex upwards
State Emblem and two stars	Superintendent of Police in the selection grade; senior time-scale officers with 15 years' service or more
State Emblem and one star	District Superintendent of Police; Commandant of a battalion; senior time-scale officers with more than 10 and less than 15 years' service
State Emblem	Other senior time-scale officers with 10 years' service or less
Three stars	Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of a sub-division or an equivalent post, or with 5 years' service or more
Two stars	Assistant Superintendent of Police with at least 2 but less than 5 years' service, not in charge of a sub-division
One star	Assistant Superintendent of Police with less than 2 years' service

Read this table as the rules' own words, not a modern rank chart. The footnotes date these clauses to notifications of 1969, 1975 and 1982, and they name posts as they stood then: the rank of Additional Director General of Police does not appear. "Service" means service counted from the year of allotment. The rules also say the badge follows the rank you actually hold, substantively or officiating.