What is the salary of an IES officer in the Indian Railways?

The salary of an IES officer in Indian Railways increases with time. The net basic pay scale is different at various levels, and there is a list of other allowances that comes with the salary.

At present, an IES officer (IRSEE) with 20 years of service experience earns around 1.60 lakhs per month plus accommodation and transportation.

The net basic pay is as follows.

• The other allowances that an IES officer gets are House Rent Allowance (HRA), Office Vehicle, Dearness Allowance (DA), Leave Travel Allowance (LTA), Gratuity, Provident Fund (PF), Leave Encashment, Peon, Driver, Domestic servant, and Personal Assistant. All these allowances vary as per three classes of cities: A, B, & C.
• The gross salary of IES at the beginning is around 60000 INR, but the in-hand pay is around 45000-50000 INR with other non-cash allowances. Gradually, it increases with time and promotes job positions.
• The salary in the first 5 to 10 years of a job may not be lucrative like IAS, but after 20 years, the salary is almost at par with IAS or IPS.

Compared to IES, software engineers with the same years of experience earn a lot more. The payscale is even higher for IIT, IIM graduates. A CSE graduate from IIT after 20 years of experience earns at least 30-40 LPA (plus onsite opportunities). 

Students from IITs may not have job satisfaction from IES engineering posts. Students from the Civil branch can go for IES jobs. But if you are from ECE/EEE/Mechanical try to avoid IES engineering jobs.