In-hand salary for ₹18 LPA (₹18 lakh CTC)
What a ₹18 lakh annual package actually pays into your bank each month — the full CTC-to-take-home breakdown, and old vs new tax regime.
A ₹18 LPA CTC works out to about ₹1,18,134/month in hand (₹14.18L/year) under the new regime — roughly 79% of CTC after PF, professional tax and income tax. Here the new regime wins, by about ₹1.36L/year. An estimate on standard assumptions, not a payslip.
₹18 lakh CTC to in-hand salary
Where every rupee of your package goes, per year (new regime).
| Cost to company (CTC) | ₹18,00,000 | ₹1,50,000/mo |
| − Employer's PF contribution | − ₹1,08,000 | |
| − Gratuity provision (4.81% of basic) | − ₹43,290 | |
| = Gross salary | ₹16,48,710 | ₹1,37,393/mo |
| − Your PF (12% of basic) | − ₹1,08,000 | |
| − Professional tax | − ₹2,400 | |
| − Income tax (new regime) | − ₹1,20,699 | |
| = In-hand salary | ₹14,17,611 | ₹1,18,134/mo |
Assumes basic = 50% of CTC, PF at 12% of basic (both sides), gratuity provision 4.81% of basic, professional tax ₹2,400/year. An estimate, not a final payslip.
Old vs new regime on ₹18 LPA
New regime
more in hand₹1,18,134/month
₹14.18L/year · ₹1,20,699 income tax
Old regime
₹1,06,776/month
₹12.81L/year · ₹2,56,998 income tax
In-hand salary at other CTCs
₹3 LPA
₹21,199/mo
in hand
₹4 LPA
₹28,332/mo
in hand
₹5 LPA
₹35,465/mo
in hand
₹6 LPA
₹42,598/mo
in hand
₹7 LPA
₹49,730/mo
in hand
₹8 LPA
₹56,863/mo
in hand
₹10 LPA
₹71,129/mo
in hand
₹12 LPA
₹85,395/mo
in hand
₹15 LPA
₹1,00,308/mo
in hand
₹20 LPA
₹1,29,339/mo
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₹25 LPA
₹1,56,134/mo
in hand
₹30 LPA
₹1,80,693/mo
in hand
₹40 LPA
₹2,28,208/mo
in hand
₹50 LPA
₹2,75,722/mo
in hand
Frequently asked questions
A ₹18 lakh CTC leaves about ₹1,18,134 per month — ₹14.18L a year — in hand under the new tax regime, which is roughly 79% of CTC. The gap between CTC and take-home is your employer's PF and gratuity (which never reach your bank), plus your own PF, professional tax and income tax.
On this package the new regime is better: it leaves about ₹1,18,134/month versus ₹1,06,776/month on the other — a difference of about ₹1.36L a year. The old regime here assumes ₹1.50L of deductions (80C etc.); if you can claim more, the old regime improves.
CTC includes money that is never paid to you as salary: the employer's 12% PF contribution and a gratuity provision (~4.81% of basic). After removing those you get gross salary, and from gross your own 12% PF, professional tax and income tax are deducted. What remains is the in-hand figure above.
They are a close estimate on standard assumptions — basic at 50% of CTC, PF at 12% of basic on both sides, professional tax of ₹2,400/year, and (for the old regime) ₹1.50L of deductions. Your actual structure, city, PF opt-outs and declarations will shift it. Use the salary calculator to enter your real numbers.