In India, published rates for a reporter start at ₹11,000 a month on staff.
What reporter work in India pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Month
What reporter job ads in India offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 23 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Class V, Group 5 (Sub-Editor, Reporter, Correspondent ...) | ₹11,000–₹18,100 a month | $7.11 | MoLE · Wage board award · 1 Jul 2010 |
| On staff | Class I, Group 5 (Sub-Editor, Reporter, Correspondent, News Photographer ...) | ₹15,000–₹32,900 a month | $11.70 | MoLE · Wage board award · 1 Jul 2010 |
| Freelance | Monthly retainer, district part-time correspondent (average) | ₹9,250 a month | $4.52 | Prasar Bharati · Publisher’s rates · 1 Dec 2025 |
Every figure, as printed
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The monthly remuneration is on an average Rs. 9,250/- including conveyance and telephone charges.DocumentAll India Radio part-time correspondent retainer, Chennai and Karur, 1 Dec 2025 · Publisher’s rates StatusIn force · 1 Dec 2025
Rs.15000-ARI (4%)-32900DocumentMajithia Wage Board pay scales for working journalists in newspaper establishments (S.O. 2532(E), 2011) · Wage board award StatusIn force · 1 Jul 2010 Monthly basic pay scale
Rs.11000-ARI (2.5%)-18100DocumentMajithia Wage Board pay scales for working journalists in newspaper establishments (S.O. 2532(E), 2011) · Wage board award StatusIn force · 1 Jul 2010 Monthly basic pay scale
measly Rs.1/word rateDocumentNewswatch survey of Indian freelance journalists, 2008 · Survey StatusReplaced or expired
Questions people ask
In India, published rates for a reporter start at ₹11,000 a month on staff.
MoLE, Newswatch, Prasar Bharati, in 3 documents.
₹21,500 a month in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half ₹20,000–₹37,500 · 15 ads.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
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