Select high-growth sectors are expected to lead salary increments in the 2025–26 financial year.
Industries such as electric vehicles (EV) and EV infrastructure, consumer durables, retail, and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are projected to offer average salary hikes ranging from 10.4 per cent to 11.5 per cent , showed TeamLease’s Jobs and Salaries Primer 2025–26.
Within these sectors, certain roles are seeing even more significant increases. For instance, electrical design engineers are expected to receive a 12.4 per cent hike, mechanical design engineers 12.1 per cent , in-store demonstrators 12.2 per cent , and relationship executives 11.6 per cent .
Salary growth in the current financial year is expected to range from a minimum of 6.2 per cent to a maximum of 11.3 per cent across industries.Average salary increases in industries including construction and real estate, automotive, travel and hospitality, fintech, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, insurance, e-commerce, and tech startups range between 8.1 per cent and 9.5 per cent .