What is the salary of a Indian Air Force, How to become an IAF?
What is the salary of the Indian Air Force? One of the many reasons for the attraction of joining the Indian Air Force among the youth is the salary. The opportunity to serve the country and the salary along with adventure also attract them. Like the Indian Army, the Air Force also provides many types of allowances and facilities apart from the basic salary. All this adds up to a good salary. Let us know about the salary, allowances and facilities given to the Air Force from Flying Officer to Chief of Air Staff.
According to the information given on the website of the Indian Air Force, when an officer joins the army and starts training, he starts getting a salary of Rs 56,100 per month. This salary is given in the last one year of the training period. After completing the training, when a commission is given on the flying officer rank, then the salary is given as per the pay scale of Rs 56,100-1,77,500 in Pay Matrix Level-10. This is applicable to all branches.
After joining the Air Force, many allowances are available including Transport Allowance, Children Education Allowance and House Rent. Apart from this, allowances are also available according to the nature of duty and place of posting. Such as Flying, Transport, Technical, Field Area, Special Compensatory (Hill Area), Special Force, Siachen, Island Duty, Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer, Area and Remote Locality Allowance etc. Apart from this, new officers commissioned in Flying and Technical Branch also get Flying Allowance and Technical Allowance.
After becoming an officer in the Air Force, apart from salary and allowances, one also gets Rs 15,500 per month as military service pay. Military service pay is given to officers from flying officer to air commodore rank. Let us tell you that what the salary airforce . also you read this What is the salary of the NSG Commando?
IAF Salary Structure
| Rank | Pay Scale |
|---|---|
| Flying Officer | Rs 56,100 -Rs 1,10,700 |
| Flying Lieutenant | Rs 56,100-Rs 1,10,700 |
| Squadron Leader | Rs 56,100-Rs 1,10,700 |
| wing Commander | Rs 1,16,700 – Rs 2,08,700 |
| Group Captain | Rs 1,30,600 – Rs 2,15,900 |
| Air Commodore | Rs 1,39,600 – Rs 2,17,600 |
| Air Vice Marshal | Rs 1,44,200 – Rs 2,18,200 |
| air Marshal | Rs 1,82,200 – Rs 2,24,100 |
| Air Marshal HAG Scale | Rs 1,82,200 |
| Air Marshal Apex Scale | Rs 2,05,400 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Rs 2,50,000 |
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