CS Grads salary in India for freshers - Why outsourcing is so cheap

This is the salaries the largest IT Companies pay to fresher Engineering Grads (mostly IT and CS) in India.

Most of them undergo schooling and finish 4 Year Btech or BE (Bachelor of Engineering) Course to get these jobs.

Salary is total CTC per year. US dollar conversions are also given.

  1. Tata Consultancy Services - Ninja Role

    • 3.36 LPA = ₹336,000 ≈ $3,907 USD
  2. Infosys - Systems Engineer

    • 3.6 LPA = ₹360,000 ≈ $4,186 USD
  3. LTI Mindtree - Graduate Engineer Trainee

    • 4 LPA = ₹400,000 ≈ $4,651 USD
  4. Accenture - Associate Software Engineer

    • 4.5 LPA = ₹450,000 ≈ $5,233 USD
  5. Capgemini - Analyst A4

    • 4.25 LPA = ₹425,000 ≈ $4,942 USD
  6. HCL - Graduate Engineer Trainee

    • 4.25 LPA = ₹425,000 ≈ $4,942 USD
  7. Wipro - Elite Role

    • 3.5 LPA = ₹350,000 ≈ $4,070 USD
  8. Cognizant - GenC Role

    • 4 LPA = ₹400,000 ≈ $4,651 USD
  9. Mphasis - Associate Software Engineer

    • 4 LPA = ₹400,000 ≈ $4,651 USD
  10. Hexaware - Graduate Engineer Trainee

    • 4 LPA = ₹400,000 ≈ $4,651 USD
  11. IBM - Associate System Engineer

    • 4.75 LPA = ₹475,000 ≈ $5,523 USD
  12. Tech Mahindra - Graduate Engineer Trainee

    • 3.25 LPA = ₹325,000 ≈ $3,779 USD

These companies in total employs atleast 3 million people in India. There are plenty of other IT companies in India which pay lower. There are few FAANG like jobs which pay well for freshers.

India produces 1.5 to 2 Million Engineers each year on an average.

Outsourcing is very cheap because of Salaries given to engineers in India.