8th CPC Salary Calculator: Expected Salary, Fitment Factor and News

8th CPC expected salary by pay level

Expected salary under the 8th CPC is current basic pay × fitment factor. The table uses the entry basic of each level. A higher cell in the same level scales the same way. Compare with the 7th CPC salary calculator.

Minimum pension is often discussed as half of minimum basic. At 2.57, a ₹9,000 minimum pension would illustrate to about ₹23,130. That ratio is not notified for the 8th CPC.

8th CPC fitment factor

The fitment factor is the single multiplier that turns today’s basic pay into revised basic pay. Past commissions: 6th CPC 1.86 (after the government raised 1.74), 7th CPC 2.57. A higher factor is not the same as a matching percentage hike in total salary, because DA is reset when it is merged into basic.

What employee bodies have asked for

NC-JCM, AIDEF, FNPO and AINPSEF have proposed a fitment factor of about 3.833 and a minimum pay near ₹69,000. IRTSA has floated a range including 2.92 to 4.38. These are demands submitted during consultations, not Commission recommendations. Media scenarios most often use 1.92, 2.00, 2.28 and 2.57.

How this calculator treats HRA and deductions

HRA uses current rates: 24% Class X, 16% Class Y, 8% Class Z, applied to revised basic. NPS is 10% of revised basic (employee share). CGHS is a flat ₹650. Tax is a simplified new-regime style estimate on annual revised basic plus HRA, and ignores standard deduction, rebate and other allowances. Real in-hand pay will differ.

Latest 8th CPC news

As of 6 October 2026, the 8th Central Pay Commission is in its consultation phase. It has not issued a fitment factor, pay matrix or pension formula.

• January 2025: Union Cabinet announced formation of the 8th CPC.
• 28 October 2025: Cabinet approved the Terms of Reference. PIB said the effect of recommendations would normally be expected from 1 January 2026.
• 3 November 2025: Commission constituted. Chairperson Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai; part-time member Prof. Pulak Ghosh; Member-Secretary Pankaj Jain. Mandate: recommendations within 18 months.
• Memoranda were invited on 8cpc.gov.in, with a submission window that closed on 30 April 2026.
• October 2026: consultations in Bengaluru on 7–8 October, then Mumbai on 22–23 October. The report is tentatively expected around May 2027.

More than one crore serving employees and pensioners are in scope, including All India Services and defence civilians, subject to the notified ToR. Official updates: PIB on the ToR and Ministry of Finance.

If the government later accepts recommendations with effect from 1 January 2026, employees who retire after that date may receive arrears. That is the usual pattern. It is not a notification.