About Pay Level 18
Level 18 corresponds to Cabinet Secretary cadre posts in the Central Government. Recruitment is typically through SSC, UPSC, or departmental promotion depending on the ministry. Employees enter at the first cell of the level and progress through annual increments of 3%.
Expected 8th CPC salary for Level 18
In the user-selected 2.86x scenario, an entry-cell Level 18 employee's modelled basic pay changes from ₹2,50,000 to approximately ₹7,15,000. Once DA (rebased to 0% initially), revised HRA and TA would depend on the eventual government order. This is a mathematical comparison, not an official pay forecast.