What the same team costs in India
Price a team against real US or UK employer cost, role by role, and see how the India number is built. Published pay on both sides, your own payroll if you have it.
Optional. Enter what one person in this role actually costs you today, fully loaded. Any role you fill in switches that row off the published benchmark.
Read this as a ceiling
The benchmark shows 79% lower, which is wider than you should plan on
Both sides come from published pay, but they are not measured the same way. The BLS median covers every experience level in the occupation, while our India figures are mid level benchmarks, so the comparison tilts toward India before anyone touches it. It also leaves out equity and bonus, which tilts the other way. A gap this wide almost always narrows once real payroll goes in. Add your own costs on the left before quoting this to anyone.
India, fully loaded
$273,244
annual, USD
United States
$1,296,290
Fully loaded
Difference a year
$1,023,046
Difference a month $85,254
Percent lower
79%
Over three years $3,069,137
Per role, annual fully loaded employer cost
| Role | People | India, via an EOR | United States | Difference | Percent lower |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer BLS, software developers, median | 4 | $26,440 | $156,742 | $521,210 | 83% |
| Senior Engineer BLS, software developers, 75th percentile | 2 | $46,080 | $195,856 | $299,553 | 76% |
| Product Manager BLS, general and operations managers, mean. A proxy, since there is no clean occupation code for product management | 1 | $50,289 | $155,612 | $105,324 | 68% |
| Designer BLS, web and digital interface designers, median | 1 | $25,037 | $121,996 | $96,959 | 79% |
| Data and Analytics | |||||
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| Finance and Ops |
How the India figure is built
| India gross salary | $223,509 | ₹2.16 Cr |
|---|---|---|
| Statutory load | $40,232 | 18% |
| EOR fee | $9,504 | 3.5% |
| India total a year | $273,244 |
Cumulative difference over three years
- Cumulative difference
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Where every number comes from
- US employer contributions, computed. Social Security at 6.2% up to the annual wage base of $184,500, the 2026 figure — re-check it each January. Medicare at 1.45% with no cap. Unemployment at about 1%, an estimate. Benefits at $9,000 per person a year, also an estimate you can change.
- UK employer contributions, computed. Employer Class 1 NI at 15% above the £5,000 secondary threshold, held to at least 2030/31. Pension auto enrolment at 3% of qualifying earnings, £6,240 to £50,270.
- India statutory load. Wisemonk publishes 15% to 22% for EPF, ESI and gratuity. This model defaults to the middle of that band rather than the favourable end, and you can change it.
- EOR fee. Wisemonk publishes a starting price of $99 per employee a month. That is a floor rather than a flat rate, and there is no published upper figure, so this model does not guess one. Enter your own quote in the assumptions if you have it.
- Exchange rates. USD to INR at ₹96.7, GBP to USD at 1.32, spot as of 2026-10-09.
- What this leaves out. Equity and bonus, which are material in US technology pay and sit outside these base wage medians, so the US column is if anything understated. Also recruitment, equipment, office, severance, management overhead and the ramp cost of moving work. This compares employment cost only. For take home pay and offer structure, use the salary calculator.
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025
- India pay: Wisemonk desk benchmarks, annual gross. An estimate.
- India load: Wisemonk published 15% to 22% for EPF, ESI and gratuity.
Employment cost only, and an estimate. Not a quote, and not tax or legal advice.
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