Indian Railway Loco Pilots salary 2015

assistant Loco pilot Pay Scale

The salaries of the employees are calculated based on the pay scale, as you know, and depending on the seniority , DA announced by the govt from time to time, place of posting (House Rent Allowance, Transport allowance). But to start with , you will be posted only as Assistant Loco Pilot in Goods train. Based on the 6th Pay commission, you can get approximate salary of around 24,000.00 to start with.

The basis of this is,
1. Pay Scale: Rs. 5200 – 20200
2. Grade Pay: Rs. 1900
3. Initial Pay: Rs. 5830
4. Total Pay: Rs. 7730
Add to this , Dearness allowance of 107% on basic, Transport allowance (changing based on location of posting), House rent allowance ( again depending on the location) and running allowance.
Deduct New pension scheme.

For sufficiently senior people, the Gross pay will be around 55,000.00 to 60,000 per month.
This is only the salary, but the TA and DA, overtime which they get per month since they travel beyond the location of posting will be more than half of this amount and that makes it a great gross income per month. 

 Loco Pilots pay Scale varies according to our mileage (distance traveled in a month)  rates are

As the experience increases, certain perks are given to the loco-pilots:

• Increase in salary: Upto or more than 1LPM for a Rajdhani loco-pilot
• Exact service hours:  As the priority of train increases, the wait time on track decreases and hence the loco-pilot can remain for the exact 6 hours on track.
• Better Engines: Rajdhanis are driven by the best-in-class engines in India. They are comfortable as well as powerful.