Your father’s salary
was better than yours
Or it wasn’t — but the nominal numbers will never tell you. Put in what your parent earned, and what you earn, and see the comparison in gold, in prices, and in rank.
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19642024
The verdict
They were doing better than you
Measured against what the average Indian earned at the time, ₹8,000 a month in 1995 was worth 4.8× the national average. Your ₹1,00,000 is 4.1×.
Measured in gold
One month’s pay, in grams of 24K gold
199517.1g
Today6.4g
Their salary bought 2.7× more gold than yours does.
Measured in prices
₹49,397
What ₹8,000 in 1995 is worth today, adjusted for consumer prices. In real terms you earn 2.0× what they did.
To stand where they stood
₹1,17,626
What you would need to earn each month to hold the same rank in the economy that they held in 1995.