An HR executive handles recruitment and onboarding, payroll inputs, attendance and leave, employee records, statutory compliance such as provident fund and ESI, and employee relations.
Read this first. This page rests on one dated pay figure from a named source. That is evidence of what that source states, not of what HR Executive / Generalist roles pay across India.
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Demand↑SIGNAL+109% recruitment postings · August 2026, year-on-year
Skills↑SIGNAL2 of 2 with a sector signal
Location◐LIMITED32 cities · PLFS state factor
Industry↑SIGNAL+9% projected 2026 (Aon)
What the work is
Every sizeable employer has an HR function. Banks and public-sector companies recruit personnel officers into their officer cadre; the figure on this page is the post IBPS fills for 11 public sector banks.
How people enter it
A postgraduate HR qualification
IBPS asks HR/Personnel Officer candidates for a degree and a two-year full-time postgraduate degree or diploma in personnel management, industrial relations, HR, HRD, social work or labour law.
Public sector banks
Selection is through IBPS's Specialist Officer process: a preliminary exam, a main exam and an interview, with an age limit of 20 to 30.
Private employers
Companies hire HR graduates from MBA and PGDM programmes, and HR assistants from any degree.
What the pay figures say
One dated figure is on file. It comes from an employer's own notice. It took effect on 30 June 2026. Each card says what the figure is; open "How the figure is read" for the method and what it leaves out.
11 public sector banks (via IBPS) · HR/Personnel Officer, Scale I₹5,81,760 a year
Basic pay × 12: ₹48,480 per month (scale to ₹85,920) 11 participating public sector banks
Employer noticeIBPS CRP SPL-XVI (vacancies of 2027-28) · effective 30 June 2026
How the figure is read
HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I): starting basic ₹48,480 per month × 12; scale ₹48,480–85,920; allowances per participating bank. Starting basic pay × 12; excludes DA, HRA and other allowances.
Limits. Basic pay only; allowances vary by bank and posting. A public-sector-bank officer scale — not a private-sector benchmark for this role.
Specialisation: generalist HR, talent acquisition, payroll and compensation, or employee relations.
Employer: bank and PSU officer scales are fixed; private pay varies with company size.
Industrial relations experience counts in manufacturing.
Questions
What do the HR Executive / Generalist posts on this page pay?
11 public sector banks (via IBPS), HR/Personnel Officer, Scale I: Basic pay × 12: ₹48,480 per month (scale to ₹85,920), recorded here as ₹5,81,760 a year (IBPS CRP SPL-XVI (vacancies of 2027-28)).
Is that the take-home pay?
No. A figure given as basic pay leaves out dearness allowance, house rent allowance and the other allowances paid on top of it, and it is before income tax and provident fund or NPS deductions. The CTC breakup calculator on this site works out a monthly in-hand figure from a CTC.
What qualification does a bank HR officer need?
The IBPS notice cited here asks for a graduate degree plus a two-year full-time postgraduate degree or diploma in personnel management, industrial relations, HR, HRD, social work or labour law.
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