Specialist doctors hold a postgraduate qualification (MD, MS or DNB) and treat patients in a specialty such as medicine, surgery, paediatrics or radiology.
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 Specialist Doctor / Consultant roles pay across India.
After postgraduation many work as senior residents at teaching hospitals before becoming faculty or consultants. The figure on this page is a Senior Resident post at AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu.
Postgraduate seats (MD, MS and DNB) are filled through NEET-PG, conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences.
The MD or MS course is a three-year residency.
Senior resident posts are fixed-tenure posts after postgraduation, and the usual route to a faculty post in a medical college.
One dated figure is on file. It comes from an employer's own notice. It took effect on 30 March 2026. Each card says what the figure is; open "How the figure is read" for the method and what it leaves out.
Basic pay × 12: ₹67,700 per month (Level 11) Senior Resident (medical), one AIIMS
Senior Resident (medical candidates): Pay Level 11, ₹67,700 per month × 12 with other usual allowances. Starting basic pay of the level × 12; NPA and allowances excluded.
Limits. Post-PG residency post (tenure), one institute; basic pay only. Recorded at the entry band of the specialist role.
AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu, Senior Resident (L11): Basic pay × 12: ₹67,700 per month (Level 11), recorded here as ₹8,12,400 a year (AIIMS Jammu Employment Notification 03/2026).
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.
A doctor with an MD, MS or DNB in a fixed-tenure post at a teaching hospital. At central institutes such as AIIMS the post is at pay level 11, the figure shown above.
| Figure | Statistic | Period | Effective | Kind | Conf. | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ₹8,12,400 | employer-band | AIIMS Jammu Employment Notification 03/2026 | 2026-03-30 fresh | employer-data | 0.75 | AIIMS Vijaypur, Jammu — Junior Resident (Non-Academic) and Senior Resident / Demonstrator notifications, 2026 |
Post-PG residency post (tenure), one institute; basic pay only. Recorded at the entry band of the specialist role.
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