Report · October 2026
What a PG resident earns, state by state
First-year MD/MS stipends published by 2,080 medical colleges, compiled across 27 states.
- National median / month
- ₹61,634
- Government median
- ₹70,000
- Private / deemed median
- ₹57,876
- Highest state median
- ₹1,00,800
Key findings
- The median first-year MD/MS stipend in India is ₹61,634 a month, across 2,080 colleges that publish one.
- Gujarat pays the most (median ₹1,00,800); Himachal Pradesh the least (median ₹40,000) — a 2.5× difference for the same year of residency.
- Government colleges' median (₹70,000) is 21% above private and deemed colleges' (₹57,876).
- In 4 of 27 states, the median resident earns under ₹50,000 a month.
- The highest published first-year stipend is ₹1,43,864 a month, at Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, Delhi.
Stipend by state
| State | Colleges | Median | Government | Private |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat | 90 | ₹1,00,800 | ₹1,00,800 | ₹1,00,800 |
| Maharashtra | 211 | ₹86,000 | ₹94,351 | ₹80,000 |
| Bihar | 65 | ₹82,000 | ₹82,000 | ₹78,500 |
| Delhi | 92 | ₹81,000 | ₹1,26,927 | ₹63,000 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 62 | ₹75,444 | ₹75,444 | ₹75,222 |
| Odisha | 45 | ₹75,398 | ₹75,398 | ₹67,000 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 202 | ₹70,000 | ₹1,10,646 | ₹55,200 |
| Haryana | 72 | ₹70,000 | ₹1,04,346 | ₹60,000 |
| Punjab | 73 | ₹67,968 | ₹67,968 | ₹76,000 |
| Chhattisgarh | 41 | ₹67,500 | ₹67,500 | ₹67,500 |
| Telangana | 119 | ₹67,032 | ₹67,032 | ₹60,000 |
| Uttarakhand | 16 | ₹65,161 | ₹76,600 | ₹56,100 |
| Rajasthan | 97 | ₹62,388 | ₹62,388 | ₹55,200 |
| West Bengal | 131 | ₹61,634 | ₹61,634 | ₹61,634 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 110 | ₹60,823 | ₹60,823 | ₹60,823 |
| Goa | 3 | ₹60,000 | ₹70,000 | ₹60,000 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 30 | ₹59,500 | ₹59,500 | ₹45,000 |
| Kerala | 131 | ₹57,876 | ₹57,876 | ₹57,876 |
| Karnataka | 199 | ₹56,250 | ₹56,250 | ₹52,000 |
| Tripura | 3 | ₹55,200 | ₹49,100 | ₹55,200 |
| Assam | 27 | ₹55,200 | ₹55,200 | ₹55,200 |
| Jharkhand | 19 | ₹54,500 | ₹65,250 | ₹54,500 |
| Manipur | 4 | ₹50,000 | ₹79,963 | ₹50,000 |
| Tamil Nadu | 191 | ₹48,000 | ₹54,025 | ₹48,000 |
| Meghalaya | 7 | ₹43,000 | ₹43,000 | ₹45,000 |
| Pondicherry | 13 | ₹43,000 | ₹43,000 | ₹40,000 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 11 | ₹40,000 | ₹40,000 | ₹40,000 |
College by college, with fees and seats: NEET PG stipend by state →
How this was compiled
- Each college's first-year PG stipend as it published it with the counselling, most recent year, monthly figures only.
- A state's figure is the median of its colleges; states with fewer than three publishing colleges are left out.
- "Private" includes deemed universities. Colleges that publish no stipend are not counted as paying none.
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