SSC CHSL Salary 2021 : Salary Structure after 7th Pay Commission (in Hand and Post Wise)

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In the year 2021, the SSC CHSL Tier one exam will be held in the last week of April. SSC CHSL is a great opportunity for candidates who have completed their 12th standard  If a candidate is able to crack the SSC CHSL Exam and can secure a job within SSC, they will enjoy SSC CHSL Salary 2021 and lots of benefits. Moreover, the SSC CHSL Salary will also be revised in the 7th pay commission.

The Commission has released the SSC CHSL Notification for the new SSC CHSL 2021 exam. Thus, the main priority of the candidates should be to cover the SSC CHSL Syllabus and SSC CHSL Exam Pattern in the meantime and make use of the extra time. The commission will conduct the SSC CHSL Exam 2021 in April. Thus, before the exam the candidates can check the SSC CHSL Salary 2021 and allowances for SSC CHSL employees.

 

SSC CHSL Salary 2021 Updates:

Firstly, a hike of 22-24% in SSC CHSL Salary will happen after rolling out the 7th pay commission.
As a result of the revised salary structure, the starting salary in SSC CHSL will be 17,000-18,000.
However, allowance is provided for all the post with the basic pay scale.
DEO, PA/SA will get the highest salary.

Let’s have look at the pay scale and pay level per job post:

SSC CHSL Salary 2021 Pay Scale & Level

SSC CGHSL Post Name Pay Level Pay Scale
(LDC) Lower Division Clerk Level-2 Rs 19,900 – 63,200
(JSA) Junior Secretariat Assistant
(PA) Postal Assistant Level-4 Rs 25,500 – 81,100
(SA) Sorting Assistant
(DEO) Data Entry Operator
Grade A Data Entry Operator

SSC CHSL Salary 2021 Allowances

Apart from basic pay SSC CHSL employees enjoys a bunch of allowances added to their salary. Lets’s have a look into the details of the allowances:

(HRA) House Rent Allowance.
(DA) Dearness Allowance.
(TA) Travelling Allowance.
Other Allowance.

(DA) Dearness Allowance:

Currently, the Dearness Allowance or DA is provided to the employees, to meet their living cost adjustments. Govt of India changes the DA% according to the living cost and inflation in the recent market. DA was revised by the union cabinet on 29th October 2019. Dearness Allowance or (DA) is merged with basic pay therefore, it is not shown as separately. Let’s have a look at the SSC CHSL Salary 2021 Post Wise DA chart:

SSC CGHSL Post Name Pay Level (DA) Dearness Allowance
(LDC) Lower Division Clerk Level-2 Rs 3383
(JSA) Junior Secretariat Assistant
(PA) Postal Assistant Level-4 Rs 4,335
(SA) Sorting Assistant
(DEO) Data Entry Operator
Grade A Data Entry Operator

 

(HRA) House Rent Allowance

HRA is generally provided to the SSC CHSL employees to meet their house rent need. As per the 7th pay commission, the SSC CHSL Salary 2021 HRA has been revised:

The basic HRA of an employee starts from 24% for X class cities,16% for the semi-rural region, 8% for rural areas.

(TA) Traveling Allowances:

SSC CHSL provides a traveling allowance to their employee to cope up with the cost of traveling to the office from the residence. TA is classified like the HRA. It is different for employees according to the region they are working for. Let’s have a look:

X class city Rs 3600.
Y & Z class cities it is Rs 1800.

Note: The X category cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Pune. The Y category contains almost 100 towns with a population above 5 Lakhs. The Z category contains rural areas.

SSC CHSL Salary 2021 Other Allowances:

There are other allowances as well, provisioned to the SSC CHSL employees. These may or may not be added to the SSC CHSL Salary 2021 directly but employees are entitled to these benefits. Let’s have a look:

  • National Pension Plan (NPS).
  • Central Govt. Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS).
  • Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).
  • Leave Travel Concession (LTC).

National Pension System (NPS):

Pension is nothing but a part of the employee’s salary deducted and saved which is later provided to the employee and his family. This is an issue after the employee retires from their position as a support for old age.

Central Govt. Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS):

This scheme helps an employee in two ways. Firstly it gives insurance cover for the employee and his or her family. Secondly, it also gives a sum of money added to the employee’s pension as retirement support.

Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS):

This benefit is issued to the employee to meet their medical expense requirements.

Leave Travel Concession (LTC):

This benefit allows an employee for allowing a concession for trading to their home town or maybe to other parts of India.

Apart from all these above benefits and allowance, there will be a deduction from an employee’s SSC CHSL Salary 2021. Let’s have a look:

SSC CHSL Salary 2021 Deduction as per Job Posts:

SSC CGHSL Post Name Pay Level Deductions (Approx.)
(LDC) Lower Division Clerk Level-2 Rs 2500
(JSA) Junior Secretariat Assistant
(PA) Postal Assistant Level-4 Rs 3000
(SA) Sorting Assistant
(DEO) Data Entry Operator
Grade A Data Entry Operator

List of Cities According to category X, Y, Z:

Categories Cities
X

(Citizens less than Equal to 50 lakhs)

Bengaluru, Greater Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata
Y

(Citizens 5 to 50 Lakhs)

Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Puducherry, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Raipur, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Moradabad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Solapur, Kolhapur, Vasai-Virar Cty, Vijayawada, Warangal, Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Nellore, Guwahati, Patna, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Salem, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Erode, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Sangli, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Vadodara, Surat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Srinagar, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Belgaum, Malegaon, Nanded-Waghala, Aligarh, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Noida, Firozabad, Jhansi, Asansol, Siliguri, Durgapur
Z

 

(Citizens < 5 Lakhs)

All other remaining cities

The salaries of employees will be revised with each growth they qualify for. Hence the future prospect in SSC CHSL jobs is definitely worth working hard. candidates who are intending to attempt the exam must check their SSC CHSL Eligibility as soon as possible and finish their SSC CHSL Online Application. Start preparing an SSC CHSL Study Plan and practice previous years’ questions to get success.

 FAQS for SSC CHSL Salary 2021:

What is the DA % for pay Level 2 employees?

DA% for Pay Level 2 employees is Rs 3383

Is the TA different for different regions?

According to the 7th commission, regions are classified into X, Y and Z class cities. X class city thee TA is Rs 3600 and in Y and X class cities, it is Rs 1800.

Does a clerk get a quarter post clearing SSC CHSL?

Post appointment an LDC Clerk may not get quarters as the central govt has not authorized 100% quarters for employees. However, they will be entitled to HRA provided to all employees according to their region of placement.

Is there a pension plan for all SSC CHSL employees?

All SSC CHSL employees are entitled to get NPS or a national pension system to support living costs after retirement.

Is there any medical facility provided to the SSC CHSL employees?

SSC CHSL Employees have the Central Government Health Scheme or CGHS to meet the need for medical expenses of the employee.

What is the SSC CHSL salary in hand?

The maximum salary for SSC CHSL employees is Rs 81,100 and the lowest is Rs 19,900. In addition to this, the candidates will also get hands-on the different allowances i.e. (HRA) House Rent Allowance, (DA) Dearness Allowance, (TA) Travelling Allowance, and Other Allowance. Another thing to note here is that the candidates will also get a lot of promotion opportunities for higher posts.

 

Author: Kanak Joshi

Kanak Joshi is an experienced content writer with a demonstrated history of working in the education news domain for the last two years. Her role at admisure is write to SEO-based and Unique articles. Skilled in Search Engine Optimization, Microsoft Words, Microsoft Excel, and Web Content Writing.

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