RRB Group D Salary 2026: Level 1 Pay, In-hand Salary and Post-wise Details

RRB Group D Salary Structure 2026 (Level 1 Pay Breakup)

• DA is 60% of basic from 01.01.2026 (Department of Expenditure order dated 22.04.2026) and is revised twice a year.
• HRA is 30% (X class cities), 20% (Y) or 10% (Z) of basic; it is not paid when railway quarters are allotted. A Y city lies between the two columns shown (HRA Rs 3,600).
• Transport Allowance for Level 1 is Rs 1,350 in the higher TPTA cities or Rs 900 elsewhere, plus DA on it.
• Figures are rounded monthly amounts for a new entrant at the first cell of Level 1, worked out on the same basis as our RRB NTPC salary 2026 page.

RRB Group D In-hand Salary 2026 (Per Month and Per Year)

In-hand here = gross minus the employee NPS contribution (10% of basic + DA). Income tax, group insurance and other small deductions, where they apply, reduce it further. Exact pay depends on the posting city, quarters and allowances.

RRB Group D Post-wise Salary 2026 (All Level 1 Posts)

All Group D posts have the same pay level, so the basic pay and gross salary are the same for every post. The posts differ in department, medical standard and work.

Department, medical standard and post-wise vacancies are from the CEN 08/2024 notification (Annexure A and B, total 32,438). CEN 09/2025 (22,195 vacancies) covers 11 of these post categories; its post-wise numbers are in Annexure B of that CEN. Track Maintainer Grade IV is the largest post in every zone, followed by Pointsman-B. Details: RRB Group D notification 2026.

Railway Track Maintainer Salary 2026 (Track Maintainer Grade IV)

Track Maintainer Grade IV is a Level 1 post in the Engineering (P.Way) department with a basic pay of Rs 18,000. Approximate gross pay is Rs 36,360 a month in an X class city and Rs 32,040 in a Z class city, or about Rs 33,480 and Rs 29,160 after NPS.

It is by far the biggest Group D post: 13,187 of the 32,438 vacancies in CEN 08/2024. The work is maintenance and patrolling of the railway track, mostly outdoors and in shifts. Medical standard B-1. Track staff also get risk and hardship allowance where admissible under railway rules, which is not included above.

Railway Pointsman Salary 2026 (Pointsman-B)

Pointsman-B is a Level 1 post in the Traffic department with a basic pay of Rs 18,000 and the same approximate gross of Rs 36,360 (X city) or Rs 32,040 (Z city). Searches for “assistant pointsman salary” refer to this post; the current notifications call it Pointsman-B.

Pointsmen work at stations and yards (points, signals and shunting) in shifts, so night duty allowance applies for night shifts. It needs the strict A-2 medical standard: distant vision 6/9, 6/9 without glasses and colour, night and binocular vision tests. Candidates who have had LASIK or other refractive surgery are not eligible for A-2 and A-3 posts. CEN 08/2024 had 5,058 Pointsman-B vacancies.

RRB Group D Assistant Posts Salary (Workshop, Loco Shed, Bridge, C&W, TRD, S&T)

Assistant (Workshop), Assistant Loco Shed, Assistant Bridge, Assistant (Carriage and Wagon), Assistant TRD, Assistant (S and T), Assistant Operations (Electrical), Assistant (TL and AC), Assistant P.Way and Assistant Track Machine are all Level 1 posts with Rs 18,000 basic and the same gross and in-hand pay shown above. They assist the technical staff of their department in sheds, workshops, depots and on the line.

Medical standards differ: Assistant Track Machine needs A-3, most other Assistant posts need B-1, and some workshop and production-unit posts need C-1 (see the post-wise table above).

Railway Helper, Porter and Hospital Attendant Salary

Helper, Porter, Khalasi and Hospital Attendant are job names people still search for. In the current RRB Level 1 notifications (CEN 08/2024 and CEN 09/2025) the technical helper posts are notified as Assistant posts of each department, and there is no separate Porter or Hospital Attendant post. Any Level 1 railway post carries the same Rs 18,000 basic, so the pay shown on this page applies.

RRB Group D Salary Increment: Pay After 1, 5 and 10 Years

Under the 7th CPC pay matrix the annual increment is about 3% of basic, moving the employee to the next cell of Level 1. These are regular annual increments only: promotions and MACP upgrades raise pay further. DA, HRA and NPS rise with the basic; Level 1 and 2 employees drawing Rs 24,200 basic or more get the higher transport allowance of Rs 3,600 / Rs 1,800.

RRB Group D Allowances and Benefits

• Dearness Allowance on basic pay, revised twice a year (60% from 01.01.2026).
• House Rent Allowance 30/20/10% by city class, or railway quarters where allotted.
• Transport Allowance with DA, by pay level and city.
• Night duty allowance for night shifts, and risk and hardship allowance for track staff, where admissible under railway rules.
• Pension under the National Pension System (employee 10% of basic + DA).
• Railway passes and medical facilities as per railway rules; a stipend is paid during training where training is prescribed.

RRB Group D Promotion and Career Growth

• Group D staff move up to higher levels through departmental promotion and selections; the ladder and timing depend on the department and on vacancies.
• If there is no promotion, the MACP scheme gives a financial upgrade to the next pay level after 10, 20 and 30 years of service.
• Level 1 staff can also compete in open RRB recruitments such as RRB NTPC for higher-level posts, within the age limit and relaxations of that notification.

RRB Group D vs RRB NTPC Salary

Post-wise NTPC pay, gross and in-hand: RRB NTPC salary 2026 (Level 2 to 6).

RRB Group D Salary 2026: Frequently Asked Questions