The Compensation Index.
The senior GCC compensation benchmark, built from what offers actually close at, not from survey self-reports. Bands by role, sector, and city, with the gaps that matter, IC4 to IC5, director to VP, Bengaluru to Hyderabad, where most comp plans quietly go wrong.
The published band and the closed offer are different numbers, and the gap is widening at the top.
This drop benchmarks senior GCC compensation across IT, BFSI, Pharma, and ER&D, built from offers that actually closed. The headline finding is the same one comp committees keep missing: the band on the requisition and the number that wins the candidate have drifted apart, most of all in AI. Every figure here is a draft pending Sachith's sign-off against placement data.
- 01 Published band ≠ closed offer. In the fastest segments the gap between the two is material and growing. [NEEDS SOURCE — Sachith]
- 02 The IC4 to IC5 step is repricing. The jump that used to be predictable is moving fastest where AI demand is concentrated. [NEEDS SOURCE — Sachith]
- 03 City gaps are shifting. The Bengaluru-to-Hyderabad premium is not what it was for two senior segments. [NEEDS SOURCE — Sachith]
Recent drops.
Built from closed offers, not surveys.
A salary survey ages and aggregates. The Compensation Index is back-tested against what mandates actually closed at, which is the only number a candidate is really weighing.