<1 min | Posted on 17/07/2026

Is a six-figure salary no longer enough for India’s middle class?

Is a six-figure salary enough to live comfortably in India today? Rising living costs, soaring housing prices, education expenses and lifestyle inflation are prompting many middle-class professionals to reassess what financial security really means, even as incomes rise across urban hubs such as Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR.

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For years, earning a six-figure salary was widely seen as a marker of financial success. It signalled career progress, stability, and the promise of a comfortable future. For many urban Indians, crossing the Rs 1 lakh-a-month threshold was once considered a major milestone, proof that they had “made it.”

Today, that confidence is increasingly being questioned.

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