Insights · October 2026
The Bangladesh pay market in four charts
বাজার বিশ্লেষণ
MNC FMCG trainee
৳78,800
Unilever, BAT and similar
Large local company
৳30,400
trainee / officer
Inflation, Sep 2026
8.34%
raise below this = pay cut
Lost since 2022
30%
buying power, if your pay was frozen
01 · Where to start
What fresh graduates earn, by employer
Typical monthly pay for a fresher in Dhaka on a trainee or officer track (software engineer at software firms). Government figures are the full 2026 scale with bonuses spread over the year.
Private / NGOGovernment
02 · By job
What mid-level jobs pay
Typical monthly pay after 3-6 years at a large local company (NGO jobs: at an NGO). The table also shows the best-paying employer type for each job.
03 · Government
The 2026 pay scale after inflation
Real change in starting basic since 2015. Prices rose 111%, so the 100% raise for grades 1-11 still leaves them slightly behind.
04 · Tax
How much of your salary goes to income tax
No tax up to ৳50,000 a month (৳56,250 for women and people 65+). Tax-saving investment lowers the rate at every level.
Method
How reliable is this?
- Built from 110 published salary figures (60 sources): bank MTO circulars, Glassdoor and Levels.fyi data for named employers, the minimum-wage gazette, and recruiter guides.
- Test: each figure is predicted from all the others. The typical error is 21.8%. Job circulars are reproduced within about 8.4%.
- Every estimate shows a confidence label. Employers that don't publish salaries (Unilever, BAT, GP) rely on small crowd-reported samples.