Fire service salary calculator: basic pay, DA and HRA from the official pay matrix

Fire service pay by post: level, entry basic and basic plus DA

How the calculator works out fire service pay, in 5 steps

1. 1

   Find the post's level

   The recruitment rules or the notice fix it: Level-2 for an Air Force Fireman, Level-5 for its Station Officer, Level-4 for an Odisha Fireman. An older notice may print a grade pay instead; Grade Pay 2000 sits at Level 3 in the matrix header.

2. 2

   Count the cells

   Each level has 40 cells. A new joiner is in cell 1; one increment a year moves the pay one cell down, on 1 January or 1 July in central service and 12 months after the last one in Odisha.

3. 3

   Apply the DA order

   DA is a percentage of basic pay only. The Centre raised it from 58% to 60% from 1 January 2026, and Odisha matched it from the same date by its order of 18 May 2026. Rupees are rounded: 50 paise and above up, the rest dropped.

4. 4

   Add HRA where it is drawn

   Central HRA is 30%, 20% or 10% of basic in X, Y and Z cities once DA is above 50%, with floors of Rs 5,400, Rs 3,600 and Rs 1,800. It is shown on its own, not inside basic plus DA.

5. 5

   Leave the rest to the pay office

   Transport allowance, fire or risk allowances, overtime and deductions such as NPS and income tax each come from separate orders, so the calculator does not guess them.

A Level 2 fireman's basic pay year by year

Flamekite’s working from the official rules; no government publishes this figure.

The cells of Level 2 for a fireman who joins and is not promoted, with DA at 60% added. Flamekite's arithmetic on the matrix.

1. Joining (cell 1)

   Rs 19,900 basic; Rs 31,840 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

2. Year 1 (cell 2)

   Rs 20,500 basic; Rs 32,800 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

3. Year 2 (cell 3)

   Rs 21,100 basic; Rs 33,760 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

4. Year 3 (cell 4)

   Rs 21,700 basic; Rs 34,720 with DA, the year the Air Force rules allow promotion to Leading Fireman. 9IAF recruitment rules

5. Year 4 (cell 5)

   Rs 22,400 basic; Rs 35,840 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

6. Year 5 (cell 6)

   Rs 23,100 basic; Rs 36,960 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

7. Year 10 (cell 11)

   Rs 26,800 basic; Rs 42,880 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

8. Year 20 (cell 21)

   Rs 36,100 basic; Rs 57,760 with DA. 17th CPC pay matrix

Odisha pay matrix cells for fire ranks, Levels 4 to 7

Odisha's First Schedule gives each level 40 cells. These are the cells the calculator reads for the Odisha fire ranks.

Odisha Revised Scales of Pay Rules, 2017 (S.R.O. 414/2017), First Schedule. Rule 9 moves the pay to the next higher cell on each increment; rule 10 fixes the next increment 12 months after the last. 5Odisha RSP Rules 2017

Central HRA on a fireman's entry pay, by city class

Flamekite’s working from the official rules; no government publishes this figure.

HRA at the rates that apply while DA is above 50%, on the first cell of each level. It is paid only where your office allows it.

The HRA rule the salary calculator applies

Central DA stood at 58% and then 60% under the orders of October 2025 and April 2026, so the calculator uses 30%, 20% and 10%. Para 2 of the same order keeps HRA at no less than Rs 5,400, Rs 3,600 and Rs 1,800.

Which option to pick in the salary calculator

Pick by who pays you, not by the post's name: a Station Officer in the Air Force and one in a state are on different rules.

1. IfYour appointment letter names a 7th CPC level but not one of the listed posts

   Pick Central government and the bare Pay Level 1 to 10 row; the cells are the same for every central post on that level. 17th CPC pay matrix

2. IfYou are a Delhi Fire Service Fire Operator

   Pick Delhi Fire Service and type the DA rate from your pay slip; the level is Level 3. 7DSSSB Advt 04/19

3. IfYou are on an Odisha fire rank

   Pick Odisha Fire Service; the DA box starts at 60%, Odisha's rate from 1 January 2026. 6Odisha DA order 2026

4. IfYou work at an airport for AAI

   Pick AAI for the entry basic of the NE-4 or E-3 scale and the 35% perks the notice states. 11AAI NR 01/2025

What to have ready before you use the salary calculator

Four things from your own papers make the answer match your pay slip.

Reading the salary calculator's answer

Three uses the answer supports and three it does not, under the orders of 2017 and 2026.

Fire service salary per month: 6 worked posts

Flamekite’s working from the official rules; no government publishes this figure.

Flamekite's arithmetic on the matrix rows above, at the DA rates in force on 29 October 2026.

1. Case 1

   A new Air Force civilian Fireman

   Level 2, cell 1, DA 60%, no HRA.

   What applies Rs 19,900 basic and Rs 11,940 DA: Rs 31,840 a month, Rs 3,82,080 a year. In an X city with HRA at 30%, add Rs 5,970. 9IAF recruitment rules

2. Case 2

   The same Fireman after 10 years

   Level 2, cell 11, no promotion.

   What applies Rs 26,800 basic and Rs 16,080 DA: Rs 42,880 a month. 17th CPC pay matrix

3. Case 3

   An Air Force Station Officer on promotion

   Level 5, cell 1.

   What applies Rs 29,200 basic and Rs 17,520 DA: Rs 46,720 a month. The level runs to Rs 92,300. 17th CPC pay matrix

4. Case 4

   A new Odisha Fireman

   Odisha Level 4, cell 1, DA 60%.

   What applies Rs 19,900 basic and Rs 11,940 DA: Rs 31,840 a month, the same cell value as central Level 2. 5Odisha RSP Rules 2017

5. Case 5

   An Odisha Assistant Station Officer in year 5

   Odisha Level 7, cell 6.

   What applies Rs 29,600 basic and Rs 17,760 DA: Rs 47,360 a month. 5Odisha RSP Rules 2017

6. Case 6

   A new Delhi Fire Operator

   Level 3, cell 1.

   What applies Rs 21,700 basic. Delhi's own 2026 DA order was not read, so the calculator asks you to type the rate from your pay slip before it adds DA. 7DSSSB Advt 04/19

Where the salary calculator stops and why

It prints a figure only where an official matrix, level and DA order were read. These are the gaps and what to do about each.