The Railway Recruitment Board Junior Engineer (RRB JE) is one of the most sought after recruitment tests among the engineering graduates across the state. A handful of salary, relaxed work hours, job security is the key attractions for these posts. The newly appointed RRB JE’s salary would be around Rs.35000/ to Rs. 40000/. Here we are discussing about the structure of RRB JE salary.
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RRB JE Eligibility Criteria
Age Limit
Candidates age should be between 18 -33 years. Age relaxation is subjected to central government norms.
Education Qualification
- Junior Engineer & Depot Material Superintendent – Three-year Diploma / Graduation in any stream of Engineering.
- Junior Engineer (IT) – B.Sc. Computer Science / PGDCA / B.Tech (IT /CS)
- Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant – B.Sc., Chemistry and Physics.
Note: Candidates in the final year of their Diploma/ Graduation is not eligible for these posts.
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RRB JE Exam Pattern
The selection process involves two stages of written examination following the medical examination
Preliminary stage
Exam Duration: 90 minutes Number of Questions: 100
- Mathematics (30 questions )
- General Intelligence & Reasoning ( 25 questions)
- General Awareness (15 questions)
- General Science (30 questions)
Stage 02
Exam Duration: 120 minutes Number of Questions: 150
- General Awareness (15 questions)
- Physics & Chemistry ( 15 questions)
- Basics of Computers and Applications (10 questions)
- Basics of Environment and Pollution Control (10 questions)
- Technical Abilities (100 questions)
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RRB JE Previous Year Cut-off Scores
| Posts | UR | OBC | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal | 58.45 | – | 49.32 | – |
| DMS | 46.47 | – | 42.90 | 36.68 |
| Track Machine | 57.66 | 54.04 | 43.68 | 36.38 |
| S&T DRG | 42.64 | – | – | – |
| Telecommunication | 57.28 | 52.48 | 37.39 | – |
| Electrical Drawing | – | 46.82 | – | – |
| ELEC WS | 51.71 | – | 34.68 | – |
| ELEC G/ TRD | 55.88 | 49.38 | 45.05 | – |
| Mechanical Drawing | 57.43 | – | – | 40.05 |
| Diesel ELEC MECH | 50.00 | 39.8 | 40.31 | – |
| C&W | 54.82 | 47.07 | 43.68 | 35.14 |
| Mech WS | 55.88 | 47.05 | 39.86 | 44.03 |
| Drawing Civil | 45.80 | – | 35.44 | 30.16 |
| Bridge | 41.01 | – | – | – |
| Works | 47.16 | 42.86 | 43.03 | 32.59 |
| P Way | 49.88 | 44.91 | 41.72 | 44.25 |
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RRB JE Salary, Allowances
The RRB JE salary includes different types of allowances along with the Basic Pay. The allowances are:
- House Rent Allowance
- Dearness Allowance
- Educational Allowance
- Medical Facilities
- City Compensatory Allowance (CCA)
- Transport Allowance
- Railway Duty Pass, and
- Other Special Allowances.
There will be deductions for the National Pension Scheme (NPS), and Employees Provident Fund (EPF). The Dearness Allowances (DA) is declared twice in a year for compensating the price hikes of the essential commodities. The Dearness Allowance (DA) as of June 2019 is 164%. The below-given salary is calculated based upon this rate.
The House Rent Allowances (HRA) varies across different places in the Country based on the class classification.
| Category of Cities | HRA After 7th Pay Commission |
| A | 24% |
| B | 16% |
| C | 8% |
|
Categories |
Cities |
|
X (Population >= 50 Lakhs) |
Bengaluru, Greater Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata |
|
Y (Population 5 to 50 Lakhs) |
Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Puducherry, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Raipur, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Moradabad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Solapur, Kolhapur, Vasai-Virar Cty, Vijayawada, Warangal, Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Nellore, Guwahati, Patna, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Salem, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Erode, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Sangli, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Vadodara, Surat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Srinagar, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Belgaum, Malegaon, Nanded-Waghala, Aligarh, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Noida, Firozabad, Jhansi, Asansol, Siliguri, Durgapur |
|
Z (Population < 5 Lakhs) |
Remaining cities |
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Salary Structure of RRB JE
The RRB JE salary for the entry-level employees after the 07th pay commission would be:
|
Pay Component |
Class X Cities |
Class Y Cities |
Class Z Cities |
|
Basic Pay (Pay Band+ Grade pay – 9300 + 4200) |
13500 |
13500 |
13500 |
|
Dearness Allowance (25% of Basic) |
16875 |
16875 |
16875 |
|
House Rent Allowance (HRA) |
3240 (24% of Basic) |
2160 (16% of Basic) |
1350 (08% of Basic) |
|
Other Allowances |
4000 |
4000 |
4000 |
|
Salary in Hand |
37615 |
36535 |
35725 |
|
Deductions (Approx.) |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
|
Total Pay |
35615 |
34535 |
33725 |
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