mumbai in a job seekers market the trend of work moving to talent and not the other way round would accelerate in 2022 the norm of workfromanywhere would get further reinforced and a clear indication of this is that cities like ahmedabad chandigarh thiruvananthapuram bhubaneswar nagpur indore jaipur and vadodara to name a few are getting captured in the top 10 of randstads salary trend reportshared exclusively with toi the report shows ahmedabad has emerged strongly as one of the fastestgrowing cities in the country among tier2 cities chandigarh tops the chart in salaries paid at the junior average ctc rs 57 lakh per annum and mid levels rs 137 lakh ahead of the national averages of rs 44 lakh and rs 11 lakh respectively thiruvananthapuram comes a close second with a variance of 35 and 19 respectivelyat the senior level chandigarh rs 265 lakh stands third behind bhubaneswar rs 312 lakh and kochi rs 288 lakh overall bengaluru continues to be the top tier1 city in salary payscales in junior rs 67 lakh and midlevel jobs rs 181 lakh while in senior levels mumbai rs 357 lakh has retained its ranking as the top payer ncr rs 327 lakh ranks third in salaries at the senior job level but moves between the fifth and sixth positions at the junior and mid levels while chennai rs 56 lakh ranks third at the junior levels with a variance of around 16 from that of bengalururandstad india md ceo viswanath p s said that while the report reveals a significant jump across the board in average salaries of junior mid and seniorlevel professionals the firm has also captured the emergence of tier2 cities last yearwe firmly believe that they tier2 are the future talent hubs and jobcreation centres our conviction has been borne out by the fact that tier2 cities have made great strides in salary levels due to a lot of investments in building excellent physical and social infrastructure this is also a great indication of an exciting trend that is emerging organisations have discovered the advantages of having a borderless multifaceted workforce that can deliver anytime anywhere work so we could say that work is seeking out talent in this new model right up to tier2 cities said viswanathexpanding from a traditional textile hub to cover chemicals pharmaceuticals and healthcare and now it ahmedabad is only marginally behind the national average salary at midtosenior levels at senior levels ahmedabad rs 319 lakh pays better than hyderabad rs 298 lakh chennai rs 286 lakh and kolkata rs 286 lakh midlevel and senior account executives in bfsi are paid the most in ahmedabad rs 8 lakh and 153 lakh respectively after kolkata rs 127 lakh rs 273 lakh mumbai rs 93 lakh rs 193 lakh and ncr rs 87 lakh rs 17 lakhat the senior level bhubaneswar leads the table with an average ctc rs 312 lakh that is on par with the median