RRB NTPC Post List and Salary: Graduate and Undergraduate Posts

Some earlier notices also had a Traffic Assistant post (Metro Railway, Kolkata). The list of posts changes with each notice.

Commercial cum Ticket Clerk is the highest-paid undergraduate post and usually has the most vacancies.

Basic pay rises with the yearly increment and with promotions.

• Basic pay, as per the level.
• Dearness Allowance (DA) - revised twice a year by the central government.
• House Rent Allowance (HRA) - recently 30%, 20% or 10% of basic pay by city class, if railway quarters are not taken.
• Transport Allowance - fixed monthly amount by level and city.
• Night Duty Allowance - for posts like Station Master that work night shifts.
• Running Allowance - for running staff such as the Goods Train Manager, based on the distance travelled on duty.

Deductions include the pension contribution (NPS, with an option for the Unified Pension Scheme). The 8th Pay Commission has been set up; its recommendations will change these figures.

• Free railway passes and Privilege Ticket Orders (PTOs) for travel at a reduced fare, for the employee and family, as per rules.
• Medical care at railway hospitals and health units for the employee and dependants.
• Railway quarters near the place of work, where available.
• Uniform and related allowances for posts that need them.

These perks make a railway job worth more than the salary figure alone.

• Station Master - runs the station, controls train movement, signals and safety; shift work including nights.
• Goods Train Manager - in charge of a goods train on the move, its safety and paperwork; involves travel.
• Ticket Supervisor / Ticket Clerk - ticket booking, checking and commercial work at stations.
• Accounts Assistant / Clerks - office work in accounts and administration, with fixed hours.

Railway posts have different medical categories, mainly about eyesight:

• A-2 - strict vision standard, needed for Station Master and Goods Train Manager.
• B-2 - medium standard, for Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor.
• C-2 - lighter standard, for most clerk posts.

If you do not meet the standard for a post, you will not be given that post even after clearing the exam. Get your eyes tested before choosing preferences.

• Station Master can rise to Station Superintendent and higher posts in traffic and operations.
• Goods Train Manager can move to passenger and mail/express train manager posts.
• Clerks can be promoted to senior clerk, head clerk, office superintendent and beyond.
• Through departmental selections, staff can reach Group B officer posts.
• Under the MACP scheme, financial upgrades come after 10, 20 and 30 years if there is no regular promotion.

Graduate NTPC posts are among the best-paid non-technical entry posts in Indian Railways.

NTPC vacancies are announced RRB-wise and zone-wise. You apply through one RRB, and posts are filled in the railway zones and divisions it serves. Station Masters and Train Managers are posted at stations and depots across the division, including small stations, while clerks usually work in divisional or zonal offices.

Choose your RRB carefully, since it decides the region where you will spend the early years of service.

Railway employees who joined on or after 1 January 2004 are covered by the National Pension System, with 10% of basic pay plus DA from the employee and 14% from the government. Since 1 April 2025, they can opt for the Unified Pension Scheme, which assures 50% of the average basic pay of the last 12 months after 25 years of service.

1. CBT 1 - a common screening test on General Awareness, mathematics and reasoning.
2. CBT 2 - level-wise test on the same subjects, deciding merit.
3. Skill test - a Computer Based Aptitude Test for Station Master, or a Typing Skill Test for typist posts, as applicable.
4. Document verification and medical examination.

See our RRB NTPC exam guide for the full pattern and syllabus.

• Class 10 certificate for date of birth.
• Marksheets and certificates of the qualifying exam (Class 12 or graduation).
• Caste, EWS or non-creamy layer certificate in the central government format, where relevant.
• Photo identity proof and recent photographs, as asked at document verification.

Make sure your name and date of birth match across all documents.

1. Choosing Station Master or Goods Train Manager without A-2 eyesight.
2. Ignoring typing practice for typist posts.
3. Comparing only basic pay and forgetting running and night duty allowances.
4. Using an old post list. Posts change with each notice.

For other pay guides, see the SSC CGL post list and salary, IBPS PO salary and SSC CHSL post list and salary pages.