# Infosys pays 70% bonus for Q1, staff await salary hike details 2026-08-25T00:37:04+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Infosys has awarded eligible employees an average performance bonus of 70% for the April-June quarter, similar to the previous quarter but about 10 percentage points lower than a year ago. Payouts ranged from 65% to 80% depending on job level and performance category, with top performers at job level 4 receiving 80%. The bonus covers employees across levels JL4 to JL6, who form a large part of Infosys's 3.28-lakh workforce. Staff are now waiting for clarity on annual salary revisions, which the company has internally indicated may be rolled out in two stages. Employees at JL4 and JL5 may receive hikes in the next one to two months, while those at JL6 and above are likely to get theirs in January 2027. In the previous cycle last February, most employees received increases of 5-8% based on their performance ratings. The payout comes as the IT industry navigates weaker discretionary spending, an uncertain economy, and disruption from rapid AI developments. Infosys reported a 12% year-on-year rise in net profit to Rs 7,769 crore for the June quarter, even as it cut its full-year revenue growth guidance. ## Indian Opinion Analysis India’s top IT firms have been recalibrating compensation as the artificial intelligence shift reshapes demand for skills. Infosys, TCS and Wipro all reported lower attrition in recent quarters, suggesting workers are staying put rather than jumping for hikes. Yet the two-stage salary revision Infosys has internally flagged, now for mid-level staff, January 2027 for seniors, is unusually staggered, implying the company is managing cash flow against a murky demand outlook. The 70% bonus, while steady quarter-on-quarter, is still 10 points below last year, and the 5-8% base hikes from the previous cycle are well below the double-digit increments the industry handed out in 2021-22. What matters next is whether clients in banking, retail and telecom, Infosys’s largest verticals, restore discretionary project spending in the second half of the fiscal year, or keep budgets lean. The company reports its Q3 results in January. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com led with bonus figure and employee expectation, attributed industry context to ET, neutral on company decisions This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Artificial intelligence, bonus, Infosys, IT sector, salary hike Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/infosys-pays-70-bonus-for-q1-staff-await-salary-hike-details/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/infosys-pays-70-bonus-for-q1-staff-await-salary-hike-details/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/