Bengaluru pays the highest salary to software engineers across Indian cities, with an average annual salary of around ₹34.98 lakh, according to a report by Levels.fyi. Hyderabad follows Bengaluru, offering software engineers around ₹30.26 lakh/year. The Delhi-NCR region stands third, with average pay of ₹21.38 lakh/year. Ahmedabad is at the bottom with an average annual package of just ₹8.97 lakh.