The stipend varies from state to state as well as in government and private colleges it differs. It may range from some 30000 to 65000. The highest salary is paid to residents at national institutes like AIIMS, JIPMER and also Delhi colleges which is near 85000. The salary is same for all junior residents irrespective of their subject course.

The last closing rank is somewhere near 76461 for Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi for ST candidate.