Annual Increment 2026 Pakistan – December Increment Chart BPS 1–22

December is important for many government employees for a simple reason: it is normally the month in which the annual increment becomes due.

But knowing that an increment is due is only half the answer.

An employee may still ask:

How much is my annual increment in 2026?

What will my new basic pay be after the December increment?

Does the 7% Ad-hoc Relief Allowance mean my annual increment is also 7%?

If I am in BPS-16, how much will be added to my basic pay?

This guide answers those questions using the Basic Pay Scales 2026 and a practical employee example.

0.1.Quick Answer

Under the Federal Government pay-scale framework, annual increment continues to be admissible on 1 December each year, subject to the applicable conditions.

The amount is not the same for every employee. Each Basic Pay Scale has its own fixed annual-increment amount.

For example, under BPS-2026:

• BPS-5 annual increment = Rs. 910
• BPS-10 annual increment = Rs. 1,430
• BPS-15 annual increment = Rs. 2,380
• BPS-16 annual increment = Rs. 2,720
• BPS-17 annual increment = Rs. 4,110
• BPS-20 annual increment = Rs. 8,040

If an eligible BPS-16 employee is drawing basic pay of Rs. 60,920, one annual increment of Rs. 2,720 gives:

Rs. 60,920 + Rs. 2,720 = Rs. 63,640

You can check your own BPS, stage and basic pay using the HisaabKit Pakistan Basic Pay Scale Calculator 2026.

1.What Is the Annual Increment for Government Employees?

An annual increment is the amount by which an employee normally progresses within the applicable Basic Pay Scale when the increment becomes admissible.

It is therefore connected to basic pay.

Think of a pay scale as a ladder.

Your current basic pay is one step on that ladder. When one annual increment becomes admissible, you ordinarily move to the next applicable pay point.

The amount between those points is the annual increment for your BPS.

For example, BPS-16 under the HisaabKit BPS-2026 dataset has:

Minimum basic pay: Rs. 33,720
Annual increment: Rs. 2,720
Maximum basic pay: Rs. 115,320

The BPS-16 increment is therefore Rs. 2,720, not a percentage of the employee's current basic pay.

2.When Is Annual Increment Due in 2026?

The Federal Government's revised pay-scale framework retains 1 December as the annual increment date, subject to the existing conditions governing entitlement.

The Federal Finance Division lists the Revision of Basic Pay Scales and Allowances of Civil Servants 2026 dated 21 July 2026.

The important practical point is:

1 December is the normal annual-increment date, but the date alone does not establish every employee's entitlement.

Appointment date, service counting for increment, promotion/pay fixation, maximum of scale, leave or other service circumstances can affect an individual case.

For official pay fixation, employees should rely on their service record and the rules applicable to their department.

3.Annual Increment Chart 2026 – BPS 1 to BPS 22

Here is the annual-increment reference used by the HisaabKit BPS-2026 calculator:

These figures form part of the 2026 scale dataset currently used by the HisaabKit Basic Pay Scale Calculator.

4.How to Calculate Basic Pay After Annual Increment

For an ordinary one-increment progression, the basic calculation is:

New Basic Pay = Current Basic Pay + Annual Increment

Suppose your current basic pay is Rs. 50,000 and the applicable increment for your scale is Rs. 2,000.

Then:

Rs. 50,000 + Rs. 2,000 = Rs. 52,000

However, you should use the actual increment amount for your BPS, not an assumed percentage.

There is another useful way to understand the calculation.

HisaabKit's BPS calculator represents a normal stage as:

Basic Pay = Minimum Basic Pay + (Stage × Annual Increment)

Therefore, moving from one normal stage to the next adds one increment.

5.Practical Example: BPS-16 Employee in December 2026

Consider a government employee sitting with us and checking his December salary planning.

He tells us:

BPS: 16
Current basic pay: Rs. 60,920

We first check BPS-16.

Under the 2026 scale:

Minimum basic pay = Rs. 33,720

Annual increment = Rs. 2,720

Now we determine his existing stage:

Rs. 60,920 − Rs. 33,720 = Rs. 27,200

Divide that amount by the annual increment:

Rs. 27,200 ÷ Rs. 2,720 = 10

So Rs. 60,920 corresponds to Stage 10 in the calculator's stage model.

Now add one increment:

Rs. 60,920 + Rs. 2,720 = Rs. 63,640

His mathematical progression is therefore:

So, assuming the employee is entitled to the normal annual increment, his next basic-pay point is Rs. 63,640.

This is exactly the type of calculation you can verify with the Basic Pay Scale & Stage Calculator.

6.More Examples of Basic Pay After Increment

The calculation becomes easier once you know the correct BPS increment.

These examples assume a straightforward progression between valid stages. An employee's official pay fixation remains subject to the applicable service and pay rules.

7.Is Annual Increment 2026 Equal to 7%?

No.

This is an important distinction because annual increment and Ad-hoc Relief Allowance are different salary components.

Annual increment is the fixed increment associated with the employee's Basic Pay Scale.

For example:

BPS-16 annual increment = Rs. 2,720

It does not become 7% merely because a separate relief allowance has been announced.

Employees should therefore avoid calculations such as:

Current basic pay × 7% = annual increment

when trying to determine their normal BPS increment.

8.Does Annual Increment Increase Basic Pay?

Yes, where the normal increment is admissible, it advances the employee's basic pay according to the applicable pay scale.

This distinction matters because basic pay can subsequently be relevant to other calculations or entitlements whose rules use basic pay.

But it does not mean every allowance automatically increases by exactly the same rupee amount.

Allowances have their own rules.

9.Annual Increment vs Salary Increase

People often use these expressions interchangeably, but they do not necessarily mean the same thing.

A salary increase can arise from several things:

• annual increment;
• promotion;
• revision of Basic Pay Scales;
• a new allowance;
• increase in an existing allowance;
• pay fixation;
• other government notifications.

An annual increment, by contrast, is a specific progression within the applicable pay scale.

This is why an employee should not simply add every announced percentage to basic pay.

10.Annual Increment vs Revised Basic Pay Scale 2026

These are also different concepts.

The Revision of Basic Pay Scales 2026 changed the pay-scale structure with effect from the notified date.

The annual increment is progression within that scale.

Suppose an employee asks:

“What is my BPS-16 basic pay under the new 2026 scale?”

That is a pay-scale/stage question.

But if the employee asks:

“My basic pay is Rs. 60,920. What will it become after one annual increment?”

That is an annual-increment question.

For the first question, read the Revised Basic Pay Scale Chart 2026 Pakistan guide.

For the second, this guide provides the calculation.

11.Federal Government and Provincial Employees

This article uses the Federal Government BPS-2026 framework as its primary reference.

Provincial governments issue their own notifications and implementation instructions.

Government employees in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan or another jurisdiction should therefore check the notification applicable to their own service rather than assuming that a Federal notification itself legally governs their provincial employment.

Where the same BPS-2026 figures and annual-increment structure have been adopted, however, the mathematical calculation remains straightforward:

Current valid basic-pay stage + one applicable BPS increment = next basic-pay stage

The HisaabKit calculator is therefore useful as a calculation/reference tool, while the employee's applicable government notification remains the authority for entitlement.

12.What If You Are Already at the Maximum of Your Pay Scale?

This is where employees should avoid blindly using:

Current Basic + Increment

The BPS chart has a maximum basic-pay point for each scale.

For example, HisaabKit's BPS-16 dataset runs from:

Rs. 33,720 minimum

to:

Rs. 115,320 maximum

with an annual increment of:

Rs. 2,720.

Cases involving the maximum of scale, personal pay or other special treatment should be checked under the applicable government rules rather than assuming another ordinary stage exists.

13.What If You Were Promoted During 2026?

Promotion can involve pay fixation, so the answer may not be as simple as adding the old scale's annual increment to the employee's previous basic pay.

If promotion or another pay-fixation event occurred during the year, use the actual basic pay fixed under the relevant order and check the applicable increment rules.

Do not estimate an official salary entry from a generic example.

14.How to Check Your Own Annual Increment

You need three pieces of information:

1. Your BPS

For example, BPS-16.

2. Your current basic pay

Take it from your current pay slip/service record rather than your gross salary.

3. The annual increment for that BPS

For BPS-16 in the 2026 table, that is Rs. 2,720.

If you are entitled to the normal increment and are progressing to the next ordinary stage:

New Basic Pay = Current Basic Pay + Increment

15.Common Annual Increment Mistakes

One common mistake is calculating annual increment as a percentage of basic pay.

Another is using the BPS-2022 increment table for a calculation that is supposed to use BPS-2026.

Employees also sometimes enter gross salary instead of basic pay.

For example, if the pay slip shows:

Basic Pay = Rs. 60,920
House Rent = separate amount
Conveyance Allowance = separate amount
Other allowances = separate amounts

the Rs. 60,920 figure is the relevant starting point for our BPS-stage example—not the total of all salary components.

A fourth mistake is assuming that reaching 1 December automatically settles every employee's entitlement without considering applicable service conditions.

16.Why Your New Basic Pay Can Matter Beyond December

The new basic-pay point can be relevant beyond one month's salary.

Depending on the rules applicable to a particular calculation, basic pay can matter when dealing with salary taxation, pension planning, pay fixation and other government-service matters.

For salary tax estimates, HisaabKit provides the Salary Tax Calculator Pakistan 2026–27.

Employees approaching retirement should use the relevant pension rules rather than treating this annual-increment article as a pension calculation.

You can browse the relevant tools from HisaabKit Calculators.

17.Official Notification and Verification

For Federal Government employees, the primary reference is the Finance Division, Government of Pakistan.

The Finance Division's 2026 circulars collection lists:

Revision of Basic Pay Scales and Allowances of Civil Servants 2026 — 21 July 2026

and a subsequent:

Clarification Regarding Revision of Basic Pay Scales and Allowances — 4 August 2026.

HisaabKit also maintains government reference material in its Government Resources section.

For an official individual pay matter, the applicable government notification, service book, pay fixation order and departmental/accounts-office record should take precedence over an online example.

18.Annual Increment 2026 Formula

For a normal progression to the next stage:

New Basic Pay = Current Basic Pay + Annual Increment

Example:

BPS-16

Rs. 60,920 + Rs. 2,720

= Rs. 63,640

To identify an exact stage under the HisaabKit calculator model:

Stage = (Basic Pay − Minimum Basic Pay) ÷ Annual Increment

For Rs. 60,920 in BPS-16:

(60,920 − 33,720) ÷ 2,720

= 10

After one normal increment:

Stage 11 = Rs. 63,640

19.Official Resources

Finance Division, Government of Pakistan — Revision of Basic Pay Scales and Allowances of Civil Servants 2026
Finance Division Circulars

HisaabKit — Government Resources
Government Resources & Notifications

HisaabKit — Pakistan Basic Pay Scale Calculator 2026
BPS Calculator & 2026 Reference Table