4,17,432 live internships across India, 13,86,377 openings, average stipend ₹23,500. City-by-city stipend benchmarks and the remote-vs-office split.
| Metric | Live number |
|---|---|
| Live internships | 4,17,432 |
| Total openings across those internships | 13,86,377 |
| Paid internships | 3,35,826 |
| Average monthly stipend (paid roles) | ₹23,500 |
| Highest advertised stipend | ₹2,50,000 |
| Office-based | 2,30,354 |
| Remote | 43,775 |
| Hybrid | 1,43,303 |
13,86,377 openings behind 4,17,432 live internships
The live internship market on the platform stands at 4,17,432 postings covering 13,86,377 openings. 3,35,826 of those roles pay a stipend, averaging ₹23,500 a month.
Stipend benchmarks by city
Bengaluru, Karnataka averages ₹27,000, Pune, Maharashtra averages ₹23,000, Mumbai, Maharashtra averages ₹22,500, Hyderabad, Telangana averages ₹24,000. If you are setting an intern budget, these are the numbers your offer is being compared against — candidates see every competing listing on the same page.
Remote is now a structural share of intern hiring
45% of live internships are remote or hybrid (43,775 remote, 1,43,303 hybrid, 2,30,354 office-based). Remote postings widen the applicable pool well beyond the host city — relevant when your target skill is concentrated elsewhere.
| # | City | Average monthly stipend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengaluru, Karnataka | ₹27,000 (33,514 roles) |
| 2 | Pune, Maharashtra | ₹23,000 (16,312 roles) |
| 3 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | ₹22,500 (16,226 roles) |
| 4 | Hyderabad, Telangana | ₹24,000 (14,718 roles) |
| 5 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | ₹24,500 (12,540 roles) |
| 6 | Delhi, Delhi | ₹24,500 (8,109 roles) |
| 7 | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | ₹26,000 (7,899 roles) |
| 8 | Gurugram, Haryana | ₹25,500 (7,630 roles) |
| # | Function | Live internships |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Development | 53,327 |
| 2 | Data Analyst | 38,672 |
| 3 | Web Development | 32,305 |
| 4 | Data Science | 24,754 |
| 5 | Machine Learning | 17,179 |
| 6 | Finance | 17,031 |
| 7 | Digital Marketing | 16,047 |
| 8 | Human Resources | 13,003 |
| 9 | Product Management | 12,360 |
| 10 | Operations | 12,349 |
What this means if you are hiring right now
- Benchmark before you post: an offer below the ₹23,500 average competes against 4,17,432 visible alternatives.
- Opening the role to remote or hybrid lifts reach — 45% of live internships already are.
- Hiring interns at volume? Hire interns from the pool instead of waiting on inbound.
Hiring for this talent pool?
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How these numbers are produced
Every figure on this page is queried directly from the MyInternships.in production database at 22 August 2026, 03:10 am IST — live listings, registered candidate profiles and real applications. Nothing is modelled, sampled or estimated. This report is regenerated automatically every day.