4,32,693 live internships across India, 15,15,436 openings, average stipend ₹23,500. City-by-city stipend benchmarks and the remote-vs-office split.
| Metric | Live number |
|---|---|
| Live internships | 4,32,693 |
| Total openings across those internships | 15,15,436 |
| Paid internships | 3,51,038 |
| Average monthly stipend (paid roles) | ₹23,500 |
| Highest advertised stipend | ₹2,50,000 |
| Office-based | 2,38,032 |
| Remote | 46,301 |
| Hybrid | 1,48,360 |
15,15,436 openings behind 4,32,693 live internships
The live internship market on the platform stands at 4,32,693 postings covering 15,15,436 openings. 3,51,038 of those roles pay a stipend, averaging ₹23,500 a month.
Stipend benchmarks by city
Bengaluru, Karnataka averages ₹27,000, Pune, Maharashtra averages ₹22,500, Mumbai, Maharashtra averages ₹23,000, 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 (46,301 remote, 1,48,360 hybrid, 2,38,032 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 (34,367 roles) |
| 2 | Pune, Maharashtra | ₹22,500 (17,902 roles) |
| 3 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | ₹23,000 (16,758 roles) |
| 4 | Hyderabad, Telangana | ₹24,000 (15,304 roles) |
| 5 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | ₹24,500 (13,499 roles) |
| 6 | Delhi, Delhi | ₹24,500 (8,508 roles) |
| 7 | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | ₹26,000 (8,253 roles) |
| 8 | Gurugram, Haryana | ₹26,000 (8,075 roles) |
| # | Function | Live internships |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Development | 55,285 |
| 2 | Data Analyst | 38,672 |
| 3 | Web Development | 32,307 |
| 4 | Data Science | 25,654 |
| 5 | Finance | 17,999 |
| 6 | Machine Learning | 17,709 |
| 7 | Digital Marketing | 16,854 |
| 8 | Human Resources | 13,539 |
| 9 | Operations | 13,167 |
| 10 | Product Management | 12,360 |
What this means if you are hiring right now
- Benchmark before you post: an offer below the ₹23,500 average competes against 4,32,693 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 29 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.