5,26,251 live internships across India, 21,37,763 openings, average stipend ₹22,500. City-by-city stipend benchmarks and the remote-vs-office split.
| Metric | Live number |
|---|---|
| Live internships | 5,26,251 |
| Total openings across those internships | 21,37,763 |
| Paid internships | 4,20,390 |
| Average monthly stipend (paid roles) | ₹22,500 |
| Highest advertised stipend | ₹3,50,000 |
| Office-based | 2,96,679 |
| Remote | 58,316 |
| Hybrid | 1,71,256 |
21,37,763 openings behind 5,26,251 live internships
The live internship market on the platform stands at 5,26,251 postings covering 21,37,763 openings. 4,20,390 of those roles pay a stipend, averaging ₹22,500 a month.
Stipend benchmarks by city
Bengaluru, Karnataka averages ₹26,500, Pune, Maharashtra averages ₹22,500, 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
44% of live internships are remote or hybrid (58,316 remote, 1,71,256 hybrid, 2,96,679 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 | ₹26,500 (35,989 roles) |
| 2 | Pune, Maharashtra | ₹22,500 (19,467 roles) |
| 3 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | ₹22,500 (18,307 roles) |
| 4 | Hyderabad, Telangana | ₹24,000 (16,762 roles) |
| 5 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | ₹24,000 (14,854 roles) |
| 6 | Delhi, Delhi | ₹24,000 (9,842 roles) |
| 7 | Gurugram, Haryana | ₹25,000 (9,463 roles) |
| 8 | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | ₹25,500 (9,372 roles) |
| # | Function | Live internships |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Development | 67,563 |
| 2 | Data Analyst | 48,072 |
| 3 | Web Development | 32,187 |
| 4 | Data Science | 27,170 |
| 5 | Finance | 26,979 |
| 6 | Digital Marketing | 21,166 |
| 7 | Machine Learning | 19,349 |
| 8 | Human Resources | 15,566 |
| 9 | Operations | 15,180 |
| 10 | Cyber Security | 15,036 |
What this means if you are hiring right now
- Benchmark before you post: an offer below the ₹22,500 average competes against 5,26,251 visible alternatives.
- Opening the role to remote or hybrid lifts reach — 44% 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 19 September 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.