BPSC TRE 4.0 Salary 2026: Level-wise Pay, Allowances and Fee Details
BPSC TRE 4.0 Salary 2026: Rs 25,000 to Rs 32,000 by Level, Plus Allowances
Advt 15/2026 fixes the starting pay for Vidyalaya Adhyapak posts at four figures: Rs 25,000 for Class 1-5, Rs 28,000 for Class 6-8, Rs 31,000 for Class 9-10 and Rs 32,000 for Class 11-12 per month. On top of these, other allowances as fixed by the state government are paid separately.
These are starting pay figures, not the full in-hand amount and not the full cost to government. The advertisement itself uses the phrase "initial pay level plus other allowances determined by the state government", which means the allowance component is notified separately and is not part of the recruitment notice.
Pay by level
The post is non-gazetted at every level, and the Class 6-8 post carries the specific designation "Vidyalaya Adhyapak, Snatak Koti (Arajpatrit)". Retirement age is 60 years.
What the level gap is worth over time
Compare only the starting pay, ignoring allowances and any future revision, and the arithmetic is still worth a minute.
Two things stand out. The jump from Class 6-8 to Class 9-10 is bigger than the jump from Class 9-10 to Class 11-12. And Class 11-12, which pays the most, also has the most posts at 16,101, which is half the recruitment.
So the usual assumption that higher pay means fewer seats does not hold here. If you hold a post-graduate degree plus B.Ed in a listed subject and have cleared STET Paper-II, the top of the pay table is also the widest door.
Pay against competition, level by level
Salary alone is a bad way to choose a level. Put it next to the vacancy count and the qualification you already hold.
A candidate eligible for both Class 9-10 and Class 11-12 is looking at a Rs 1,000 monthly difference against a four-fold difference in vacancies. That is not a close call. A candidate eligible for Class 1-5 and Class 6-8 is looking at Rs 3,000 a month and more than twice the posts at the higher level, which is also fairly clear.
The preference order you fill decides this permanently. If you qualify at a higher preference, the result is declared for that post and your candidature for all lower options becomes invalid automatically. There is no swapping later.
What is not in the notification
Be careful with salary pages that print a neat in-hand figure with HRA, DA and a gross total. Advt 15/2026 does not publish an allowance table. It states the starting pay and says other allowances are as determined by the state government.
Anyone quoting an exact monthly in-hand for TRE 4.0 is extrapolating, usually from older teacher pay structures. Treat the four figures above as the only confirmed numbers and wait for the department's own pay fixation for the rest.
The 25-mark weightage that reaches the salary indirectly
Guest teachers appointed under Education Department resolution no. 51 dated 25.01.2018, who hold the qualification prescribed for higher secondary teacher posts under the Bihar State School Teacher Rules 2023, get 5 marks per year of service up to a maximum of 25 marks. The decision taken in Advt 22/2024 has been taken again for TRE 4.0, subject to the outcome of LPA No. 593/2024.
Why mention it in a salary blog? Because for a guest teacher who is currently paid per period, those 25 marks are the difference between continuing on an honorarium and entering a Rs 32,000 starting pay with government service conditions. The condition is that an experience certificate and appointment letter from the District Education Officer must be submitted, and the weightage is added only after the minimum qualifying marks are secured in the written exam.
What applying actually costs you
Rs 100 is a low bar by any measure, and it is worth saying plainly that the older figure of Rs 750 doing the rounds on some pages belongs to TRE 3.0. Entering your Aadhaar number in the application saves the Rs 200 biometric charge, and an Aadhaar-linked mobile number is expected anyway, since OTP problems at the verification stage start there.
No fee is refunded under any circumstance, and nothing is returned after a cancelled payment or cancelled application either.
Job profile and service conditions in the notification
- Post category: Vidyalaya Adhyapak, non-gazetted, under the Education Department of Bihar.
- Selection through one objective written examination, no interview.
- District allotment is done by the Administrative Department, not by the Commission. The Commission conducts the exam and publishes the result.
- Retirement at 60 years.
- A candidate can appear in the examination a maximum of 5 times, under the Bihar State School Teacher Amendment Rules 2024.
- Appointment is cancelled and salary recovered under the Bihar and Orissa Public Demand Recovery Act 1914 if a certificate is later found forged or incorrect.
That district allotment line deserves attention if you are choosing between levels on the basis of where you want to be posted. The Commission does not decide your district, so a level choice is not a location choice.
Who gets which pay level
Pay follows the level you are appointed at, and the level follows the qualifying exam you hold. If your TET is CTET or BTET Paper-I, Rs 25,000 is your ceiling in this recruitment. Paper-II takes you to Rs 28,000. STET Paper-I opens Rs 31,000 and STET Paper-II opens Rs 32,000.
Reserved category candidates should note one thing that indirectly affects which level they can reach: SC, ST, EBC, BC and persons with disability get a 5 percent relaxation in the minimum marks prescribed for the educational and training qualification. A post-graduate degree at 46 percent, which misses the 50 percent bar for Class 11-12, can still work for these candidates.
How long before the first pay slip arrives
The advertisement carries no exam date, so nobody can put a month on the first salary credit. The previous cycle is the only honest guide available.
TRE 3.0 was held on 15 March 2024, cancelled over a paper leak allegation, rescheduled twice, finally conducted between 19 and 22 July 2024, and the result came on 15 November 2024 under Advt 22/2024. Roughly eight months from the first exam date to the result, in a cycle that hit a serious disruption.
Plan your finances for a long runway rather than a quick one. That is not pessimism, it is what the last cycle actually did, and it matters if you are currently working as a guest teacher or on contract while preparing.
The pay is fixed, the paper decides who gets it
None of these pay figures matter until you clear the written exam, and the marking rules there are stricter than in TRE 3.0. Every wrong answer costs 1/3 mark, and so does any question you leave blank without darkening option E, which is the compulsory way to skip a question.
The minimum qualifying marks are 40% for General, 36.5% for BC, 34% for EBC and 32% for SC, ST, women and persons with disability. Pages that print 36.5% against EBC are repeating the BC figure.
FAQs
What is the salary of a BPSC TRE 4.0 teacher?
Starting pay is Rs 25,000 per month for Class 1-5, Rs 28,000 for Class 6-8, Rs 31,000 for Class 9-10 and Rs 32,000 for Class 11-12, with other allowances as fixed by the Bihar government paid on top.
Is this the in-hand salary?
No. These are starting pay figures from the advertisement. The allowance component is fixed separately by the state government and is not printed in Advt 15/2026, so any exact in-hand figure you see online is an estimate.
Which level pays the most in TRE 4.0?
Class 11-12, at Rs 32,000 per month. It also has the largest share of posts, 16,101 out of 32,388.
What is the exam fee for TRE 4.0?
Rs 100 per level for all categories, plus Rs 200 biometric fee only for candidates who do not enter their Aadhaar number as identity proof. Bank charges apply separately. The Rs 750 figure on some websites is from TRE 3.0.
Does the salary differ by subject?
No. Pay is fixed by level, not by subject. A Class 11-12 Chemistry teacher and a Class 11-12 History teacher start at the same Rs 32,000.
What is the retirement age for this post?
60 years.
One decision to make this week
Write down the levels you are actually eligible for, put the pay and the vacancy count next to each, and then rank them. Do not rank by pay alone, because a Rs 1,000 monthly gap between Class 9-10 and Class 11-12 is small next to the difference in seats, and do not rank by vacancy alone either, because the subject you can offer changes the picture completely.
Check your qualification against the level first in our TRE 4.0 eligibility guide, then look at how merit is built in the exam pattern blog, and keep the main TRE 4.0 guide handy for the full vacancy and date picture. The pay figure is settled. What you do with your preference order is not.