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Short answer
A family driver in India costs ₹8,000 to ₹15,000 a month part-time, for school runs or one commute; ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 full-time, for a working day with one weekly off; and ₹20,000 to ₹32,000 live-in, with accommodation. These are Sevetu's published national ranges1. Big metros run higher: Sevetu's Bengaluru guide puts a full-time driver at ₹20,000 to ₹35,0002.
What moves a driver's salary?
Hours
Write the start and end time, and what happens when you're late from office. "Till work is done" is how drivers end up doing fourteen-hour days.
Outstation trips
A daily allowance, food and a place to sleep. Agree the amount before the first trip, not at the hotel.
Late nights
A drop after 10 pm means a later start next day, or extra pay. Pick one and write it down.
The car
An automatic, a large SUV or a luxury car asks for more experience. Expect to pay for it.
Extra duties
Washing the car, errands, carrying school bags. Fine if agreed. Resented if assumed.
Weekly off
A fixed day, written into the agreement. Not "whenever you don't need the car."
Part-time: school runs and one commute
Fixed short trips, mornings and evenings, is the part-time band: ₹8,000 to ₹15,000 a month on Sevetu's national range1. Many part-time drivers do this for two families, so be exact about the times.
Full-time and live-in
A full-time driver works a day with one weekly off, ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 nationally1. Live-in, on call through the day with accommodation, is ₹20,000 to ₹32,0001. Live-in needs the same care as any live-in job: a proper room, meals, fixed rest hours and a full day off.
Other platforms publish their own city figures. One puts a driver in Delhi NCR at ₹22,000 to ₹23,000 a month for 2025, "depending on the car to drive"3. Treat any single number as a sense check, not a rule.
Hourly driver apps vs a monthly driver
By-the-hour apps send a driver for your own car. DriveU lists rates from ₹129 an hour in Delhi4, with extra charges for additional hours and late-night drives5. For airport runs and a few evenings out, that's cheaper than a salary. For daily office driving, a monthly driver usually costs less and knows the routes and your family. Ways to hire a driver, compared →
Before you hand over the keys
- Check the licence. The class must cover your car, and the licence must be valid. A DigiLocker copy counts as the original6. Which licence a driver needs →
- Check identity. An Aadhaar check, or an app's ID verification, with the driver's consent. How to check an Aadhaar number, free →
- Apply for police verification, especially for anyone driving your children or parents. The official route, city by city →
- Do a paid trial drive on your real routes, at the real time of day.
- Write the terms down: salary, hours, weekly off, outstation allowance, late-night rule, notice.
Hire a driver on Sevetu
Post the job with the car, hours, routes and salary. Drivers near you apply, many with a Verified badge from an identity check. You chat in the app without sharing numbers and agree the terms in writing. Posting and hiring are free, and no one takes a cut of the salary7.
More on drivers: hire without a broker → · a driver for one day → · a monthly driver or Ola and Uber → · outstation charges → · how to check a driver →
Read next: family driver job vs Uber, for drivers · acting driver jobs, pay per trip
Questions people ask
On Sevetu's published national ranges, ₹8,000 to ₹15,000 a month part-time, ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 full-time and ₹20,000 to ₹32,000 live-in. Large metros like Bengaluru run higher.
Agree a daily allowance plus food and a place to sleep before the first trip, and write it into the agreement. The amount varies; settle it with the driver rather than on the road.
For a few drives a month, an hourly app is usually cheaper. For daily driving, a monthly driver usually costs less per hour and knows your routes and family.
Check the licence class and validity online, check identity with consent, apply for police verification through your city police, and do a paid trial drive.
Agree fixed start and end times and one weekly off in writing. Decide in advance how late drops are handled: a later start next day, or extra pay.
Sources
- Sevetu, Hire a driver, cost section, read 12 November 2026: part-time or school runs "₹8,000 to ₹15,000 / month"; full-time household driver "₹15,000 to ₹25,000 / month", one weekly off; live-in "₹20,000 to ₹32,000 / month". sevetu.com/hire-a-driver/
- Sevetu, Maid salary in Bangalore 2026: full pay guide, driver section, read 12 November 2026: part-time or school run ₹10,000 to ₹18,000; full-time ₹20,000 to ₹35,000; live-in ₹25,000 to ₹40,000. sevetu.com/bangalore/cost/
- Helpers Near Me, Car drivers in Delhi NCR in 2025, read 12 November 2026: "The monthly cost of hiring Drivers in Delhi NCR varies between ₹22,000 and ₹23,000, depending on the car to drive". helpersnearme.com
- DriveU, Car drivers for hire, Saket, Delhi, read 12 November 2026: drivers "at rates starting from just Rs.129/hour". driveu.in
- DriveU, Airport drivers, read 12 November 2026: "Pay ₹60 for every additional hour"; night charges for drives ending between 10 PM and 6 AM; "GST as Applicable". driveu.in
- Sevetu, Which driving licence do you need for a family driver job?, read 12 November 2026: families can check a licence online, and a DigiLocker copy counts as the original. sevetu.com
- Sevetu, Pricing, read 10 November 2026: posting and hiring free; no placement fee, platform fee or commission. sevetu.com/pricing/
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Written by the Sevetu teamSevetu is a hiring marketplace for household work in India, operated by Fiel Private Limited. These guides come from the questions families and workers ask us. Nothing here is sponsored, and where a number has no defensible source we say so instead of inventing one. About Sevetu
