{
  "url": "https://classa.info/cities/chennai/talent-and-salaries",
  "title": "Chennai office talent and salary benchmarks",
  "description": "White-collar talent depth, salary benchmarks, and hiring economics for occupiers of Chennai Class A office space.",
  "oneSentenceAnswer": "Chennai indexes 78/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with strong it, automotive engineering, bpo, and finance back-office talent.",
  "tldr": [
    "Talent index: 78/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).",
    "Corporate tax: 25.17%.",
    "Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent."
  ],
  "keyFacts": {
    "city": "Chennai",
    "country": "India",
    "region": "APAC",
    "classARentLocal": "₹170/sqft/mo · ≈ $24.5 PSF/yr USD",
    "classARentUsd": "$24/sqft/yr",
    "vacancy": "12.4%",
    "typicalLeaseYears": 9,
    "typicalRentFreeMonths": 6,
    "submarkets": 5,
    "primeYieldPct": "7.4%"
  },
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "Is Chennai a deep talent market for tech/finance?",
      "answer": "Strong IT, automotive engineering, BPO, and finance back-office talent. IIT Madras, Anna University, and SRM anchor the regional pipeline. Multilingual (Tamil, English, Hindi) talent supports international captive tenancy."
    }
  ],
  "pageType": "city-topic",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info).",
  "citation": "Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/cities/chennai/talent-and-salaries), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z."
}