UKPSC Upper PCS Salary & Job Profile 2026: The Complete Post-Wise Guide

Last Updated: Aug 16, 2026 | Source: Official UKPSC Notification | psc.uk.gov.in

If you clear UKPSC Upper PCS, you don’t get “a job” — you get one of 16 very different jobs, sharing one exam. A Deputy Collector spends their week on land records and law-and-order coordination. A Police Deputy Superintendent runs criminal investigations and commands a police circle. An Assistant Director of Factory/Boiler inspects industrial machinery for safety compliance. Same exam, same Prelims and Mains, completely different working life afterward.

This guide breaks down every post in the current 2026 notification — pay, gazetted status, qualifications, and what the job actually involves — plus the posts that have appeared in earlier Upper PCS cycles but aren’t part of this one. Because the post list changes with every notification, a page that only covers “this year’s posts” goes stale the moment the next one drops. This one won’t.

How Pay and Posts Work in This Exam

Before the post-by-post breakdown, one thing that trips people up: pay level and post name are two different axes. Fourteen of the sixteen 2026 posts share the same pay level (Level 10) despite being completely different jobs — a DSP and a Block Development Officer are both Level 10, but you’d never confuse their day jobs. Don’t assume “same level” means “similar work” anywhere on this page.

Dearness Allowance: Uttarakhand state DA is currently 58% of basic pay, effective July 2025, set by a separate state cabinet order — it lags the central government’s rate (60% as of January 2026) and gets revised roughly twice a year. Don’t treat 58% as permanently fixed, and don’t assume it tracks the central rate automatically.

The 2026 Notification at a Glance

67 vacancies across 16 posts, notified 9 September 2026 under Advertisement No. A-1/E-1/2026-27.

Two things worth noticing here that most coverage of this exam misses entirely: not every Level-10 post is gazetted (Assistant Municipal Commissioner isn’t), and not every gazetted post is permanent (Sanskrit Education and Transport postings are on a temporary basis). If you’re weighing posts against each other, this matters more than the pay scale does — they’re all paid the same either way.

For notification exam timeline previous with present details check UKPSC Upper Pcs 2026

Level 10 Posts: Job Profiles

Deputy Collector

Department: Personnel & Vigilance | Vacancies: 10 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

The generalist administrative post and usually the most competitive pick on the list. A Deputy Collector works under the District Magistrate handling revenue administration — land records, mutation disputes, recovery of government dues — alongside law-and-order duties like overseeing elections, disaster response coordination, and magisterial functions. It’s the closest thing on this list to “running a slice of district government,” which is exactly why aspirants gravitate toward it. Career path typically runs through Additional District Magistrate roles, with eventual promotion into the IAS possible based on seniority and vacancy in the promotion quota — though that timeline depends on cadre strength and isn’t fixed.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

PwD eligible categories: OA, HH/PD, LV/PB, DW, AAV/AV

Police Deputy Superintendent (DSP)

Department: Home | Vacancies: 14 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree + physical standards

Field command of a police sub-division or circle — criminal investigation, law-and-order supervision, and command over station-level police staff. This is the post with the exam’s strictest entry bar: height, chest measurement, and eyesight standards apply on top of the degree (see the eligibility page for the full table), and it’s one of only three posts entirely exempt from PwD reservation, since the physical demands of the role are the basis for the exemption.

Promotion runs through the Provincial Police Service cadre: DSP → Additional Superintendent of Police (typically after 7–8 years, subject to seniority and vacancy) → Superintendent of Police → Senior Superintendent → Deputy Inspector General, with lateral entry into the IPS itself possible at senior levels based on seniority-cum-merit selection. Treat the timeline as indicative, not guaranteed — it moves with cadre vacancies, not a fixed clock.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

PwD: Exempted from reservation entirely.

District Commandant, Home Guards

Department: Home | Vacancies: 2 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree + physical standards

Administrative and operational head of the Home Guards volunteer force at district level — recruitment, training oversight, and deployment coordination for disaster response and law-and-order support duty. Physical standards apply (height and chest measurement, separate scale from DSP), and like DSP, this post is exempt from PwD reservation.

referential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate.

PwD: Exempted from reservation entirely.

Finance Officer / Treasury Officer

Department: Finance | Vacancies: 4 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

Manages district or departmental treasury operations — government fund disbursement, budget compliance checks, and financial audit coordination at the local level. A back-office administrative post relative to Deputy Collector or DSP, but a direct entry point into the state’s finance cadre.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

PwD eligible categories: OA, OL, LV/PB, HH/PD, LC, DW, AAV/AV

Assistant Director / Audit Officer

Department: Finance | Vacancies: 8 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, or Chartered Accountancy (CA)

The exam’s largest single allocation of vacancies this cycle. Conducts financial audits of government departments and public bodies, checking expenditure against sanctioned budgets and flagging irregularities. This is the one post on the list where a specific professional qualification (Commerce degree or CA) is non-negotiable — a general Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated subject won’t qualify you, regardless of your Prelims/Mains score.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate.

Assistant Commissioner, State Tax

Department: Finance | Vacancies: 1 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

Senior state-tax administration role — assessment oversight, appeals coordination, and enforcement supervision within a state tax circle. Don’t confuse this with State Tax Officer below; they’re separate posts at different pay levels with different scopes of authority, despite the near-identical name.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

PwD eligible categories: OA, OL, LV/PB, HH/PD, DW, AAV/AV

Assistant Municipal Commissioner / Executive Officer, Grade-1

Department: Urban Development | Vacancies: 1 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

Municipal administration — civic services, urban planning implementation, and executive functions within a municipal body or urban local body. The only Level-10 post in this cycle that is non-gazetted, which is a real distinction in service status even though the pay scale matches the other 13 posts at this level.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate.

Block Development Officer (BDO)

Department: Rural Development | Vacancies: 5 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

Runs rural development schemes at the block level — MGNREGA implementation, panchayat coordination, and rural infrastructure project oversight. Field-heavy administrative role with direct village-level interaction, distinct from the more office-based finance and audit posts on this list. Exempt from PwD reservation, alongside DSP and Home Guard Commandant.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

PwD: Exempted from reservation entirely.

Deputy Education Officer / Staff Officer / Law Officer

Department: School Education | Vacancies: 1 | Qualification: Postgraduate degree

A combined post code covering three distinct functional roles within the school education department — administrative supervision (Deputy Education Officer), departmental staff coordination (Staff Officer), and legal advisory work (Law Officer). Notably, appointment to the Law Officer function specifically draws from serving officers holding a law graduate degree, under Part-3 of the Uttarakhand State Educational (Administrative Cadre) Rules, 2013 — worth knowing if you’re specifically targeting the legal-advisory track within this post code.

Preferential qualification: B.Ed. training degree, OR 2 years’ Territorial Army service, OR NCC ‘B’ certificate — three separate alternative routes.

Assistant Labour Commissioner

Department: Labour | Vacancies: 1 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Sociology, Commerce, Law, Labour Relations, Labour Welfare, Labour Law, Social Work/Welfare, Business Management, or Personnel Management

Enforces labour law compliance — factory inspections, wage dispute mediation, and industrial relations oversight within an assigned jurisdiction. This is a Bachelor’s-level post despite some secondary sources listing it as requiring a postgraduate degree — the official notification specifies स्नातक उपाधि (Bachelor’s), not स्नातकोत्तर (postgraduate), in one of the listed subjects.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, OR NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate, OR NSS ‘B’/’C’ certificate — three separate alternative routes, any one of which qualifies.

Assistant Director / Deputy Secretary, Sanskrit Education

Department: Sanskrit Education | Vacancies: 4 | Qualification: Postgraduate degree in Sanskrit or equivalent, OR a Shiksha Shastri/B.Ed degree from a law-established university

Administrative oversight of Sanskrit education institutions within the state — curriculum implementation, institutional inspection, and departmental coordination for Sanskrit pathshalas and colleges. This is one of only two posts in the current cycle classified as gazetted but temporary, rather than permanent — worth knowing if job security matters as much as the post itself in your decision-making.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service or NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate, OR state/national-level sports participation — separate alternative routes.

Assistant Director, Factory/Boiler

Department: Labour | Vacancies: 2 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Industrial safety inspection — boiler certification, factory machinery compliance checks, and workplace safety audits. The only engineering-degree-specific post on the entire list; a Commerce or Arts graduate, however otherwise qualified, cannot apply for this post code.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate.

Assistant Divisional Transport Officer

Department: Transport | Vacancies: 5 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

Regional transport administration — vehicle registration oversight, permit issuance, and road transport compliance enforcement within a division. Along with the Sanskrit Education post, this is gazetted but temporary in the current cycle.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’/’C’ certificate.

Plant Nursery Development Officer, Grade-2

Department: Agriculture & Farmer Welfare | Vacancies: 1 | Qualification: B.Sc. (Agriculture) or a degree in Horticulture, or equivalent

Manages state plant nursery operations supporting agricultural extension work — seedling production oversight, farmer distribution coordination, and horticultural development programs. The smallest-vacancy post in the cycle and the only one requiring an agriculture-specific degree.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

Level 7: State Tax Officer

Department: Finance | Vacancies: 5 | Pay Scale: ₹44,900 – ₹1,42,400 | Qualification: Bachelor’s degree

Ground-level state tax assessment and collection work — return scrutiny, field verification, and compliance follow-up. This is a genuinely separate post from Assistant Commissioner, State Tax (Level 10) above it — junior in scope and pay, not a duplicate listing, despite the similar name causing regular confusion among aspirants comparing the two.

Preferential qualification: 2 years’ Territorial Army service, or NCC ‘B’ certificate.

PwD eligible categories: OA, OL, LV/PB, HH/PD, DW, AAV/AV

Level 6: Case Worker

Department: Women Welfare | Vacancies: 3 | Pay Scale: ₹35,400 – ₹1,12,400 | Qualification: Postgraduate degree in Sociology, Applied Sociology, or Social Work

Frontline casework under the state’s women welfare programs — case documentation, support coordination for women in distress situations, and liaison with legal and social service systems. The entry-level pay floor of the entire exam, but a distinct department and function from Probation Officer (see below), which some aspirants mentally merge as “the same welfare post” despite sitting under a different department entirely.

Preferential qualification: A law degree, OR practical social work experience — either gives an edge, not both required together.

PwD eligible categories: OA, OL, B, LV/PB, D, HH/PD, DW, AAV/AV, LC

Posts From Earlier Cycles Not in the Current 2026 Notification

Post lists change between notifications — the following posts appeared in the 2024 cycle (189 vacancies, 13 post codes) but are not part of the current 2026 recruitment. They’re listed here for completeness and because they may reappear in future cycles; treat vacancy counts as historical, not current.

Probation Officer and Case Worker are easy to conflate — both Level 6, both welfare-adjacent — but they sit under different departments (Child Development vs. Women Welfare) and haven’t appeared in the same notification cycle together.

What to Do Next

Before applying, confirm you meet every condition beyond just the qualification — age, physical standards, and reservation rules are covered in the full Ukpsc Upper pcs eligibility criteria.

When you’re ready, the UKpsc application process walks through registration, fee, and the correction window.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. Is UKPSC Upper PCS a gazetted post?

Ans. It depends which post you’re asking about. Most Level-10 posts in the 2026 cycle are gazetted, but Assistant Municipal Commissioner is not, and two others (Sanskrit Education, Transport) are gazetted on a temporary rather than permanent basis. There’s no single answer that covers all 16 posts.

Q2. What is the highest-paying post in UKPSC Upper PCS?

Ans. All 14 Level-10 posts share the same pay scale (₹56,100–₹1,77,500) — there’s no single “highest paying” post among them on paper. Career growth and promotion speed vary far more by department and cadre than the starting pay scale does.

Q3. Do all posts have the same eligibility criteria?

Ans. No — age limit (21–42 years) is common across all posts, but educational qualification is post-specific, ranging from a general Bachelor’s degree to a Commerce/CA qualification, an engineering degree, or a postgraduate qualification depending on the post. Check the full [eligibility page] before assuming you qualify for every post you’re interested in.

Q4. Can I apply for more than one post?

Ans. Yes — a single application allows selection of multiple eligible posts at the educational-details stage. Eligibility must still be checked separately for each post selected.