Find a career that fits you — and the route in.
22 careers, each with the salary band, the entrance exam that gates it, the Class 12 marks you need and how many years it really takes. Tell us two things and we'll show you where to start.
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Where should you start?
1 Your Class 12 stream
2 What do you enjoy?0/3
Every path, with the parts nobody tells you
Pay band, the exam that gates it, the Class 12 marks you need and how many years it really takes — for every career.
AI / ML Engineer
Train the models that are rewriting how every industry works.
Pay band
₹12–35 LPA
Demand
98
Gating exam
JEE Main & Advanced
Time to first job
4–6 years
Software Engineer
Build the products and platforms millions of people use every day.
Pay band
₹8–25 LPA
Demand
95
Gating exam
JEE Main & Advanced
Time to first job
4 years
Doctor (MBBS)
Diagnose, treat and carry real responsibility for lives.
Pay band
₹8–50 LPA
Demand
94
Gating exam
NEET UG
Time to first job
5.5 + 3 years
Data Scientist
Turn messy data into the decisions a business actually makes.
Pay band
₹10–30 LPA
Demand
92
Gating exam
JEE Main or CUET
Time to first job
4 years
Chartered Accountant
The qualification that still opens every finance door in India.
Pay band
₹8–30 LPA
Demand
90
Gating exam
CA Foundation → Inter → Final
Time to first job
4–5 years
Cybersecurity Analyst
Defend banks, hospitals and governments from real attacks.
Pay band
₹7–22 LPA
Demand
88
Gating exam
JEE Main or CUET
Time to first job
4 years
Civil Services Officer (IAS/IPS)
Shape policy and administration at the scale of a district, state or country.
Pay band
₹7–20 LPA
Demand
85
Gating exam
UPSC CSE
Time to first job
4+ years prep
UI / UX Designer
Shape how a product feels before a single line is written.
Pay band
₹6–18 LPA
Demand
84
Gating exam
UCEED / NID DAT
Time to first job
4 years
Digital Marketer
Own growth — search, performance ads, and what converts.
Pay band
₹4–16 LPA
Demand
83
Gating exam
CUET (or skill route)
Time to first job
3 years
What each field pays — at the start, and later
Median across the careers in the library. The gap between the two ends is what matters: some fields start low and climb hard. Tap a field to see its careers.
Tap a bar to see that field's careers
Indicative medians built from the salary bands of the careers listed on this page. Actual packages vary widely by college, city and role — treat these as a direction, not a promise.
See which careers your marks and stream actually open
Every career has a gate: a required stream, and often a minimum Class 12 score. Enter yours and we'll sort all of them by what's open, what's close, and what needs a different route.
Class 12 stream
General-category minimums on each career's main route. Reserved categories usually get 5–10% relaxation. Always confirm in the official brochure for your year.
Pick your stream to start
Five questions, a ranked shortlist
Quick match uses two signals. This uses all of them — your board, marks, exams, interests, strengths and how you like to work — and returns careers ranked for your profile.
About 3 minutes. Your answers are used only to rank careers — never shared.
Five questions, a ranked shortlist
Quick match uses two signals. This uses all of them — your board, marks, exams, interests, strengths and how you like to work — to rank every career by how well it actually fits you.
Board & stream
Your academic background
Marks & exams
Where your scores stand
Interests
Fields that excite you
Strengths
Rate your soft skills
Work style
How you like to work
About 3 minutes. Your answers are used only to rank careers — never shared.
Step 1 of 5
Board & stream
Board
Stream
Board exam revision notes — all subjects
CBSE & state-board aligned, printed and shipped in 3 days.
Shop notesNarrowed it down? Now turn it into a plan.
A counsellor takes your interests, marks and budget and comes back with the colleges, exams and deadlines that actually apply to you.
Which of your shortlisted careers your marks and budget can actually reach
The exams to register for, and the deadlines that apply to you
A college list — safe, target and reach — for your first-choice path
Online, from anywhere in India · completely free, ₹0
What students ask us most
Quick answers to what students ask us most.
Is this career guidance actually free?+
Yes — Quick Match, the Career Library, the Salary Reality Check, the eligibility checker and AI Deep Match are all free to use, with no sign-up required to browse. Only the counsellor session at the bottom needs a login, and that’s free too.
How are the "AI Deep Match" results calculated?+
By a transparent, rule-based scoring formula across your stream, marks, interests, strengths and work style — not a black-box AI model. We’d rather show you real, explainable logic than a guess dressed up as intelligence.
How accurate are the pay bands and demand scores?+
They’re indicative figures meant to give you a realistic direction, not a guarantee — actual packages vary by college, city, company and individual. Use them to compare fields relative to each other, not as a promised number.
What does "Can I Get In?" actually check?+
Your Class 12 stream against each career’s required stream, and (if you add a percentage) against the general-category minimum marks for that career’s main entrance route. Reserved-category relaxations vary by college and exam, so we show a disclaimer rather than guessing a number for you.
What happens when I book a free counselling session?+
A real Ellowring counsellor reviews your shortlisted careers, marks and budget, and comes back with the exams to register for, the deadlines that apply to you, and a real college list — safe, target and reach.