NID Placements 2026: Highest & Average Packages, List of Top Companies

The B.Des course has 425 seats and is offered at five campuses: NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh, and NID Assam. After receiving a degree from NID, you should not be concerned about the placements and salaries available. The NID placement percentage is 70% to 100%; specifically, NID Bangaluru records a placement percentage of more than 90% every year.

NID provides the top design placements in a variety of fields. An NID graduate often receives an average salary of 17-18 lakhs in the fields of graphic design, textile design, film and video communication, exhibition design, furniture and interior design, and ceramic and glass design. The NID BDes placements and NID MDes placements vary as per the campus and courses selected by you.

NID Placements Average Salary

The average package of NID DAT Placements 2026 will assist you to analyze how much your degree and qualifications are worth in the real world. Check out the average package offered to you during placement sessions.

• On average, there are 300K designers in need each financial year around the world. 
• A Bachelor of Design course with no experience from NID fetches students 8 to 12 LPA for a beginner-level job. 
• The average salary offered to students is INR 21 Lakhs 
• The salary bracket of NID graduates ranges from INR 17 Lakhs to INR 50 Lakhs per annum. 
• More than 10% of the employees who graduated from any of the NIDs earn INR 30 lakhs per annum on an average basis. 
• The Director of the Design department receives around 30 lakhs per annum in 2026

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Check out the average package based on job profiles extended by top recruiters in 2019. 

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NID Placements Highest Package

The highest package of the NID Placements will aid you in analyzing how to prepare to crack the interviews of the top recruiters to get the highest package of the year.

Check out the highest package offered to the students during placement sessions. 

• The highest salary package bagged by the NID students was INR 78 lakhs per annum in 2015 with the “Trident” company. 
• Since 2019 the COVID-19 pandemic has taken over the world, and the salary packages are pretty standard. 
• Some of the experts have revealed that in 2026 the highest salary package disclosed is INR 18 LPA as the recession is on the horizon.

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List of NID Top Companies for Placement

You can get an overview of the top recruiters for each NID institution and the number of offers extended to current academic year NID students. Check out the list of top recruiters of 2026 in the table mentioned below:

Students are advised to go through the NID placement details of previous years before taking admission in any of them.