UPSC Aspirants: Know the salary of an IAS officer and several perks they get from government Once, the exams are cleared and a person becomes an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, there is no looking back then. IAS officer Tina Dabi. (Photo: Tina Dabi/Instagram) Share Updated: May 5, 2021, 03:17 PM IST Cracking the UPSC exams is no child's play and it is considered to be one of the most coveted salaried jobs in the country. Each year, lakhs of aspirants take the UPSC exams and only the most brilliant ones pass them. Luck also favours many, but several aspirants have to take multiple attempts to crack the exam code. The success rate is less than 0.01 per cent.