Career Advice Needed: AML / Financial Crime Compliance Salary Expectations in India

Need some career advice from people in AML / Financial Crime Compliance in India.

I have around 3+ years of experience in AML/Financial Crime.

Previous role:

- AML investigations and customer screening.

- Worked with tools like NICE Actimize, Oracle Siebel, LexisNexis, CLEAR, and World-Check.

- Reviewed alerts, conducted investigations, performed OSINT, and prepared escalation reports.

Current role:

- Senior Transaction Monitoring Analyst at a fintech.

- Investigate domestic and cross-border payment transactions across APAC, EMEA, and the US.

- Handle sanctions, PEP, adverse media, de-risking, and other financial crime alerts.

- Perform customer and counterparty investigations using internal systems, OSINT, and World-Check.

- Draft investigation narratives and escalate suspicious cases to senior compliance teams.

- Work with Zendesk, Jira, and internal transaction monitoring platforms.

Current compensation is in the ₹6–7.5 LPA range.

I'm planning to switch in the next few months.

What salary range do you think is realistic for someone with my experience in India? Also, what CTC should I confidently ask for during interviews without pricing myself out?

Would appreciate insights from recruiters or people who recently switched.