The salary range of employees working in Sri Lanka is, by default, in the range of 500,544 LKR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 1,815,636 LKR (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total annual salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.
Distribution of employees in Sri Lanka into salary brackets in LKR.
Average salary and range in Sri Lanka by age in LKR.
Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Sri Lanka (LKR).
List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Sri Lanka (LKR).
1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management
2. IT Director Top Management
3. Call Centre Director Top Management
4. Leasing Director Leasing
5. Software Engineer Information Technology
6. Country Manager/Director Top Management
7. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
8. Lead developer Information Technology
9. Plant manager Top Management
10. DevOps Engineer Information Technology
11. IT Architect Information Technology
12. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
13. Sales Director Top Management
14. Managing Director Top Management
15. Finance Manager Management
16. Head of product development Management
17. Technical Director Top Management
18. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry
19. Marketing Director Top Management
20. Publishing House Director Top Management
List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Sri Lanka (LKR)
1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research
2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care
3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
4. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care
5. Porter, Information Staff General labour
6. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
7. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care
8. Housekeeper Service Industries
9. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
10. Cleaner General labour
11. Packer Production
12. HR Assistant Human Resources
13. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
14. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
15. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
16. General Labourer General labour
17. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
18. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
19. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy
20. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
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