Salaries in Sri Lanka

The salary range of employees working in Sri Lanka is, by default, in the range of 1,368 EUR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 5,292 EUR (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.

Gross salary in Sri Lanka is

80% of people earn:

1,368 - 5,292 EUR

10% earn less lthan 1,368 EUR

10% earns more than 5,292 EUR

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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in Sri Lanka into salary brackets in EUR.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in Sri Lanka by age in EUR.

<24

Average 2,256

median 2,064

10% 1,152

25% 1,524

75% 2,772

90% 3,588

25-34

Average 3,060

median 2,652

10% 1,200

25% 1,776

75% 3,876

90% 5,400

35-44

Average 3,612

median 3,180

10% 1,536

25% 2,196

75% 4,548

90% 6,204

45-54

Average 3,276

median 2,856

10% 1,308

25% 1,920

75% 4,152

90% 5,760

55+

Average 3,024

median 2,664

10% 1,296

25% 1,848

75% 3,804

90% 5,184

Salaries by gender

Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Sri Lanka (EUR).

Men

3,444 EUR

2,544 EUR

Women

In general, in Sri Lanka, men earn 35.4% more than women.

The best paid positions in Sri Lanka

List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Sri Lanka (EUR).

1. DevOps Engineer Information Technology

17,996,441,059 EUR

2. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

16,694,211,205 EUR

3. Software Engineer Information Technology

13,839,083,258 EUR

4. IT Director Top Management

12,110,216,364 EUR

5. Call Centre Director Top Management

12,052,319,238 EUR

6. Leasing Director Leasing

11,733,176,513 EUR

7. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

11,654,124,668 EUR

8. Lead developer Information Technology

11,588,180,651 EUR

9. Finance Manager Management

11,498,197,180 EUR

10. IT Architect Information Technology

11,454,774,336 EUR

11. Country Manager/Director Top Management

11,017,306,890 EUR

12. Plant manager Top Management

10,727,365,774 EUR

13. Managing Director Top Management

10,534,544,052 EUR

14. Logistics Director Top Management

10,232,557,905 EUR

15. Sales Director Top Management

10,229,015,249 EUR

16. Cloud Engineer Information Technology

9,938,568,040 EUR

17. Head of product development Management

9,718,518,473 EUR

18. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

9,706,928,926 EUR

19. IT Project Manager Information Technology

9,450,491,218 EUR

20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

9,215,663,713 EUR

The worst paid positions in Sri Lanka

List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Sri Lanka (EUR)

1. HR Assistant Human Resources

1,713,350,059 EUR

2. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

1,884,313,592 EUR

3. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

2,146,404,367 EUR

4. Assistant Administration

2,167,290,857 EUR

5. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

2,193,607,732 EUR

6. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

2,210,728,884 EUR

7. Porter, Information Staff General labour

2,217,206,884 EUR

8. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

2,294,958,069 EUR

9. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care

2,303,045,447 EUR

10. Housekeeper Service Industries

2,305,601,221 EUR

11. Data Entry Operator Administration

2,315,242,307 EUR

12. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

2,339,382,979 EUR

13. Cleaner General labour

2,390,356,743 EUR

14. Packer Production

2,403,712,557 EUR

15. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

2,416,668,557 EUR

16. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

2,418,520,860 EUR

17. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

2,421,785,165 EUR

18. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

2,430,555,770 EUR

19. General Labourer General labour

2,439,346,619 EUR

20. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

2,443,051,225 EUR

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

Hungary

23,696 EUR (gross)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The newest profiles in the salary survey

List of the latest respondents whose data are used in further salary survey calculations.

Sales Manager
Management

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

771 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

235,000 LKR

Anually salary

9,252 USD

Anually salary

2,820,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-28 08:11:32

Software Engineer
Information Technology

Age group

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

656 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

200,000 LKR

Anually salary

7,872 USD

Anually salary

2,400,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-26 04:11:51

Transport manager
Management

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Gampaha District

Education:

Primary education

Basic gross monthly salary

525 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

160,000 LKR

Anually salary

6,300 USD

Anually salary

1,920,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-23 07:41:11

HR Generalist
Human Resources

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

440 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

134,235 LKR

Anually salary

5,280 USD

Anually salary

1,610,820 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-21 07:07:44

Medical Advisor
Medicine & Social Care

Age group

45-54

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

809 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

246,667 LKR

Anually salary

9,708 USD

Anually salary

2,960,004 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-19 05:18:00

Social counselor
Medicine & Social Care

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

73 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

22,167 LKR

Anually salary

876 USD

Anually salary

266,004 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-18 17:28:23

Paralegal - law student
Law & Legislation

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

98 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

30,000 LKR

Anually salary

1,176 USD

Anually salary

360,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-17 17:53:49

Insurance Broker
Insurance

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

410 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

125,000 LKR

Anually salary

4,920 USD

Anually salary

1,500,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-13 17:07:49

Sales Manager
Management

Age group

55+

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,299 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

395,833 LKR

Anually salary

15,588 USD

Anually salary

4,749,996 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-10 08:14:21

IT Business Analyst
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

793 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

241,667 LKR

Anually salary

9,516 USD

Anually salary

2,900,004 LKR

Posted: 2025-07-09 10:33:59

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Salaries in Sri Lanka

Salary ranges

Salaries by age group

Salaries by gender

The best paid positions in Sri Lanka

The worst paid positions in Sri Lanka

Salaries in selected countries

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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