The salary range of employees working in Sri Lanka is, by default, in the range of 28,243.00 LKR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 121,283.00 LKR (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total monthly 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. Country Manager/Director Top Management
3. IT Director Top Management
4. Leasing Director Leasing
5. Lead developer Information Technology
6. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
7. Sales Director Top Management
8. IT Project Manager Information Technology
9. DevOps Engineer Information Technology
10. Software Engineer Information Technology
11. IT tester - automated tests Information Technology
12. IT Architect Information Technology
13. Managing Director Top Management
14. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
15. Judge Law & Legislation
16. IC Design Engineer Information Technology
17. Head of the Legal Department Management
18. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics
19. Marketing Director Top Management
20. IT Manager 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. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
3. Cleaner General labour
4. Porter, Information Staff General labour
5. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
6. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
7. Security Guard Security & Protection
8. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
9. Caregiver Medicine & Social Care
10. Shop Assistant Commerce
11. Carer, Personal Assistant Medicine & Social Care
12. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
13. Cobbler Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
14. Petrol Station Attendant Service Industries
15. Au-pair General labour
16. Packer Production
17. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
18. HR Assistant Human Resources
19. Waiter - Room Service Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business
20. Hairdresser Service Industries
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