Salaries in Sri Lanka

The salary range of employees working in Sri Lanka is, by default, in the range of 482,148 LKR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 1,861,956 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.

Gross salary in Sri Lanka is

80% of people earn:

482K - 1.9M LKR

10% earn less lthan 482K LKR

10% earns more than 1.9M LKR

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Salary ranges

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

Salaries by age group

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

<24

Average 793K

Median 726K

10% 406K

25% 536K

75% 974K

90% 1.3M

25-34

Average 1.1M

Median 931K

10% 421K

25% 623K

75% 1.4M

90% 1.9M

35-44

Average 1.3M

Median 1.1M

10% 540K

25% 771K

75% 1.6M

90% 2.2M

45-54

Average 1.2M

Median 1.0M

10% 461K

25% 676K

75% 1.5M

90% 2.0M

55+

Average 1.1M

Median 938K

10% 456K

25% 648K

75% 1.3M

90% 1.8M

Salaries by gender

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

Men

1,209,360 LKR

892,200 LKR

Women

In general, in Sri Lanka, men earn 35.6% more than women.

The best paid positions in Sri Lanka

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

1. DevOps Engineer Information Technology

51,205,680 LKR

2. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

47,500,416 LKR

3. Software Engineer Information Technology

39,376,656 LKR

4. IT Director Top Management

34,457,472 LKR

5. Call Centre Director Top Management

34,292,736 LKR

6. Leasing Director Leasing

33,384,672 LKR

7. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

33,159,744 LKR

8. Lead developer Information Technology

32,972,112 LKR

9. Finance Manager Management

32,716,080 LKR

10. IT Architect Information Technology

32,592,528 LKR

11. Country Manager/Director Top Management

31,347,792 LKR

12. Plant manager Top Management

30,522,816 LKR

13. Managing Director Top Management

29,974,176 LKR

14. Logistics Director Top Management

29,114,928 LKR

15. Sales Director Top Management

29,104,848 LKR

16. Cloud Engineer Information Technology

28,278,432 LKR

17. Head of product development Management

27,652,320 LKR

18. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

27,619,344 LKR

19. IT Project Manager Information Technology

26,889,696 LKR

20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

26,221,536 LKR

The worst paid positions in Sri Lanka

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

1. HR Assistant Human Resources

4,875,034 LKR

2. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

5,361,480 LKR

3. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

6,107,213 LKR

4. Assistant Administration

6,166,642 LKR

5. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

6,241,522 LKR

6. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

6,290,237 LKR

7. Porter, Information Staff General labour

6,308,669 LKR

8. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

6,529,896 LKR

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

6,552,907 LKR

10. Housekeeper Service Industries

6,560,179 LKR

11. Data Entry Operator Administration

6,587,611 LKR

12. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

6,656,299 LKR

13. Cleaner General labour

6,801,336 LKR

14. Packer Production

6,839,338 LKR

15. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

6,876,202 LKR

16. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

6,881,472 LKR

17. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

6,890,760 LKR

18. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

6,915,715 LKR

19. General Labourer General labour

6,940,728 LKR

20. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

6,951,269 LKR

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

9,400,517 LKR (gross)

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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

Cashier
Economy, Finance, Accountancy

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Galle District

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

85 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

25,000 LKR

Anually salary

1,020 USD

Anually salary

300,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-14 13:05:00

Software Engineer
Information Technology

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

6 to 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

1,617 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

478,333 LKR

Anually salary

19,404 USD

Anually salary

5,739,996 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-14 10:34:51

Chief Executive Officer
Top Management

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Master's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

1,859 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

550,000 LKR

Anually salary

22,308 USD

Anually salary

6,600,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-14 09:45:48

Project Manager
Construction & Real Estate

Age group

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Kalutara District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

85 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

25,000 LKR

Anually salary

1,020 USD

Anually salary

300,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-14 08:52:44

Assistant
Administration

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

270 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

80,000 LKR

Anually salary

3,240 USD

Anually salary

960,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-13 09:34:34

Private Banker
Banking

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

487 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

144,000 LKR

Anually salary

5,844 USD

Anually salary

1,728,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-12 18:52:05

HR Business Partner
Human Resources

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

338 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

100,000 LKR

Anually salary

4,056 USD

Anually salary

1,200,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-05 17:24:29

IT Business Analyst
Information Technology

Age group

Work experience:

1 to 2 years

Region

Colombo District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

710 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

210,000 LKR

Anually salary

8,520 USD

Anually salary

2,520,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-04 11:03:05

Dentist
Medicine & Social Care

Age group

Work experience:

less than a year

Region

Gampaha District

Education:

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Basic gross monthly salary

169 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

50,000 LKR

Anually salary

2,028 USD

Anually salary

600,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-04 06:47:59

Plant manager
Top Management

Age group

25-34

Work experience:

3 to 5 years

Region

Kalutara District

Education:

Secondary with school-leaving examination

Basic gross monthly salary

201 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

59,500 LKR

Anually salary

2,412 USD

Anually salary

714,000 LKR

Posted: 2025-08-03 20:20:56

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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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