Salaries in Sri Lanka

The salary range of employees working in Sri Lanka is, by default, in the range of 1,392 EUR (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 5,388 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:

1,392 - 5,388 EUR

10% earn less lthan 1,392 EUR

10% earns more than 5,388 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 2,292

Median 2,100

10% 1,176

25% 1,548

75% 2,820

90% 3,648

25-34

Average 3,108

Median 2,688

10% 1,224

25% 1,800

75% 3,936

90% 5,496

35-44

Average 3,672

Median 3,240

10% 1,560

25% 2,232

75% 4,620

90% 6,312

45-54

Average 3,336

Median 2,904

10% 1,332

25% 1,956

75% 4,224

90% 5,856

55+

Average 3,072

Median 2,712

10% 1,320

25% 1,872

75% 3,864

90% 5,268

Salaries by gender

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

Men

3,492 EUR

2,580 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

17,709,484,428 EUR

2. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

16,428,018,874 EUR

3. Software Engineer Information Technology

13,618,416,478 EUR

4. IT Director Top Management

11,917,116,691 EUR

5. Call Centre Director Top Management

11,860,142,746 EUR

6. Leasing Director Leasing

11,546,088,811 EUR

7. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

11,468,297,462 EUR

8. Lead developer Information Technology

11,403,404,935 EUR

9. Finance Manager Management

11,314,856,268 EUR

10. IT Architect Information Technology

11,272,125,809 EUR

11. Country Manager/Director Top Management

10,841,633,863 EUR

12. Plant manager Top Management

10,556,315,914 EUR

13. Managing Director Top Management

10,366,568,770 EUR

14. Logistics Director Top Management

10,069,397,849 EUR

15. Sales Director Top Management

10,065,911,681 EUR

16. Cloud Engineer Information Technology

9,780,095,707 EUR

17. Head of product development Management

9,563,554,872 EUR

18. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

9,552,150,122 EUR

19. IT Project Manager Information Technology

9,299,801,362 EUR

20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

9,068,718,226 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

1,686,030,371 EUR

2. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

1,854,267,858 EUR

3. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

2,112,179,547 EUR

4. Assistant Administration

2,132,732,997 EUR

5. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

2,158,630,245 EUR

6. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care

2,175,478,397 EUR

7. Porter, Information Staff General labour

2,181,853,104 EUR

8. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

2,258,364,532 EUR

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

2,266,322,955 EUR

10. Housekeeper Service Industries

2,268,837,976 EUR

11. Data Entry Operator Administration

2,278,325,334 EUR

12. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

2,302,081,078 EUR

13. Cleaner General labour

2,352,242,056 EUR

14. Packer Production

2,365,384,909 EUR

15. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

2,378,134,323 EUR

16. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

2,379,957,091 EUR

17. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

2,383,169,346 EUR

18. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

2,391,800,102 EUR

19. General Labourer General labour

2,400,450,779 EUR

20. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

2,404,096,314 EUR

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

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

1,620 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

478,333 LKR

Anually salary

19,440 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

1,862 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

550,000 LKR

Anually salary

22,344 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

271 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

80,000 LKR

Anually salary

3,252 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

488 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

144,000 LKR

Anually salary

5,856 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

339 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

100,000 LKR

Anually salary

4,068 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

711 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

210,000 LKR

Anually salary

8,532 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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