Salaries in Sri Lanka
Rs 41,150a month
Median monthly salary, 2024.
- Yearly
- Rs 493,800
- Equals
- $136
Top 10 highest paying
- CEORs 1,272,700
- Specialist doctorRs 1,264,800
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageRs 1,247,200
- Senior government officialsRs 1,236,500
- IT project managerRs 1,226,000
- Finance managerRs 1,200,700
- Insurance agentRs 1,190,800
- Operations managerRs 1,186,500
- Social media managerRs 1,182,000
- Head of marketingRs 1,174,200
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerRs 243,300
- Shelf stackerRs 313,600
- Kitchen assistantRs 313,900
- CleanerRs 314,600
- HousekeeperRs 318,700
- Garment presserRs 324,900
- Fiacre driverRs 328,000
- Picker and packerRs 330,900
- Car cleanerRs 337,400
- Farm handsRs 343,000
By major occupation group
| Managers | Rs 88,920 a month |
| Armed forces | Rs 65,000 a month |
| Professionals | Rs 65,000 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | Rs 53,500 a month |
| Clerical support workers | Rs 47,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | Rs 43,730 a month |
| Service and sales workers | Rs 40,000 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | Rs 40,000 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | Rs 36,000 a month |
| Elementary occupations | Rs 30,000 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantRs 742,200
- Accounts assistantRs 575,000
- Accounts clerkRs 571,900
- ActorRs 519,500
- ActuaryRs 807,100
- Agricultural technicianRs 582,100
- Aid workerRs 581,200
- Air traffic controllerRs 957,400
- Air traffic safety technicianRs 681,900
- Aircraft technicianRs 579,800
- Airline pilotRs 977,600
- Animal carerRs 438,800
- AnnouncerRs 682,600
- AnthropologistRs 678,400
- Apiarists and sericulturistsRs 473,200
- Aquaculture support workerRs 473,200
- ArchitectRs 720,500
- Art directorRs 733,500
- ArtistRs 681,600
- AstrologerRs 487,800
- AstrophysicistRs 890,200
- AthleteRs 629,300
- Audio-visual technicianRs 594,900
- Audiology technicianRs 542,300
- Audit clerkRs 619,100
- Auto mechanicRs 455,000
- Avionics mechanicRs 542,900
- Ballet dancerRs 608,900
- BartenderRs 419,100
- BasketmakerRs 389,100
- BeauticianRs 413,200
- Benefits officerRs 624,800
- Bicycle mechanicRs 441,000
- Bike assemblerRs 453,500
- Bindery workerRs 382,200
- BlacksmithRs 461,100
- BlasterRs 547,200
- Boiler operatorRs 679,400
- BricklayerRs 492,000
- Broadcast engineerRs 860,100
- BuilderRs 497,500
- Bus driverRs 530,600
- ButcherRs 398,400
- BuyerRs 618,700
- CabinetmakerRs 430,100
- Call centre agentRs 492,900
- Candle factory workerRs 436,600
- Car assemblerRs 518,000
- Car cleanerRs 337,400
- Car electricianRs 549,000
- Car painterRs 455,900
- Career coachRs 695,000
- CaretakerRs 497,100
- CarpenterRs 472,500
- Carpet workerRs 395,700
- CashierRs 392,400
- CEORs 1,272,700
- Cheese makerRs 508,600
- ChefRs 526,700
- Chemical engineerRs 829,200
- Chemical engineering technicianRs 710,900
- Chemical operatorRs 727,500
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsRs 587,000
- ChemistRs 748,900
- Chief engineerRs 764,400
- Childcare centre managerRs 778,000
- Civil engineerRs 805,300
- Civils workerRs 455,500
- CleanerRs 314,600
- CleanersRs 367,200
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedRs 541,100
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedRs 520,400
- Clinical research assistantRs 508,100
- Cnc operatorRs 487,000
- Coffee tasterRs 434,200
- Commodity traderRs 719,600
- Community health workerRs 607,800
- CompanionRs 465,800
- Concrete finisherRs 502,700
- Construction foremanRs 748,600
- Construction managerRs 937,700
- Construction workerRs 396,500
- CookRs 441,200
- Corporate trainerRs 702,400
- Correctional officerRs 615,400
- Corrugator operatorRs 516,700
- CourierRs 357,200
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedRs 386,000
- Crane operatorsRs 619,600
- Crop producerRs 434,100
- Crop team leaderRs 435,200
- CroupierRs 490,000
- Cure operatorRs 498,900
- Customer service clerkRs 522,900
- Customs agentRs 577,400
- Customs officerRs 642,400
- Dance teacherRs 387,800
- Data administratorRs 794,100
- Data centre operatorRs 727,100
- Data entry clerkRs 510,900
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedRs 824,000
- Day care workerRs 449,800
- Debt collectorRs 605,200
- Deep-sea fishermanRs 448,600
- Dental hygienistRs 539,100
- DentistRs 877,800
- DietitianRs 650,200
- DoctorRs 1,049,800
- Door to door sellerRs 482,200
- DraughtspersonRs 645,000
- Driving instructorRs 567,300
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsRs 578,900
- EconomistRs 841,700
- Education officerRs 697,300
- Electric powerline workerRs 608,200
- Electrical assemblerRs 459,300
- Electrical engineerRs 879,300
- Electrical technicianRs 701,100
- ElectricianRs 516,600
- Electronic engineerRs 852,400
- Electronics engineering technicianRs 653,900
- Elementary school teacherRs 700,400
- EmbalmerRs 515,700
- EmbroidererRs 397,200
- Employment agentRs 628,300
- Energy managerRs 1,098,900
- Environment engineerRs 769,600
- Environmental protection professionalsRs 704,100
- Esol teacherRs 599,700
- Event coordinatorRs 576,400
- Executive assistantRs 609,900
- Fabric cutterRs 372,000
- Fabric dyerRs 463,600
- Façade cleanerRs 369,400
- Facility managerRs 1,097,600
- Factory labourerRs 376,100
- Farm equipment operatorRs 509,300
- Farm handRs 362,700
- Farm handsRs 343,000
- Fast food workerRs 243,300
- Fiacre driverRs 328,000
- File clerkRs 572,000
- Fill operatorRs 422,300
- Finance adviserRs 787,800
- Finance managerRs 1,200,700
- Financial analystRs 813,200
- FinancierRs 814,600
- Fire alarm technicianRs 526,900
- FirefighterRs 680,200
- Fisheries boatmanRs 448,600
- Fishery production managerRs 811,800
- Fitness club managerRs 821,800
- Flight attendantRs 529,400
- Food and related products machine operatorsRs 470,300
- Food service workerRs 387,800
- Food stall holderRs 433,200
- Forest rangerRs 453,200
- Forest workerRs 388,500
- ForesterRs 883,000
- Forestry advisorRs 742,200
- Forestry technicianRs 594,700
- Forklift operatorRs 486,600
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversRs 413,800
- Fur animal rearerRs 480,900
- Garage managerRs 943,700
- GardenerRs 362,200
- Garment presserRs 324,900
- Gas station salespersonRs 391,200
- General managerRs 1,032,000
- GeologistRs 830,300
- GlassblowerRs 412,600
- GlassmakerRs 515,800
- GlazierRs 458,400
- Gluing operatorRs 428,900
- GraderRs 448,500
- GrinderRs 448,100
- GuideRs 466,000
- Gym workerRs 346,200
- HairdresserRs 412,600
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversRs 352,200
- Head of marketingRs 1,174,200
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedRs 645,500
- Health records clerkRs 594,000
- Health screenerRs 556,400
- Heat treat operatorRs 524,900
- Hide machine operatorRs 466,600
- High school teacherRs 743,900
- HistorianRs 709,600
- HorticulturistRs 423,200
- Hotel managerRs 815,100
- Hotel receptionistRs 469,200
- House managerRs 492,000
- Household managerRs 477,400
- HousekeeperRs 318,700
- HR managerRs 1,095,000
- HunterRs 452,700
- Hvac mechanicRs 519,400
- Industrial engineerRs 830,500
- Industrial painterRs 437,200
- Information clerkRs 540,700
- InsulatorRs 477,700
- Insurance agentRs 1,190,800
- Insurance sellerRs 661,000
- IT presales technicianRs 813,900
- IT project managerRs 1,226,000
- IT technicianRs 633,300
- IT trainerRs 681,800
- JewellerRs 413,400
- JournalistRs 690,300
- JudgeRs 982,900
- Kitchen assistantRs 313,900
- Laboratory technologistRs 594,600
- Landscape architectRs 725,600
- Laser technicianRs 708,200
- Laundry workerRs 401,300
- LawyerRs 919,400
- Legal aideRs 615,900
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedRs 791,900
- Legal secretaryRs 536,200
- LegislatorsRs 502,200
- LibrarianRs 686,400
- Library assistantRs 528,100
- Livestock and dairy producersRs 452,100
- Livestock farm labourersRs 350,500
- Loan officerRs 652,500
- Logistics managerRs 993,500
- Loss adjusterRs 679,700
- Machine oilerRs 543,900
- Mail carrierRs 565,200
- Management consultantRs 817,300
- Manufacturing directorRs 1,060,900
- Market traderRs 484,200
- Marketing specialistRs 735,200
- Mechanical engineerRs 845,300
- Mechanical engineering technicianRs 722,200
- Medical assistantRs 490,900
- Medical herbalistRs 567,200
- Medical laboratory technicianRs 592,300
- Medical transcriberRs 539,100
- Medical writerRs 660,200
- Metal casterRs 559,200
- Metal filerRs 513,000
- Metal furnace operatorRs 670,400
- Metal molderRs 453,000
- Metal workerRs 469,600
- MetallurgistRs 678,200
- MetalworkerRs 491,600
- MeteorologistRs 820,300
- Meter readerRs 367,900
- MidwifeRs 756,900
- Midwife assistantRs 628,800
- Military officerRs 843,200
- Mine engineerRs 891,700
- Mine supervisorRs 759,400
- MinersRs 635,200
- Mining assistantRs 459,300
- Mixed farmerRs 444,100
- Motorcyle courierRs 464,700
- Museum curatorRs 665,000
- Museum technicianRs 545,400
- Music teacherRs 619,700
- MusicianRs 615,900
- Network engineerRs 669,100
- Networks engineerRs 821,900
- Nursing assistantRs 485,800
- Nursing associate professionalsRs 589,100
- Nursing home managerRs 977,800
- Odd job personsRs 381,500
- Office clerkRs 563,700
- Office managerRs 649,500
- Operations managerRs 1,186,500
- OpticianRs 521,200
- OptometristRs 722,000
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsRs 609,600
- Paper makerRs 533,500
- ParamedicRs 685,600
- Paramedical practitionersRs 822,000
- Passport officerRs 635,500
- Pastry cookRs 380,700
- Patent agentRs 731,000
- PawnbrokerRs 460,600
- Payroll clerkRs 623,800
- PerformerRs 487,500
- Personal care attendantRs 473,500
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedRs 484,900
- Personnel clerksRs 597,500
- Pest control technicianRs 426,300
- Petty officerRs 697,800
- PharmacistRs 799,800
- Photo retoucherRs 445,100
- PhotographerRs 538,700
- Physical therapistRs 657,200
- Piano tunerRs 479,400
- Picker and packerRs 330,900
- PlastererRs 452,800
- PlumberRs 506,600
- Police detectiveRs 844,500
- Police officerRs 691,000
- Policy analystRs 732,300
- PotterRs 422,700
- Poultry sexerRs 416,400
- Power plant operatorRs 748,900
- Prepress technicianRs 436,700
- Preschool teacherRs 590,600
- Preschool teaching assistantRs 452,000
- Primary school managerRs 1,073,200
- Print operatorRs 424,800
- Prison teacherRs 634,500
- Process operatorRs 824,600
- Product designerRs 680,200
- Product managerRs 1,166,800
- Production line coordinatorRs 635,800
- Production supervisorRs 710,400
- ProfessorRs 760,000
- Project managerRs 1,069,600
- Promotions demonstratorRs 415,000
- ProofreaderRs 598,600
- PsychologistRs 754,300
- Public health inspectorRs 744,100
- Public relations professionalsRs 688,300
- Pulp control workerRs 577,000
- Quality inspectorRs 670,800
- Radiologic technologistRs 696,500
- Rail conductorRs 497,000
- Real estate agentRs 641,200
- ReceptionistRs 469,800
- Registered nurseRs 764,000
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedRs 604,200
- Religious professionalsRs 599,000
- Religious workerRs 541,300
- Rental sales workerRs 477,600
- Restaurant managerRs 713,200
- Retail sales associateRs 470,000
- Retail store supervisorRs 533,700
- Riding instructorRs 467,900
- Rig drillerRs 636,900
- RiggerRs 539,100
- RooferRs 381,300
- Runway modelRs 423,800
- Sales engineerRs 791,700
- Sales representativeRs 673,600
- Sawmill operatorRs 498,400
- Scribes and related workersRs 577,200
- SecretaryRs 579,600
- Security guardRs 514,100
- Senior government officialsRs 1,236,500
- Set designerRs 548,200
- Sewing machine operatorRs 403,700
- Sex workerRs 424,800
- Shelf stackerRs 313,600
- Ship pilotRs 717,200
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersRs 548,400
- ShoemakerRs 388,100
- Shop keeperRs 640,300
- Sign installerRs 433,000
- SignalmanRs 640,500
- Slitter operatorRs 495,000
- Social care workerRs 568,900
- Social media managerRs 1,182,000
- Social services managerRs 949,000
- Social workerRs 671,600
- Software developerRs 848,500
- Software programmerRs 783,400
- Software testerRs 809,800
- SoldierRs 748,900
- SorterRs 387,700
- Special needs teacherRs 707,800
- Specialist doctorRs 1,264,800
- Speech therapistRs 677,900
- Sport coachRs 455,600
- StatisticianRs 701,700
- Steel erectorRs 509,600
- Stock coordinatorRs 548,800
- Stone fabricatorRs 526,400
- Stone planerRs 530,400
- StonemasonRs 481,200
- Store managerRs 894,500
- Street and related service workersRs 367,200
- Street sweeperRs 380,200
- Street vendorRs 366,100
- Subsistence crop farmersRs 388,000
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersRs 430,800
- Subsistence livestock farmersRs 392,400
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersRs 388,500
- Survey enumeratorRs 536,800
- SurveyorRs 749,100
- Switchboard operatorRs 579,800
- Systems administratorRs 791,500
- Systems analystRs 860,300
- TailorRs 343,800
- TannerRs 416,900
- Tax officerRs 671,300
- Taxi driverRs 443,500
- Technical aideRs 669,200
- Telecom administratorRs 702,600
- TellerRs 596,900
- Tent builderRs 482,700
- Test engineerRs 832,300
- Textile braiderRs 448,300
- Textile machine operatorRs 435,700
- Therapy assistantRs 466,100
- Tile installerRs 452,600
- Tobacco dryerRs 428,400
- Trades union officialRs 1,116,800
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageRs 1,247,200
- Traditional therapistRs 577,100
- Train driverRs 733,800
- TranslatorRs 636,000
- Transport clerksRs 629,400
- Travel agentRs 532,900
- Tree doctorRs 410,400
- Truck driverRs 540,200
- TypistRs 537,900
- Underwater welderRs 524,700
- UpholstererRs 400,200
- Urban plannerRs 763,700
- UX designerRs 634,800
- Vet technicianRs 483,400
- VeterinarianRs 779,700
- Vocational teacherRs 688,600
- WaiterRs 400,200
- Warehouse workerRs 388,100
- Waste collectorRs 386,700
- Watch makerRs 470,500
- Water and firewood collectorsRs 362,000
- Water plant operatorRs 643,400
- Water-based fisheries workerRs 347,500
- Web developerRs 784,200
- Web technicianRs 727,500
- WelderRs 478,600
- Wind technicianRs 585,700
- Winder operatorRs 439,800
- Window washerRs 361,900
- Wood treaterRs 441,300
- WoodworkerRs 415,200
- ZoologistRs 766,500
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate