COLOMBO / SALARY
SRI LANKA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 324.98 LKR = 1 USD
4,467,804 LKR $13,748 USD		2,274,849 LKR $7,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 324.98 LKR = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Colombo

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Average salary in Colombo is 4,467,804 LKR per year. The most typical earning is 2,274,849 LKR. All data are based on 1,220 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 4,842,179 LKR. Women receive a salary of 3,314,780 LKR.

The most paid careers are Security & Fireguard with average income 8,839,414 LKR and Sports & Recreation with income 7,571,998 LKR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 7,019,535 LKR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 6,922,041 LKR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 10,626,796 LKR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 9,099,397 LKR.

Levels / Colombo (Gross LKR)

Salary Levels (LKR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
325,000 LKR - 649,599 LKR	0	n/a
650,000 LKR - 974,599 LKR	106	100% 8.69%
974,900 LKR - 1,624,599 LKR	229	91.31% 18.77%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
1,624,900 LKR - 3,249,499 LKR	368	72.54% 30.16%
3,249,800 LKR - 4,874,399 LKR	190	42.38% 15.57%
4,874,700 LKR - 6,499,199 LKR	127	26.8% 10.41%
6,499,600 LKR - 8,124,099 LKR	66	16.39% 5.41%
8,124,500 LKR - 9,748,999 LKR	29	10.98% 2.38%
9,749,400 LKR - 11,373,899 LKR	22	8.61% 1.8%
11,374,200 LKR - 12,998,799 LKR	24	6.8% 1.97%
12,999,100 LKR - 14,623,699 LKR	10	4.84% 0.82%
14,624,000 LKR - 16,248,599 LKR	10	4.02% 0.82%
16,248,900 LKR - 17,873,499 LKR	4	3.2% 0.33%
17,873,800 LKR - 19,498,399 LKR	6	2.87% 0.49%
19,498,700 LKR - 21,123,299 LKR	5	2.38% 0.41%
21,123,600 LKR - 22,748,199 LKR	2	1.97% 0.16%
22,748,500 LKR - 24,373,099 LKR	4	1.8% 0.33%
24,373,400 LKR - 25,997,999 LKR	2	1.48% 0.16%
25,998,300 LKR - 27,622,799 LKR	1	1.31% 0.08%
27,623,200 LKR - 29,247,699 LKR	0	n/a
29,248,100 LKR - 30,872,599 LKR	0	n/a
30,873,000 LKR - 32,497,499 LKR	3	1.23% 0.25%
32,497,800 LKR - 34,122,399 LKR	0	n/a
34,122,700 LKR - 35,747,299 LKR	0	n/a
35,747,600 LKR - 37,372,199 LKR	0	n/a
37,372,500 LKR - 38,997,099 LKR	1	0.98% 0.08%
38,997,400 LKR - 40,621,999 LKR	2	0.9% 0.16%
40,622,300 LKR - 42,246,899 LKR	1	0.74% 0.08%
42,247,200 LKR - 43,871,799 LKR	1	0.66% 0.08%
43,872,100 LKR - 45,496,699 LKR	0	n/a
45,497,000 LKR - 47,121,599 LKR	1	0.57% 0.08%
47,121,900 LKR - 48,746,399 LKR	1	0.49% 0.08%
HIGH SALARIES
48,746,800 LKR - 51,996,199 LKR	2	0.41% 0.16%
51,996,600 LKR - 55,245,999 LKR	1	0.25% 0.08%
55,246,300 LKR - 58,495,799 LKR	1	0.16% 0.08%
58,496,100 LKR - 61,745,599 LKR	0	n/a
61,745,900 LKR - 64,995,399 LKR	0	n/a
64,995,700 LKR - 68,245,199 LKR	0	n/a
68,245,500 LKR - 71,494,899 LKR	0	n/a
71,495,300 LKR - 74,744,699 LKR	1	0.08% 0.08%
74,745,100 LKR - 77,994,499 LKR	0	n/a
77,994,800 LKR - 81,244,299 LKR	0	n/a
81,244,600 LKR - 113,742,499 LKR	0	n/a

Gender / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	860	4,842,179 LKR
2	Women	274	3,314,780 LKR

Education / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	23	7,019,535 LKR
2	Masters Degree	333	6,922,041 LKR
3	Bachelors Degree	668	3,574,763 LKR
4	High School	79	3,217,287 LKR
5	Some College	109	3,022,299 LKR
6	Bellow H. School	8	2,632,325 LKR

Experience / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	86	10,626,796 LKR
2	16-20 Years	75	9,099,397 LKR
3	12-16 Years	108	6,239,586 LKR
4	8-12 Years	208	4,939,672 LKR
5	4-8 Years	293	3,444,771 LKR
6	2-4 Years	216	2,892,308 LKR
7	0-1 Year	109	2,404,840 LKR
8	1-2 Years	125	2,014,866 LKR

Age / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	10	15,468,975 LKR
2	51-55	23	11,244,255 LKR
3	46-50	41	10,626,796 LKR
4	41-45	64	8,189,457 LKR
5	36-40	149	6,109,595 LKR
6	14-20	17	4,679,690 LKR
7	31-35	265	4,549,698 LKR
8	n/a	87	4,387,209 LKR
9	26-30	381	2,762,317 LKR
10	21-25	183	2,404,840 LKR

Work Type / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	23	7,961,972 LKR
2	Permanent	1,016	4,517,200 LKR
3	Contract	160	3,867,243 LKR
4	Part Time	21	2,307,347 LKR

Career Groups / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys
1	Security & Fireguard	1	8,839,414 LKR
2	Sports & Recreation	1	7,571,998 LKR
3	Management & Business	151	7,214,522 LKR
4	Media	12	6,369,578 LKR
5	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	10	6,239,586 LKR
6	Finance & Banking	103	5,849,612 LKR
7	Fashion	12	5,362,145 LKR
8	Hotels & Tourism	28	5,232,153 LKR
9	Salesmen & Saleswomen	10	5,167,157 LKR
10	Logistics, Road, Railway	12	5,069,664 LKR
11	Engineers & Technicians V	8	4,387,209 LKR
12	IT & Programming	203	4,354,711 LKR
13	Human Resources	67	4,289,716 LKR
14	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	4,192,222 LKR
15	Architect Constructions	12	4,127,226 LKR
16	Construction & Labor Workers	19	4,029,733 LKR
17	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	13	3,964,737 LKR
18	Properties & Real Estates	3	3,964,737 LKR
19	Accounting & Administration	168	3,867,243 LKR
20	Aviation & Shipping	12	3,867,243 LKR
21	Insurance	11	3,834,746 LKR
22	IT & Programming II	72	3,769,750 LKR
23	Engineers & Technicians	59	3,444,771 LKR
24	Automobile	6	3,412,274 LKR
25	Engineers & Technicians II	2	3,347,278 LKR
26	Engineers & Technicians IV	4	3,217,287 LKR
27	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	101	3,054,797 LKR
28	Education & University	30	3,022,299 LKR
29	Law	10	2,762,317 LKR
30	Military	8	2,632,325 LKR
31	Health Care & Medical II	11	2,599,827 LKR
32	Public Sector	8	2,599,827 LKR
33	Organization & Coordination	14	2,567,330 LKR
34	Customer Services	16	2,502,334 LKR
35	Health Care & Medical	13	2,404,840 LKR
36	Making Design	8	2,144,858 LKR
37	Engineers & Technicians III	1	1,104,926 LKR

Careers / Colombo (Gross LKR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	18	13,551,602 LKR
2	CEO	15	13,031,637 LKR
3	General Manager	21	12,901,645 LKR
4	Bank Manager	10	10,171,826 LKR
5	Banks	10	9,131,895 LKR
6	Logistics Manager	7	7,929,475 LKR
7	Other Human Resource Career	11	7,507,003 LKR
8	IT Project Manager	34	6,402,076 LKR
9	Finance Manager	21	5,849,612 LKR
10	Chartered Accountant	28	5,589,629 LKR
11	Lead Developer	15	5,589,629 LKR
12	IT Manager	48	5,459,638 LKR
13	Human Resources Manager	33	5,329,647 LKR
14	Engineering Manager	6	4,907,175 LKR
15	Accounting Assistant	5	4,842,179 LKR
16	Certified Management Accountant	10	4,744,685 LKR
17	Senior Accountant	9	4,679,690 LKR
18	Business Manager	6	4,549,698 LKR
19	Marketing Manager	24	4,517,200 LKR
20	Other Engineer Career	8	4,387,209 LKR
21	Computer Engineer	7	4,322,213 LKR
22	Construction Manager	6	4,127,226 LKR
23	Business Development Manager	9	4,094,728 LKR
24	Financial Analyst	18	4,062,231 LKR
25	Manager	15	4,029,733 LKR
26	Other IT Career	12	4,029,733 LKR
27	Lecturer	12	3,867,243 LKR
28	Operations Manager	12	3,867,243 LKR
29	Account Manager	8	3,867,243 LKR
30	Sales Manager	21	3,737,252 LKR
31	Manufacturing	7	3,607,261 LKR
32	Software Developer	48	3,477,269 LKR
33	Other Finance Career	15	3,477,269 LKR
34	Other Tourism Career	8	3,444,771 LKR
35	Other Management Career	20	3,217,287 LKR
36	Doctor	7	3,119,793 LKR
37	Engineer	30	3,054,797 LKR
38	Audit Manager	16	2,989,802 LKR
39	.NET Developer	13	2,989,802 LKR
40	Java Developer	9	2,989,802 LKR
41	Accountant	33	2,924,806 LKR
42	Software Engineer	21	2,924,806 LKR
43	Architect	8	2,794,814 LKR
44	Mechanical Engineer	13	2,697,321 LKR
45	Fashion Designer	7	2,534,832 LKR
46	Other Public Sector Career	6	2,502,334 LKR
47	Risk Manager	7	2,307,347 LKR
48	Marketing	10	2,274,849 LKR
49	PHP Developer	5	2,112,360 LKR
50	IT Coordinator	10	2,047,364 LKR
51	Assistant Manager	14	1,884,875 LKR
52	Marketing Executive	17	1,722,385 LKR
53	Financial Accountant	6	1,689,888 LKR
54	Human Resource	13	1,429,905 LKR
55	Accountant Executive	20	1,299,913 LKR
56	Human Resource Administrator	6	1,169,922 LKR
57	Call Center	6	1,072,429 LKR
58	Teacher	7	1,039,931 LKR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Product Manager

Posted 17 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing product."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	7,799,500 LKR

Hr Advisor

Posted 16 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Advisory on HR, HR Audits, Salary Surveys."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	4,548,700 LKR

Lecturer

Posted 14 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Computer science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	2,350,900 LKR

Manager

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	6,045,600 LKR

Accountant

Posted 21 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelor Degree."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	2,032,400 LKR

Software Engineer

Posted 21 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"React."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	6,402,400 LKR

Sales Executive

Posted 19 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Promoting sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	High School	4-8 Years	Intermediate	1,016,200 LKR

Dentist

Posted 19 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consultation, extractions, restorations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	3,048,600 LKR

Fashion Designer

Posted 17 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	3,658,300 LKR

Commissioned Officer

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administration, Human Resources, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,504,000 LKR

Sales Manager

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Key account management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	3,223,500 LKR

Tech Led

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	2,535,800 LKR

Deputy Manager

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing a finance and accounting shared service operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,074,400 LKR

It Manager

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing IT."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	2,306,400 LKR

Accountant

Posted 24 July 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	11,166,300 LKR

Financial Controller

Posted 22 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Finance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	3,255,000 LKR

Head Of Operations

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Total Operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,898,500 LKR

Head Of Ict

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	3,797,400 LKR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"C++ Senior Software Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	3,797,400 LKR

Senior Manager

Posted 17 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"MBA Knowledge."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,627,500 LKR

Software Engineer Php

Posted 16 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"PHP Laravel Zend HTML Js."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	1,097,100 LKR

Director

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IFRS, Auditing, Forensic."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	4,060,300 LKR

Director

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IFRS, Auditing, Forensic."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	4,060,300 LKR

All Hr Functions

Posted 16 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Employee lifecycle."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,046,400 LKR

Civil Engineer

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drainage design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	1,707,400 LKR

Business Process Reengineering

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Continuous improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,266,800 LKR

Senior Marketing Executive

Posted 12 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engage with customers
Introduce the product and services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,046,400 LKR

Corporate Communications Executive

Posted 25 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	1,113,700 LKR

Director - It

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Projects and teams management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	8,006,200 LKR

Team Leader

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,633,000 LKR

Assistant Accountant

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	18,138,000 LKR

Internal Auditor

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"ACCA member."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	16,012,700 LKR

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 12 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reviewing contractor's submissions, attending meetings."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	3,842,900 LKR

Ops Mge

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Food Safety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	4,874,700 LKR

Technical Project Manager

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management, Product Management, Delivery Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	6,725,100 LKR

Technical Project Manager

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management
Delivery Management
Product Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	6,725,100 LKR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

". Net Core, . Net, Azure DevOps, MSSQL."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	4,803,800 LKR

Software Engineer

Posted 16 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintain AWS lambdas."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	5,551,600 LKR

It Manager

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Network Manage, Web Manage, Helpdesk."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	High School	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,114,400 LKR

Junior Financial Analyst

Posted 13 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial analysis, accounting, data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	1,595,300 LKR

Project Manager

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Master."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	2,675,500 LKR

Accountant

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Expert	2,006,700 LKR

Relationship Manager

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Risk Management, Financial analysis, Reporting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	2,408,100 LKR

Bookkeeper

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bookkeeper."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Intermediate	15,050,400 LKR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Backed development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	5,016,700 LKR

Manager

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting and Audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	4,013,500 LKR

Assistant Manager

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Dealing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	3,511,700 LKR

Executive Project

Posted 06 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruit employee 
Maintain Petty cash Settlement from Site Officers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	1,665,500 LKR

General

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contract."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,672,000 LKR

Finance And Administrative Manager

Posted 26 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing HR, Admin & Finance departments. 
I am a woman."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Colombo	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	5,719,000 LKR

COLOMBO / SALARY SRI LANKA

1,220

4,467,804 LKR

2,274,849 LKR

Average Salary / Colombo

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People's individual salary examples (surveys)

COLOMBO / SALARY
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