The current minimum wage in Sri Lanka is LKR16,000.00 per month in 2021. It became valid on August 16, 2021.
- Valid on april 2024
- The amounts are in Sri Lanka Rupee.
Job type
| Per month | |
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Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 1st year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,580.00 |
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Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 2nd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,755.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 3rd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,930.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 4th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,105.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 5th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,280.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 6th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,455.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 7th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,630.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 8th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,805.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 9th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,980.00 |
|
Grade I: Store-keepers, book-keepers, cashiers, managers, stenographers, dispersers - 10th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR15,155.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 1st year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,876.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 2nd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,026.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 3rd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,176.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 4th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,326.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 5th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,476.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 6th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,626.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 7th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,776.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 8th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,926.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 9th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,076.00 |
|
Grade II: Telephone operators, clerks, typists, ledger clerks, accounts clerks, assistant cashiers, cost clerks, wages clerks, cash machine operators, bill clerks - 10th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR14,226.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 1st year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,179.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 2nd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,304.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 3rd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,429.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 4th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,554.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 5th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,679.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 6th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,804.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 7th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR12,929.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 8th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,054.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 9th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,179.00 |
|
Grade III: Bill collectors, salesmen and sales grils, checkers - 10th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR13,304.00 |
|
Grade IV: Labourers, delivery boys, shop boys, packers, messenger boys, counter boys, orderlines, loading and unloading labourers, pump attendants, cycle boys - 1st year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR11,500.00 |
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Grade IV: Labourers, delivery boys, shop boys, packers, messenger boys, counter boys, orderlines, loading and unloading labourers, pump attendants, cycle boys - 2nd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR11,600.00 |
|
Grade IV: Labourers, delivery boys, shop boys, packers, messenger boys, counter boys, orderlines, loading and unloading labourers, pump attendants, cycle boys - 3rd year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR11,700.00 |
|
Grade IV: Labourers, delivery boys, shop boys, packers, messenger boys, counter boys, orderlines, loading and unloading labourers, pump attendants, cycle boys - 4th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR11,800.00 |
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Grade IV: Labourers, delivery boys, shop boys, packers, messenger boys, counter boys, orderlines, loading and unloading labourers, pump attendants, cycle boys - 5th year
Minimum wage with effect from August 1, 2018
Minimum Wages - last checked - 11/25/23
|
LKR11,900.00 |
Working hours
- Overtime is paid at One and Half times the normal hourly rate of wage.
Holiday pay for work on weekends (Sundays) and public holidays is paid for at a higher rate 1 1/2 times the daily rate or double the rate of remuneration.
Definitions
Bonuses e.g. project, attendance, festival would vary from company to company.
Wages per month are calculated as 4.33 times if a weekly wage is defined. It is calculated as 4.33 times the standard hours per week if an hourly wage is given.
Source
According to legislation to be presented in Parliament shortly, the national minimum monthly wage for all workers in any industry or service will be Rs. 10,000, while the national minimum daily wage of a worker will be Rs. 400. Once the law is enacted, it will be mandatory for employers in all industry or service to pay the national minimum wage which should be the wage of a worker after deduction of all contributions of whatsoever nature. The law will come into operation with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016.