Nov 22, 2023
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15 years of work experience reaps health care assistants a salary ranging from LKR51,232 to LKR113,580 per month. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Salary.lk, in 2023.
Highest salary for health care assistants with 25 years of experience: LKR48,455 to LKR127,999 per month
Based on our survey, people in this job with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR48,455 and LKR127,999 per month. Starting workers with one year of experience, earn from LKR27,620 to LKR54,807 per month.
69% says they are male, while 31% entered female as their gender.
Average working week of 40 hours
Employees work 40 hours per week on average.
56% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Of the participating employees, 31% work in a multinational organisation. Workers in this occupation who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 44%. For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are female. 67% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Workers in this occupation mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people.
Wage dissatisfaction high among health care assistants
Among the employees, 21% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 59% of the employees report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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