Nov 7, 2023
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Health professionals who have 15 years of experience in their job, will earn between LKR85,077 and LKR173,335 per month. Workers with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR78,187 and LKR215,921 per month. This is the conclusion of research carried out by Salary.lk, in 2023.
Highest salary for health professionals with 25 years of experience: LKR78,187 to LKR215,921 per month
Based on our survey, employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR78,187 and LKR215,921 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting employees who are new to their job will earn between LKR42,154 and LKR61,360 per month.
71% of workers state that they do not have any children. Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Based on the survey results, most people in this job are female.
Average working week of 39 hours
On average, employees work 39 hours per week.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
52% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. In most cases, employees report that the majority of their coworkers are female. Of the participating employees, 33% work in a multinational organisation. The majority of workers in this occupation work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 76% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Workers who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 48% of respondents.
The survey shows that 6% of the people in this job feel highly dissatisfied about their position. On the whole, workers in this occupation feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 39% of the workers in this occupation.
Wage dissatisfaction high among health professionals
Among the employees, 30% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 33% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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