75% police inspectors and detectives fewer than 5 years of experience

Salary for starting police inspectors and detectives between LKR33,645 and LKR77,500 per month

Based on our survey, employees with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR67,311 and LKR150,327 per month. Starting employees with one year of experience, earn from LKR33,645 to LKR77,500 per month.

Police inspectors and detectives mostly male

Among the people in this job who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 67% of workers state that they do not have any children. The age group for people in this job who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.

Average working week of 39 hours

Workers in this occupation work 39 hours per week on average. Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 3%, while 97% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey.

Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers

People in this job who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 41% of respondents. 75% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. Of the participating workers, 44% work in a multinational organisation. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are male. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. 59% of employees state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing.

The survey shows that 4% of the employees feel highly satisfied about their position. In general, most people in this job are satisfied with their position. This is the case for 40% of the people in this job.

Wage dissatisfaction high among police inspectors and detectives

Of all surveyed employees, 27% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 28% of the workers reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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