Lawyers mostly female

Salary for starting lawyers between LKR44,681 and LKR126,273 per month

Based on our survey, employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR79,980 and LKR429,231 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting employees who are new to their job will earn between LKR44,681 and LKR126,273 per month.

Lawyers mostly female

71% of employees state that they do not have any children. The age group for workers who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Among the workers in this occupation who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are female.

Average working week of 41 hours

On average, employees work 41 hours per week.

85% of lawyers fewer than 5 years of work experience

85% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. In most cases, people in this job report that the majority of their coworkers are female. 38% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 62%. Of the participating workers, 38% work in a multinational organisation.

The survey shows that 6% of the workers in this occupation feel highly dissatisfied about their position. On the whole, workers feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 39% of the workers.

Among the people in this job, 30% reported they are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage. Generally, 37% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.

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