Average Accountant Salary in Sri Lanka

The line graph shows Accountant salary in Sri Lanka on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Accountant working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around රු. 265,000.00.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of රු. 334,165.17 which would give a total wage of LKR599,165.17.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Accountant salary would increase again to a total of රු. 890,517.41, adding රු. 291,352.24 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, decrease in salary is noted to a total of රු. 888,678.75.

And finally, once the Accountant gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach රු. 1,175,040.00.

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Accountant's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Accountant when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Accountant is Tax Preparation which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 66% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Tax Preparation.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be General Ledger Accounting with 16%. It can be said that General Ledger Accounting skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Accountant. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is රු. 255,294.00 whereas the highest earning is රු. 1,204,669.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of රු. 1,204,669.00 at 51%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 68% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 23% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 16% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 15% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 51% more than the average salary.