Workers in Wage Boards - Nominal
Minimum wage rate indices of formal private sector employees. Index, monthly.
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Data source: DoL, Minimum Wage Rate Indices of Formal Private Sector Employees (31 Aug 2026)
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About this series
- Source DoL, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Index
- Date range Jan 2021 – Dec 2025
- Last checked 31 Aug 2026
Checks: 2 recorded for this series, listed below. Compiled by DoL, read from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Minimum wage rate indices of formal private sector employees: Workers in Wage Boards(e) - Nominal
- Read from
- CBSL Economic and Social Statistics (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-and-social-statistics-of-sri-lanka
- Notes
- DoL compiles this; read from the CBSL workbook because the DoL release is PDF only (machine-readability override).
Source documents
Vintages
One vintage so far, published 31 Aug 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- A true readingMar 2021
The value moves 87% in one period, from 4,282 to 8,021, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 4,282.4 and 8,020.7, difference 87.3.
moves 87% from 2021-02-01, 14888 deviations outside this series' own normal; check the source
Minimum wage revision for estate workers, March 2021: the step is in ESS 3.12 itself.
- A true readingJul 2025
The value moves 60% in one period, from 8,240 to 13,158, far outside its usual range.
Outlier: 8,240 and 13,157.53, difference 59.7.
moves 60% from 2025-06-01, 11103 deviations outside this series' own normal; check the source
Minimum wage revision across Wages Board trades, July 2025: the step is in ESS 3.12 itself.