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Career Forecast

Where the Sri Lankan job market is heading — job demand, skill demand, salary trends, and career-path popularity, drawn entirely from official Sri Lankan and international labour statistics.

Job demand

Job openings and workforce trends by industry, from official Sri Lankan and international labour statistics.

Total Registrations for Foreign Employment

Total, all occupations (US, BLS)

Male Registrations for Foreign Employment

Female Registrations for Foreign Employment

Registrations for Self Departures

Registrations for foreign employment through LFEAs - Head Office

Not yet AI-summarised — showing a computed snapshot

Healthcare support occupations (US, BLS) shows the biggest move in this window — has risen 12.4%.

Skill demand

Which skills are climbing, from search interest and official skills-demand reports.

Skilled Registrations for Foreign Employment

Low Skilled Registrations for Foreign Employment

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Currently leading this panel: Skilled Registrations for Foreign Employment.

Salary trend

Median salary by industry, alongside inflation and wage-context indicators.

SLBFE Revenue

Worker Remittance

SLBFE Expenditure

Workers Welfare Fund Expenditure

Worker Remittance

Real GDP growth (IMF WEO)

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Real GDP growth (IMF WEO) shows the biggest move in this window — has risen 168.5%.

Career-path popularity

Which fields of study and vocational tracks are seeing the most enrollment, from official admissions data.

Domestic House Keeping Assistant – Middle East Sector (28 days) Trainees

Pre-Departure Korean Training Trainees

Caregiver (45 days) with the Assessment NVQ Level III Trainees

Domestic House Keeping Assistant – Europe and East Asia (28 days) Trainees

Japanese Language Training Program Trainees

Departures of Home Based Care Givers to Israel

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Currently leading this panel: Domestic House Keeping Assistant – Middle East Sector (28 days) Trainees.

Sources: World Bank Open Data, ILOSTAT, IMF World Economic Outlook, US BLS Employment Projections, Google Trends, and periodic figures from SLBFE, UGC, TVEC, BOI, the WEF Future of Jobs Report, and other official reports. Panels refresh on a schedule — search-interest data weekly, official statistics monthly.