Salaries in Malaysia
RM 2,493a month
Median monthly salary, 2020.
- Yearly
- RM 29,920
- Equals
- $593
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctorRM 87,680
- CEORM 78,820
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageRM 77,240
- Senior government officialsRM 76,580
- IT project managerRM 75,930
- Finance managerRM 74,360
- Insurance agentRM 73,750
- Operations managerRM 73,480
- Social media managerRM 73,200
- DoctorRM 72,770
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerRM 11,900
- TailorRM 13,820
- Subsistence crop farmersRM 14,170
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersRM 14,190
- Subsistence livestock farmersRM 14,330
- Façade cleanerRM 14,840
- Fabric cutterRM 14,950
- Laundry workerRM 14,960
- Tree doctorRM 14,990
- Sewing machine operatorRM 15,050
By major occupation group
| Managers | RM 5,507 a month |
| Professionals | RM 4,506 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | RM 2,816 a month |
| Clerical support workers | RM 2,015 a month |
| Service and sales workers | RM 1,637 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | RM 1,630 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | RM 1,607 a month |
| Elementary occupations | RM 1,468 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | RM 1,315 a month |
All jobs
- AccountantRM 51,450
- Accounts assistantRM 24,640
- Accounts clerkRM 30,100
- ActorRM 36,010
- ActuaryRM 55,950
- Agricultural technicianRM 30,640
- Aid workerRM 23,790
- Air traffic controllerRM 50,390
- Air traffic safety technicianRM 35,890
- Aircraft technicianRM 23,300
- Airline pilotRM 51,460
- Animal carerRM 17,960
- AnnouncerRM 47,320
- AnthropologistRM 47,030
- Apiarists and sericulturistsRM 17,280
- Aquaculture support workerRM 17,280
- ArchitectRM 49,940
- Art directorRM 50,850
- ArtistRM 47,250
- AstrologerRM 19,960
- AstrophysicistRM 61,710
- AthleteRM 33,120
- Audio-visual technicianRM 31,310
- Audiology technicianRM 28,540
- Audit clerkRM 26,540
- Auto mechanicRM 18,280
- Avionics mechanicRM 21,820
- Ballet dancerRM 42,210
- BartenderRM 17,150
- BasketmakerRM 15,630
- BeauticianRM 16,910
- Benefits officerRM 32,890
- Bicycle mechanicRM 17,720
- Bike assemblerRM 16,910
- Bindery workerRM 15,360
- BlacksmithRM 18,530
- BlasterRM 21,990
- Boiler operatorRM 25,330
- BricklayerRM 19,770
- Broadcast engineerRM 59,620
- BuilderRM 19,990
- Bus driverRM 19,780
- ButcherRM 16,010
- BuyerRM 32,560
- CabinetmakerRM 17,280
- Call centre agentRM 20,170
- Candle factory workerRM 17,540
- Car assemblerRM 19,310
- Car cleanerRM 16,510
- Car electricianRM 22,060
- Car painterRM 18,320
- Career coachRM 48,180
- CaretakerRM 20,350
- CarpenterRM 18,990
- Carpet workerRM 15,900
- CashierRM 16,060
- CEORM 78,820
- Cheese makerRM 20,440
- ChefRM 27,720
- Chemical engineerRM 57,480
- Chemical engineering technicianRM 37,420
- Chemical operatorRM 38,300
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorsRM 21,890
- ChemistRM 51,910
- Chief engineerRM 40,240
- Childcare centre managerRM 48,180
- Civil engineerRM 55,820
- Civils workerRM 22,290
- CleanerRM 15,390
- CleanersRM 17,970
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedRM 23,190
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedRM 22,310
- Clinical research assistantRM 26,750
- Cnc operatorRM 19,570
- Coffee tasterRM 17,450
- Commodity traderRM 37,880
- Community health workerRM 31,990
- CompanionRM 19,070
- Concrete finisherRM 20,200
- Construction foremanRM 39,400
- Construction managerRM 58,070
- Construction workerRM 19,400
- CookRM 18,060
- Corporate trainerRM 48,690
- Correctional officerRM 25,190
- Corrugator operatorRM 19,260
- CourierRM 17,480
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedRM 15,510
- Crane operatorsRM 23,100
- Crop producerRM 15,860
- Crop team leaderRM 15,900
- CroupierRM 21,000
- Cure operatorRM 18,600
- Customer service clerkRM 22,410
- Customs agentRM 30,390
- Customs officerRM 33,820
- Dance teacherRM 26,880
- Data administratorRM 55,050
- Data centre operatorRM 38,270
- Data entry clerkRM 21,900
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedRM 57,120
- Day care workerRM 18,410
- Debt collectorRM 25,940
- Deep-sea fishermanRM 16,390
- Dental hygienistRM 28,380
- DentistRM 60,850
- DietitianRM 45,070
- DoctorRM 72,770
- Door to door sellerRM 19,740
- DraughtspersonRM 33,950
- Driving instructorRM 23,220
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorsRM 21,580
- EconomistRM 58,350
- Education officerRM 48,340
- Electric powerline workerRM 24,440
- Electrical assemblerRM 17,120
- Electrical engineerRM 60,950
- Electrical technicianRM 36,910
- ElectricianRM 20,760
- Electronic engineerRM 59,090
- Electronics engineering technicianRM 34,420
- Elementary school teacherRM 48,560
- EmbalmerRM 21,110
- EmbroidererRM 15,960
- Employment agentRM 33,070
- Energy managerRM 68,060
- Environment engineerRM 53,350
- Environmental protection professionalsRM 48,810
- Esol teacherRM 41,570
- Event coordinatorRM 30,340
- Executive assistantRM 32,100
- Fabric cutterRM 14,950
- Fabric dyerRM 17,290
- Façade cleanerRM 14,840
- Facility managerRM 67,980
- Factory labourerRM 18,410
- Farm equipment operatorRM 18,990
- Farm handRM 17,750
- Farm handsRM 16,780
- Fast food workerRM 11,900
- Fiacre driverRM 16,050
- File clerkRM 24,520
- Fill operatorRM 15,750
- Finance adviserRM 41,470
- Finance managerRM 74,360
- Financial analystRM 56,370
- FinancierRM 56,470
- Fire alarm technicianRM 21,170
- FirefighterRM 27,840
- Fisheries boatmanRM 16,390
- Fishery production managerRM 50,280
- Fitness club managerRM 50,900
- Flight attendantRM 21,670
- Food and related products machine operatorsRM 17,540
- Food service workerRM 15,870
- Food stall holderRM 17,730
- Forest rangerRM 16,550
- Forest workerRM 19,010
- ForesterRM 54,680
- Forestry advisorRM 51,450
- Forestry technicianRM 31,300
- Forklift operatorRM 18,140
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserversRM 16,630
- Fur animal rearerRM 17,570
- Garage managerRM 58,450
- GardenerRM 17,720
- Garment presserRM 15,900
- Gas station salespersonRM 16,010
- General managerRM 63,910
- GeologistRM 57,560
- GlassblowerRM 16,580
- GlassmakerRM 19,230
- GlazierRM 18,420
- Gluing operatorRM 15,990
- GraderRM 18,020
- GrinderRM 18,000
- GuideRM 19,070
- Gym workerRM 16,940
- HairdresserRM 16,890
- Hand and pedal vehicle driversRM 17,240
- Head of marketingRM 72,720
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedRM 44,750
- Health records clerkRM 31,270
- Health screenerRM 29,290
- Heat treat operatorRM 19,570
- Hide machine operatorRM 17,400
- High school teacherRM 51,570
- HistorianRM 49,190
- HorticulturistRM 15,460
- Hotel managerRM 50,480
- Hotel receptionistRM 20,110
- House managerRM 20,140
- Household managerRM 19,540
- HousekeeperRM 15,590
- HR managerRM 67,820
- HunterRM 16,530
- Hvac mechanicRM 20,870
- Industrial engineerRM 57,570
- Industrial painterRM 17,570
- Information clerkRM 23,180
- InsulatorRM 19,200
- Insurance agentRM 73,750
- Insurance sellerRM 34,790
- IT presales technicianRM 56,420
- IT project managerRM 75,930
- IT technicianRM 33,330
- IT trainerRM 47,260
- JewellerRM 16,610
- JournalistRM 47,850
- JudgeRM 68,130
- Kitchen assistantRM 15,360
- Laboratory technologistRM 31,300
- Landscape architectRM 50,300
- Laser technicianRM 37,280
- Laundry workerRM 14,960
- LawyerRM 63,730
- Legal aideRM 32,420
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedRM 54,900
- Legal secretaryRM 28,220
- LegislatorsRM 31,100
- LibrarianRM 47,580
- Library assistantRM 22,630
- Livestock and dairy producersRM 16,510
- Livestock farm labourersRM 17,150
- Loan officerRM 34,350
- Logistics managerRM 61,530
- Loss adjusterRM 35,780
- Machine oilerRM 21,860
- Mail carrierRM 24,220
- Management consultantRM 56,660
- Manufacturing directorRM 65,710
- Market traderRM 19,820
- Marketing specialistRM 50,970
- Mechanical engineerRM 58,600
- Mechanical engineering technicianRM 38,010
- Medical assistantRM 25,840
- Medical herbalistRM 29,860
- Medical laboratory technicianRM 31,180
- Medical transcriberRM 28,380
- Medical writerRM 45,760
- Metal casterRM 20,850
- Metal filerRM 19,120
- Metal furnace operatorRM 35,290
- Metal molderRM 18,200
- Metal workerRM 18,870
- MetallurgistRM 35,700
- MetalworkerRM 19,750
- MeteorologistRM 56,870
- Meter readerRM 18,000
- MidwifeRM 52,470
- Midwife assistantRM 33,100
- Mine engineerRM 61,820
- Mine supervisorRM 39,970
- MinersRM 23,680
- Mining assistantRM 22,470
- Mixed farmerRM 16,220
- Motorcyle courierRM 17,320
- Museum curatorRM 46,100
- Museum technicianRM 28,710
- Music teacherRM 42,960
- MusicianRM 42,690
- Network engineerRM 35,220
- Networks engineerRM 56,970
- Nursing assistantRM 19,880
- Nursing associate professionalsRM 31,010
- Nursing home managerRM 60,560
- Odd job personsRM 18,670
- Office clerkRM 24,160
- Office managerRM 34,190
- Operations managerRM 73,480
- OpticianRM 27,430
- OptometristRM 50,050
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalsRM 32,090
- Paper makerRM 19,890
- ParamedicRM 36,090
- Paramedical practitionersRM 56,980
- Passport officerRM 33,450
- Pastry cookRM 15,300
- Patent agentRM 38,480
- PawnbrokerRM 19,740
- Payroll clerkRM 26,740
- PerformerRM 33,790
- Personal care attendantRM 19,380
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedRM 19,850
- Personnel clerksRM 25,610
- Pest control technicianRM 17,130
- PharmacistRM 55,440
- Photo retoucherRM 16,600
- PhotographerRM 28,360
- Physical therapistRM 45,560
- Piano tunerRM 19,260
- Picker and packerRM 16,190
- PlastererRM 18,200
- PlumberRM 20,360
- Police detectiveRM 44,450
- Police officerRM 28,280
- Policy analystRM 50,760
- PotterRM 16,990
- Poultry sexerRM 15,210
- Power plant operatorRM 39,420
- Prepress technicianRM 17,550
- Preschool teacherRM 40,940
- Preschool teaching assistantRM 18,500
- Primary school managerRM 66,470
- Print operatorRM 17,070
- Prison teacherRM 43,980
- Process operatorRM 43,400
- Product designerRM 47,150
- Product managerRM 72,260
- Production line coordinatorRM 27,250
- Production supervisorRM 37,390
- ProfessorRM 52,690
- Project managerRM 66,250
- Promotions demonstratorRM 16,980
- ProofreaderRM 25,660
- PsychologistRM 52,290
- Public health inspectorRM 51,580
- Public relations professionalsRM 47,710
- Pulp control workerRM 30,370
- Quality inspectorRM 35,310
- Radiologic technologistRM 36,660
- Rail conductorRM 20,340
- Real estate agentRM 33,750
- ReceptionistRM 20,140
- Registered nurseRM 52,960
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedRM 31,800
- Religious professionalsRM 41,530
- Religious workerRM 28,490
- Rental sales workerRM 19,550
- Restaurant managerRM 44,170
- Retail sales associateRM 19,230
- Retail store supervisorRM 21,840
- Riding instructorRM 24,630
- Rig drillerRM 23,750
- RiggerRM 21,660
- RooferRM 15,320
- Runway modelRM 17,350
- Sales engineerRM 54,880
- Sales representativeRM 35,450
- Sawmill operatorRM 18,580
- Scribes and related workersRM 24,740
- SecretaryRM 24,840
- Security guardRM 21,040
- Senior government officialsRM 76,580
- Set designerRM 28,860
- Sewing machine operatorRM 15,050
- Sex workerRM 17,380
- Shelf stackerRM 15,350
- Ship pilotRM 37,750
- Ships’ deck crews and related workersRM 20,440
- ShoemakerRM 15,590
- Shop keeperRM 26,200
- Sign installerRM 17,400
- SignalmanRM 23,880
- Slitter operatorRM 18,450
- Social care workerRM 29,940
- Social media managerRM 73,200
- Social services managerRM 58,770
- Social workerRM 46,550
- Software developerRM 58,820
- Software programmerRM 54,310
- Software testerRM 56,140
- SorterRM 18,970
- Special needs teacherRM 49,060
- Specialist doctorRM 87,680
- Speech therapistRM 46,990
- Sport coachRM 23,980
- StatisticianRM 36,940
- Steel erectorRM 20,480
- Stock coordinatorRM 23,520
- Stone fabricatorRM 19,630
- Stone planerRM 19,780
- StonemasonRM 19,340
- Store managerRM 55,400
- Street and related service workersRM 17,970
- Street sweeperRM 18,600
- Street vendorRM 17,910
- Subsistence crop farmersRM 14,170
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherersRM 15,740
- Subsistence livestock farmersRM 14,330
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmersRM 14,190
- Survey enumeratorRM 23,010
- SurveyorRM 51,930
- Switchboard operatorRM 24,850
- Systems administratorRM 54,870
- Systems analystRM 59,640
- TailorRM 13,820
- TannerRM 16,750
- Tax officerRM 35,330
- Taxi driverRM 16,540
- Technical aideRM 35,220
- Telecom administratorRM 36,980
- TellerRM 25,590
- Tent builderRM 19,400
- Test engineerRM 57,700
- Textile braiderRM 16,710
- Textile machine operatorRM 16,240
- Therapy assistantRM 24,530
- Tile installerRM 18,190
- Tobacco dryerRM 17,220
- Trades union officialRM 69,160
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villageRM 77,240
- Traditional therapistRM 40,010
- Train driverRM 27,360
- TranslatorRM 44,090
- Transport clerksRM 26,980
- Travel agentRM 22,840
- Tree doctorRM 14,990
- Truck driverRM 20,140
- TypistRM 23,050
- Underwater welderRM 21,090
- UpholstererRM 16,080
- Urban plannerRM 52,940
- UX designerRM 44,000
- Vet technicianRM 25,450
- VeterinarianRM 54,050
- Vocational teacherRM 47,740
- WaiterRM 16,380
- Warehouse workerRM 18,990
- Waste collectorRM 18,920
- Watch makerRM 18,910
- Water and firewood collectorsRM 17,710
- Water plant operatorRM 33,870
- Water-based fisheries workerRM 17,000
- Web developerRM 54,360
- Web technicianRM 38,290
- WelderRM 19,230
- Wind technicianRM 30,830
- Winder operatorRM 16,400
- Window washerRM 17,710
- Wood treaterRM 17,730
- WoodworkerRM 16,680
- ZoologistRM 53,130
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate