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2014 Fresh Graduate Salary in Malaysia and Top Paying Jobs

Graduating soon or looking for a job? We have put together a list of fresh graduate salaries for different industries, top paying and lowest paying jobs in Malaysia, and other relevant salary information to help you out! On average, fresh graduates earn about RM2,100, junior executives RM2,100 – RM3,900, and overall average across different industries RM2,800.

Top 10 highest Starting Salary for Fresh Graduates in Malaysia
Pharmacy	RM3,640
Corporate Strategy	RM3,200
Sales – Financial Services	RM3,054
Doctor	RM2,719
Sales – Engineering and IT	RM2,612
Geophysics	RM2,612
Aviation	RM2,533
Actuarial Science	RM2,475
Sales – Corporate	RM2,456
IT – Software	RM2,452
Top 10 highest Starting Salary for Junior Executives in Malaysia
Doctor	RM3,899
Process Design and Control	RM3,898
Corporate Strategy	RM3,800
Sales – Financial Services	RM3,729
Engineering – Oil/Gas	RM3,606
Finance – Corporate Finance	RM3,500
Pharmacy	RM3,470
Aviation	RM3,475
IT – Software	RM3,398
Legal Services	RM3,396
Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs for Senior Executives
Geophysics	RM7,514
Doctor	RM6,903
Engineering – Oil/Gas	RM6,353
IT – Software	RM5,269
Process Design & Control	RM5,086
Training & Development	RM4,964
Pharmacy	RM4,935
Engineering – Electronics	RM4,928
Engineering – Mechanical	RM4,745
Audit/Taxation	RM4,721
Top 10 Best Paying Jobs in Malaysia at Manager Level
Doctor	RM9,530
Engineering – Oil/Gas	RM9,462
Aviation	RM9,406
Audit/Taxation	RM9,226
Banking – Financial Services	RM9,100
Geophysics	RM8,938
Publishing or Printing	RM8,650
Engineering – Chemical	RM8,545
Engineering – Electronics	RM8,146
IT – Software	RM8,112
Top 10 best paying jobs in Malaysia at Senior Manager Level
IT – Hardware	RM18,100
Quality Control/Assurance	RM17,768
Geophysics	RM17,500
Property/Real Estate	RM16,917
Engineering – Electrical	RM16,503
Publishing/Printing	RM16,500
Corporate Strategy	RM15,606
Engineering Oil/Gas	RM15,307
Sales – Corporate	RM14,815
Engineering – Civil	RM14,768

 

Fresh Graduate Pay by Industry
Banking
Bank Islam	RM2,250
Maybank	RM2,470
Public Bank	RM2,800
RHB Bank	RM2,500
Oil & Gas
Petronas	RM4,000
Shell	RM4,500
Accounting & Audit
LHDN	RM2,700-RM3,200
Russell Bedford	RM2,000
Automotive
PROTON	RM2,450
Perodua	RM2,200
Education
University of Nottingham (Lecturer)	RM6,500
Monash University (Lecturer)	RM6,000
Taylors University (Lecturer)	RM5,500
Kolej Tunku Jaafar (A-levels Lecturer)	RM2,800
Insurance / Takaful
Lonpac insurance comp	RM2,800
IT / SAP/ Consulting
Accenture SAP Graduate Trainee	RM2,300-RM2,500
Accenture Analyst (CGPA)	RM3,600-RM3,800
British Petroleum SAP Estar	RM3,200
CISCO Network Engineering	RM2,800
Maybank PMO	RM2,600
iPerintis Customer Service	RM2,300
Plantations
Sime darby – Specialist, Finance and Accounting	RM1,900
Manufacturing
Western Digital	RM2,650
Yokohama Industries	RM2,300-RM2,500
LB Aluminum	RM2,200-RM2,300
Ranhill WorleyParson	RM2,600
Top Glove QA Officer	RM2,800-RM3,000
Giant Product Exec	RM2,300
Property/ Estate Management/ QS / Building
QS in construction company	RM1,600-RM1,800
Call Centre
VADS call centre	RM1,700
HP call centre	RM2,300
Dell call centre	RM2,200
Management Trainee
OCBC Bank Management Trainee	RM2,600
Bursa Malaysia Management Associate	RM3,200
CIMB TCB	RM3,000-RM3,500
RHB Management Associate	RM3,000
RHB Graduate Associate	RM2,500
UOB Management Associate	RM3,500
UOB Management Trainee	RM2,800
BAT Management Associate	RM3,500
Proton Management Trainee	RM2,600
Ambank Graduate Trainee	RM2,800
Public Bank Management Trainee	RM2,800
Kraft Management Trainee	RM3,500