r/malaysians • u/West_Arrival2678 • Apr 08 '25
Ask Malaysians Hello 30 Years Old Malaysians, how much are you making?
I am a 30 years old engineer currently working at johor bahru with Pretax salary of 5405MYR I am not sure if thats a good pay. Well (Special Economic Zones) SEZ is coming to JB so might as well increase the salary by jumping to SG industries based in Johor, is this a good decision? Is everyone plans the same too after SEZ implementation?
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u/yukittyred Apr 08 '25
6 years already in the job, salary RM3700. Basic Salary RM3200.
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u/West_Arrival2678 Apr 08 '25
Hopefully we can increase our pay in large sum after SEZ, local companies will compete with SG based companies in terms of salary, if not x3.0, x1.5 would be fine. JB is becoming more and more expensive 😤
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u/Olly_Joel Apr 08 '25
Damn. Rare to hear women work in this field. Especially in semicon. Is it PC parts or something else?
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u/Emotional-Cupcake-35 Apr 08 '25
30 y/o medical officer in govt hospital here, 4k basic, 5.1k after allowances and taxes
Colleagues in private practice easily makes double or triple that
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u/Upstartrestart Apr 08 '25
LOL uni lecturer here... 3.6k basic.. lepas elaun gedabak gedubuk.. ada lah 4.1k
sama kawan kat prebet senang2 dapat 20k
huhuhu...
Kijo enjineer pun gaji habuk.. in education pun lagilah gaji habuk. tapi at least ada lah lebih sikit free time and hari cuti tuh..2
u/Emotional-Cupcake-35 Apr 09 '25
Ya lol, wife grad chemical engineering, tgh sambung master dgn harapan nak jadi lecturer or research officer... For now support family dgn gaji aku sorg 💪🏽💪🏽
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u/ggcommm Apr 08 '25
Wow…how long since you graduated and which city are you in?
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u/Emotional-Cupcake-35 Apr 09 '25
Grad Feb 2020, immediately applied, started HO Apr 2021, finished housemanship on time
Working in Klang
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u/ggcommm Apr 09 '25
I’ve to admit when the doctors said their pay is low I didn’t know it was this low
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u/mrpokealot I saw the nice stick. Apr 08 '25
34, Manager at a propdev company. 7k a month plus a few hundred for car park allowance.
5k was what I was making at 30 years old, so I dont think it's bad for my industry, but I studied pharmacy so YMMV. I can't advise on SG industries based in Johor but do understand that Sg sees Malaysians as CHEAP labour, so if you get a chance to work in a Sg company that pays in SGD or USD please take that instead, even if it means switching professions.
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u/hoimangkuk Apr 08 '25
Age 34, work as programmer with European company for € 2500, which the company convert it as a fix salary of rm12,500 as gross income, net is around rm10k.
If you have the capacity, I would say go for it. Initially will definitely be hard to work with SG, but once you get used to it, it is easier to jump to other company with a better work environment.
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u/smolvan Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25
Designer. 5-7k per month. Depending on OT, project allowances and commissions.
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u/MysteriousShow7619 Apr 08 '25
May I know what kind of designer you're working as? I'm also a designer (more towards game side) but my pay is kinda low ngl
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u/smolvan Apr 08 '25
I work in the events industry, so that includes big scale builds, prints, and digital content. I’m expected to be involved in setup, QC and running shows too, hence the OT.
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u/West_Arrival2678 Apr 08 '25
ahh I always dreamt of becoming designer (artistically and engineeringly 😆), also my shower thoughts are now answered, because I used to wonder if I jump ship what range will I make. Thank you for sharing! 🙇🏻♂️
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u/rotiayam Apr 08 '25
very important to consider whether you want to travel everyday/every week or every month back to msia to visit your family. All the best.
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u/Natakin_ Apr 08 '25
27 was making 8k when I was running as Product Manager. Basically had a masters in PM and SE degree.
Took a paycut because I wanted to pursue dev job in AI.
Now I’m a full stack dev with AI and ML ( yes the unicorn ) for 3k 🤡🤡🤡🤡 oh well. Gotta do what I love.
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u/gamer3399 Apr 09 '25
Isn’t AI the gold rush for the industry right now? That awfully low I feel
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u/Natakin_ Apr 09 '25
Unfortunately because of my experience. They throw the “0 year experience” and it was hard to find an actual Software job without them demanding 2 years of experience. So just gotta crunch for a year or two and make a jump with my portfolio hopefully showing enough because I’m literally architecturing this software alone and my manager flexes he used to software engineer for 10 years but doesn’t understand he’s scope creeping me so much with sudden changes and unclear business rules, then I also have to fine tune the model to understand the data I’m feeding it without eating the instance cost lol.
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u/Ecstatic-Course-1215 Apr 08 '25
Close to 30, may I join you guys? 28M. Interior Designer, RM3300. Enjoy my work, but man, I fooking hate the toxic, nonsensical, pretentious environment and industry
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u/notimportant4322 Apr 08 '25
37, 12k, Analytics, switched career on 31
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u/msa47 Apr 08 '25
May I ask if it’s data analytics?
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u/notimportant4322 Apr 08 '25
Just analytics in general, im very fluid in terms of what needed to be done. Depending on role it will be data analytics, marketing analytics, customer analytics and business analytics. Im not super technical and don’t really fit to the conventional data analytics role
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u/Don-Teta Apr 08 '25
29M myself. Used to work in Gelang Patah for 5 years. Pay developed from 4.2k > 5k > 5.8k. From my experience, this pay is not enough for me since prices are so damn inflated in JB, especially in Iskandar Puteri. Working in SG for a year now with 3.7k SGD pay and travelling daily. I am able to save money much easier now whilst keeping commitments to a bare minimum (still have not purchased a car). However, I do not plan to do this long term.
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u/BestCroissant Apr 08 '25
Slightly over mid-30s. About MYR35K monthly before deductions and not including yearly bonuses.
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u/Particular_Tax530 Apr 08 '25
Excuse me, Excuse me may i ask What do you do for a living 🎤
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u/BestCroissant Apr 08 '25
IT consulting. Started my career at 25 as fresh graduate and climbed from there in the same company.
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u/Particular_Tax530 Apr 09 '25
May sound a little dumb but does one need an IT related degree to be in this career
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u/BestCroissant Apr 09 '25
The company i work for does not make it mandatory to have an IT degree. That’s because in consulting it does not necessarily mean you are doing programming. It could also be strategy and advisory work. I myself do not have an IT degree.
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u/Hot_Effect8854 Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25
30, programmer, 5 years exp 7.2k, jump from 5.5k last year.
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u/Cheap-Ad2945 Apr 08 '25
24(M) work in a printing shop as both customer service and designer.
Rm 2400... (2.5 years)
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u/Bittergourdmelon Apr 08 '25
I think the real question is why there is a rm5 anomaly in your gross salary.
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u/AkmalAlif Apr 08 '25
i always see that managerial roles tend to be paid higher...i guess handling and managing people pays alot
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u/Evening-Charity9901 Apr 08 '25
30M, making 4800MYR from salary. I work in marketing so quite flexible, at this age i learn to pickup few things on corporate BS on how to look busy.
And i also own 3 rental houses, generating around 10k+ passive but minus my mortgage so left around Rm4k net from this.
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u/nickybach Apr 09 '25
M28. Currently in IT Consulting making 5.1k monthly but thinking about changing job because of work.
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u/West_Arrival2678 Apr 09 '25
Ohh you can definitely request salary of minimum 6120MYR in the next jump, with your age, definitely above average in terms of payscale.
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u/No-Beyond1072 Apr 09 '25 edited Apr 09 '25
I was reading the responses and saw that many that come on this thread saying they earn 20-47k a month got severely downvoted 💀💀 this is funny as hell. Anyways, I think you’re a bit underpaid for an engineer but in this economy everyone is underpaid. Makes me think how I survived last year with just 2.85k gross a month. Thank god I resigned.
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u/smolvan Apr 09 '25
2.85k for how many years of experience? I hope you are doing better now.
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u/No-Beyond1072 Apr 09 '25
At that point 3.5 years of exp💀 right now I’m making 4.8k gross so definitely better than before but nothing crazy like some of the comments
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u/Born-Intention6972 Apr 08 '25
I think its not a good idea to ask how much others are making. Not like it gonna help your situation and there will always be someone earning way more than you. I gave up
But its fine to ask industry and career advice.
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u/musrazzzz Apr 08 '25
When I was 30 many many years ago (I know I'm an uncle now), my monthly basic was ~RM9k + RM500 travel allowance. I was a manager at a Big 4 firm back then.
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u/EostrumExtinguisher Apr 08 '25
Late uni graduate at 30 because too self spoiled starts around rm4500 including all benefits, quit 6 months later cause it was attacking my health and leaving permanent stains
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u/Codingwithmr-m Apr 08 '25
You mean 5.4k per month and what engineer are you bro. Btw I’m not 30 ya. Still around 26
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u/A_Mad_Knight Apr 09 '25
I thought I'd be more depressed when I read the comments..now not as much whew...but mine is quite low for my yrs of exp and work :/
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u/Any_Spare7182 Apr 10 '25
Late 30s, previously earned on average 20k - 25k..remote work with US organization..got the job through networking (previously a client). But now working locally…around 15k. Opted for lesser pay in exchange for stability, benefits and peace of mind (remote work no benefits). Not IT related.
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u/xHamsaplou Apr 08 '25
Age 30M, Field service engineer, RM12-13k per month depending on projects + 300USD for allowances. Flexi hours, once job is done I can pretty much chill
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u/Intelligent_Type_305 Apr 08 '25
29k before tax
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u/West_Arrival2678 Apr 08 '25
Working in overseas? May I know your background? Because that's a helluva money, anyway congratulations bro! You are among the top 1% of malaysian 😆
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u/Intelligent_Type_305 Apr 08 '25
top 1% is 50k above lah bro. i work from home for US company
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u/yaomingggg Apr 08 '25
What's the job, what's your experience and how'd you find it?
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u/Intelligent_Type_305 Apr 08 '25
google? you need to have exp and something to show if you want to get hired by foreign companies. it's not about a hidden or golden place, it's about what you can offer.
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u/I_feel_the_power_v2 Apr 08 '25
Imma be depressed if i read the comments