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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR
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4.33 MYR = 1 USD

114,286 MYR

$26,368 USD
Kuala Lumpur

150,040 MYR

52,011 MYR

$12,000 USD

Average Salary / Petaling Jaya

Average salary in Petaling Jaya is 114,286 MYR per year. The most typical earning is 52,011 MYR. All data are based on 758 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 128,295 MYR. Women receive a salary of 99,255 MYR.

The most paid careers are Health Care & Medical with average income 261,791 MYR and Automobile with income 172,938 MYR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 226,683 MYR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 132,629 MYR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 204,145 MYR. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 178,139 MYR.

Levels / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

Salary Levels (MYR) per Year Surveys [%]
13,000 MYR - 21,699 MYR
0 n/a
21,700 MYR - 43,299 MYR
98 100%
12.93%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
43,300 MYR - 64,999 MYR
151 87.07%
19.92%
65,000 MYR - 86,699 MYR
134 67.15%
17.68%
86,700 MYR - 108,399 MYR
95 49.47%
12.53%
108,400 MYR - 129,999 MYR
74 36.94%
9.76%
130,000 MYR - 151,699 MYR
45 27.18%
5.94%
151,700 MYR - 173,399 MYR
57 21.24%
7.52%
173,400 MYR - 194,999 MYR
16 13.72%
2.11%
195,000 MYR - 216,699 MYR
17 11.61%
2.24%
216,700 MYR - 238,399 MYR
14 9.37%
1.85%
238,400 MYR - 260,099 MYR
6 7.52%
0.79%
260,100 MYR - 281,699 MYR
9 6.73%
1.19%
281,700 MYR - 303,399 MYR
9 5.54%
1.19%
303,400 MYR - 325,099 MYR
4 4.35%
0.53%
325,100 MYR - 346,699 MYR
10 3.83%
1.32%
346,700 MYR - 368,399 MYR
0 n/a
368,400 MYR - 390,099 MYR
1 2.51%
0.13%
390,100 MYR - 411,799 MYR
3 2.37%
0.4%
411,800 MYR - 433,399 MYR
1 1.98%
0.13%
433,400 MYR - 455,099 MYR
3 1.85%
0.4%
455,100 MYR - 476,799 MYR
4 1.45%
0.53%
476,800 MYR - 498,399 MYR
0 n/a
498,400 MYR - 520,099 MYR
2 0.92%
0.26%
520,100 MYR - 541,799 MYR
0 n/a
541,800 MYR - 563,499 MYR
0 n/a
563,500 MYR - 585,099 MYR
0 n/a
585,100 MYR - 606,799 MYR
1 0.66%
0.13%
606,800 MYR - 628,499 MYR
0 n/a
628,500 MYR - 650,099 MYR
0 n/a
HIGH SALARIES
650,100 MYR - 693,499 MYR
1 0.53%
0.13%
693,500 MYR - 736,799 MYR
0 n/a
736,800 MYR - 780,199 MYR
0 n/a
780,200 MYR - 823,499 MYR
1 0.4%
0.13%
823,500 MYR - 866,899 MYR
0 n/a
866,900 MYR - 910,199 MYR
0 n/a
910,200 MYR - 953,499 MYR
1 0.26%
0.13%
953,500 MYR - 996,899 MYR
0 n/a
996,900 MYR - 1,040,199 MYR
0 n/a
1,040,200 MYR - 1,083,599 MYR
0 n/a
1,083,600 MYR - 1,516,999 MYR
1 0.13%
0.13%

Gender / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Men 395 128,295 MYR
2 Women 318 99,255 MYR

Education / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Doctorate Degree 12 226,683 MYR
2 Masters Degree 101 132,629 MYR
3 Bachelors Degree 510 113,992 MYR
4 Some College 110 97,955 MYR
5 Bellow H. School 6 70,649 MYR
6 High School 19 62,413 MYR

Experience / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 20+ Years 51 204,145 MYR
2 12-16 Years 69 178,139 MYR
3 16-20 Years 67 176,839 MYR
4 8-12 Years 155 131,762 MYR
5 4-8 Years 171 99,688 MYR
6 2-4 Years 111 66,314 MYR
7 0-1 Year 71 57,646 MYR
8 1-2 Years 63 49,844 MYR

Age / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 51-55 13 312,069 MYR
2 41-45 58 208,046 MYR
3 46-50 29 195,476 MYR
4 36-40 104 142,165 MYR
5 31-35 183 124,827 MYR
6 56-60 5 110,091 MYR
7 n/a 46 98,388 MYR
8 26-30 203 80,184 MYR
9 61-65 1 65,447 MYR
10 21-25 109 49,844 MYR
11 14-20 7 49,844 MYR

Work Type / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Self Employed 23 194,176 MYR
2 Permanent 675 113,992 MYR
3 Contract 47 97,955 MYR
4 Part Time 13 42,909 MYR

Career Groups / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Health Care & Medical 7 261,791 MYR
2 Automobile 6 172,938 MYR
3 Management & Business 93 157,335 MYR
4 Salesmen & Saleswomen 11 156,901 MYR
5 Engineers & Technicians V 6 142,165 MYR
6 Finance & Banking 30 127,428 MYR
7 Human Resources 74 126,128 MYR
8 IT & Programming II 49 123,961 MYR
9 Law 16 123,094 MYR
10 Insurance 4 120,060 MYR
11 Properties & Real Estates 10 119,626 MYR
12 Fashion 1 117,459 MYR
13 Hotels & Tourism 3 115,292 MYR
14 Marketing, Sales, Purchase 99 113,125 MYR
15 Engineers & Technicians 58 107,490 MYR
16 Engineers & Technicians IV 6 106,190 MYR
17 Agriculture & Fishing 3 103,589 MYR
18 IT & Programming 58 101,422 MYR
19 Health Care & Medical II 17 98,388 MYR
20 Accounting & Administration 75 94,921 MYR
21 Logistics, Road, Railway 5 94,921 MYR
22 Manufacturing & Labor Workers 6 94,487 MYR
23 Making Design 16 90,586 MYR
24 Education & University 37 83,652 MYR
25 Sports & Recreation 2 81,051 MYR
26 Engineers & Technicians II 1 77,583 MYR
27 Construction & Labor Workers 12 74,983 MYR
28 Architect Constructions 11 74,116 MYR
29 Media 13 72,816 MYR
30 Restaurants, Inns, Pubs 4 71,949 MYR
31 Customer Services 15 65,447 MYR
32 Public Sector 3 50,711 MYR
33 Geography & Geodesy 1 39,008 MYR
34 Organization & Coordination 4 37,708 MYR
35 Arts, Culture, Performance 2 29,473 MYR

Careers / Petaling Jaya (Gross MYR)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen 4 317,704 MYR
2 General Manager 13 307,735 MYR
3 Other Automobile Career 4 220,182 MYR
4 Director 6 201,111 MYR
5 Technical Manager 7 191,576 MYR
6 Human Resources Manager 35 190,709 MYR
7 Finance Manager 6 186,374 MYR
8 Sales Manager 16 183,340 MYR
9 Corporate Counsel Lawyer 5 179,440 MYR
10 Audit Manager 4 179,006 MYR
11 IT Project Manager 6 173,805 MYR
12 Marketing Manager 10 170,771 MYR
13 Other Finance Career 4 162,969 MYR
14 Engineering Manager 4 159,502 MYR
15 Pharmacist 5 155,167 MYR
16 IT Manager 6 151,700 MYR
17 Other IT Career 17 149,533 MYR
18 Other Engineer Career 6 142,165 MYR
19 Manager 13 133,929 MYR
20 Operations Manager 7 133,063 MYR
21 Accountant 14 130,029 MYR
22 Purchaser 8 128,295 MYR
23 Business Development Manager 8 123,961 MYR
24 Other Management Career 13 122,227 MYR
25 Lead Developer 9 120,493 MYR
26 Consulting, Speaker 4 119,626 MYR
27 Electrical Engineer 5 117,892 MYR
28 Lawyer 4 114,425 MYR
29 Project Manager 4 110,524 MYR
30 Financial Analyst 11 109,657 MYR
31 Other Administration Career 4 108,357 MYR
32 Civil Engineer 6 106,190 MYR
33 Software Engineer 5 105,323 MYR
34 Purchasing Manager 4 104,890 MYR
35 Other Law Career 4 103,589 MYR
36 Account Manager 8 101,856 MYR
37 Assistant Manager 8 97,088 MYR
38 Other Property Career 7 94,054 MYR
39 Design Manager 4 93,620 MYR
40 Engineer 31 92,754 MYR
41 SAP Consulting 5 92,320 MYR
42 Administrator 5 91,020 MYR
43 Sales Engineer 4 88,419 MYR
44 Market Research 10 85,819 MYR
45 Customer Service Manager 5 82,785 MYR
46 Lecturer 15 80,617 MYR
47 Architect 7 76,717 MYR
48 Marketing 6 71,082 MYR
49 Software Developer 16 70,649 MYR
50 Junior Accountant 5 66,748 MYR
51 Human Resource 25 64,147 MYR
52 Marketing Executive 18 58,513 MYR
53 Accountant Executive 9 58,513 MYR
54 Other Education Career 4 58,079 MYR
55 Mechanical Engineer 5 55,479 MYR
56 Sales 4 55,045 MYR
57 Other Marketing Career 4 52,878 MYR
58 Human Resource Administrator 8 49,411 MYR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

50/50  Senior Manager (Man)
Posted 08 May 2024

What I do?

"Manager of software engineering team. Manage people and project."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 117,600 MYR

49/50  Senior (Woman)
Posted 12 September 2022

What I do?

"Payroll."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Intermediate 58,000 MYR

48/50  Head Of Human Resources (Man)
Posted 11 September 2022

What I do?

"Overseeing overall functions of Human Resources."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 8-12 Years Advanced 122,600 MYR

47/50  Hr Executive (Woman)
Posted 08 September 2022

What I do?

"RECRUITMENT, STAFFING, PAYROLL."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Advanced 45,200 MYR

46/50  Hr Country Manager (Man)
Posted 01 September 2022

What I do?

"Look after Malaysia SBU."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Expert 233,900 MYR

45/50  Analyst (Woman)
Posted 31 August 2022

What I do?

"Research, consulting."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Advanced 130,600 MYR

44/50  Head Of It & Marketing (Man)
Posted 25 July 2022

What I do?

"Specialisation in web development & digital marketing."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Advanced 93,500 MYR

43/50  Engineering Manager (Man)
Posted 20 July 2022

What I do?

"Design Management."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Expert 160,400 MYR

42/50  Senior Marketing & Sales Executive (Woman)
Posted 27 May 2022

What I do?

"A&P on property developer."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 1-2 Years Intermediate 61,600 MYR

41/50  Animator (Man)
Posted 26 May 2022

What I do?

"Animate character for tv series."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 2-4 Years Intermediate 61,600 MYR

40/50  Senior Assistant Director (Man)
Posted 08 April 2022

What I do?

"Seismology Geophysics."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Masters Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 93,200 MYR

39/50  Digital Designer (Woman)
Posted 05 April 2022

What I do?

"Website, edm, asseting."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Intermediate 47,000 MYR

38/50  Creative Designer (Woman)
Posted 10 March 2022

What I do?

"Online and offline design."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 0-1 Year Intermediate 34,800 MYR

37/50  Payroll (Man)
Posted 06 March 2022

What I do?

"Process Payroll."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Intermediate 47,200 MYR

36/50  Production Manager (Man)
Posted 15 February 2022

What I do?

"-Manage manufacturing line."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 123,800 MYR

35/50  Service Engineer (Man)
Posted 10 January 2022

What I do?

"Metrology service engineer."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Intermediate 46,300 MYR

34/50  Technical Architect (Man)
Posted 06 January 2022

What I do?

"Network architecture design, WAN Solution, LAN Solution, SDWAN, Managed Services."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 301,200 MYR

33/50  Hr Admin Manager (Man)
Posted 05 January 2022

What I do?

"Manage HR matters."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Intermediate 64,500 MYR

32/50  Regional Customer Service (Man)
Posted 24 November 2021

What I do?

"Food Service, Customer service."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 8-12 Years Advanced 90,900 MYR

31/50  Group Financial Controller (Woman)
Posted 20 November 2021

What I do?

"Head of Finance for APAC."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Masters Degree 4-8 Years Expert 245,300 MYR

30/50  Programmer (Woman)
Posted 28 September 2021

What I do?

"Java, Python."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Advanced 68,400 MYR

29/50  Finance And Admin Manager (Woman)
Posted 21 August 2021

What I do?

"Finance and administration."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 90,400 MYR

28/50  Hotel Manager (Man)
Posted 15 August 2021

What I do?

"Overseeing the entire hotel operations, guest satisfaction, food safety, return business and incremental market share."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 16-20 Years Advanced 232,400 MYR

27/50  Manager (Man)
Posted 17 July 2021

What I do?

"Retail."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years Intermediate 45,200 MYR

26/50  Head Of Hr & Admin (Woman)
Posted 12 July 2021

What I do?

"HR Generalist."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years Advanced 148,500 MYR

25/50  Operation Manager (Man)
Posted 05 June 2021

What I do?

"Manage day to day operation task."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Intermediate 77,500 MYR

24/50  Specialist (Man)
Posted 05 June 2021

What I do?

"Code websites."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 2-4 Years Advanced 92,600 MYR

23/50  Assistance Sales Manager (Man)
Posted 01 May 2021

What I do?

"Product specialist."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years Advanced 93,600 MYR

22/50  Assistance Sales Manager (Man)
Posted 16 April 2021

What I do?

"Assist in sales and product."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Advanced 107,600 MYR

21/50  Assistance Sales Manager (Man)
Posted 16 April 2021

What I do?

"Assist in sales and product."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Advanced 90,400 MYR

20/50  Structural Analyst (Man)
Posted 04 April 2021

What I do?

"BEng. R&D Engineers on structural analysis."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years n/a 63,200 MYR

19/50  Freelancer (Woman)
Posted 30 March 2021

What I do?

"Packaging design, Logo design, Branding Identity."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year n/a 106,500 MYR

18/50  Software Developer Php (Woman)
Posted 10 March 2021

What I do?

"Develop applications and backend end."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year n/a 40,900 MYR

17/50  Colorist (Man)
Posted 01 March 2021

What I do?

"Color grading for tv commercial."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Some College 2-4 Years n/a 57,500 MYR

16/50  Senior Account Management (Man)
Posted 01 March 2021

What I do?

"Account management."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 76,700 MYR

15/50  Teacher (Man)
Posted 28 February 2021

What I do?

"Teaching, Tech Support, Teaching Materials."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 95,800 MYR

14/50  Digital Marketing Executive (Man)
Posted 26 February 2021

What I do?

"I have Bachelor in Multimedia with Marketing (Digital Marketing). I have 3 years of online advertising and social media management experiences."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years n/a 54,900 MYR

13/50  Project Engineer (Man)
Posted 07 February 2021

What I do?

"Yeah its ok. . u no need to know. . . thanks. ."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 89,400 MYR

12/50  Senior Engineer (Man)
Posted 02 February 2021

What I do?

"Semiconductor manufacturing."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years n/a 159,700 MYR

11/50  Assistant Building Surveyor (Woman)
Posted 30 January 2021

What I do?

"Building plan submission yo Local Authority, dilap survey. As built."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 58,600 MYR

10/50  Account Manager (Man)
Posted 30 January 2021

What I do?

"Associated Certified of chartered accountant."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years n/a 98,300 MYR

9/50  Assistant Building Surveyor (Woman)
Posted 30 January 2021

What I do?

"Building plan submission yo Local Authority, dilap survey. As built."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 63,900 MYR

8/50  Data Analyst (Man)
Posted 22 January 2021

What I do?

"Data analytics work."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years n/a 117,100 MYR

7/50  Pre Sales (Man)
Posted 15 January 2021

What I do?

"Networking, WAN, Security."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 203,900 MYR

6/50  UIUX Lead (Woman)
Posted 10 January 2021

What I do?

"Design User Interface base on User Experience."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years n/a 140,600 MYR

5/50  Chief Editor (Woman)
Posted 07 January 2021

What I do?

"Writing, arrangement, management, design, coordinator Boosting, creating, shooting."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya High School 4-8 Years n/a 89,400 MYR

4/50  Senior Regional Manager (Man)
Posted 18 December 2020

What I do?

"Medical device, sales training."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Masters Degree 16-20 Years n/a 262,800 MYR

3/50  Senior Account Executive (Man)
Posted 11 November 2020

What I do?

"Digital Marketing Client Liaising Social media marketing."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 63,100 MYR

2/50  Art Director (Man)
Posted 11 November 2020

What I do?

"Managing people, graphic design, project pitch, bachelor degree in creative multimedia."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 64,300 MYR

1/50  Social Media Executive (Woman)
Posted 11 November 2020

What I do?

"Manage social media accounts such as instagram, facebook, twitter. Liaise with clients, create ads for respective brands."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Petaling Jaya Bachelors Degree 1-2 Years n/a 40,400 MYR




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