Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+

 DESIGNERS SALARY TALK, What's the market rate?

views
     
Belloyat
post Mar 31 2017, 09:43 AM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
82 posts

Joined: Feb 2015
Job Title : Product Designer
Job Description : Design Product Outlook and Drawing
Years spent in company : 1 Years 8 month
Company : Manufacturing Factory
Industry : Electrical Product
Tenure : Permanent
Experience before joining : 3 Years
Salary : RM 2.8k

I'm 28 married and for that salary I can't even buying house. How to do?

Lets take a look at my journey on working experience.

2013--> After graduate, working at printing company as graphic designer and production manager. Salary Rm1300

2015--> After jobless about 3 month(personal matter), working back as creative marketing designer at boutique. Salary RM1500

2015-current--> Working at factory as Product Designer, starting salary Rm2.5k. After 1 year now 2.8k.

As start working at factory I manage to save money and get married at 2016. Now, focusing on buying house. But with that current salary, its quite hard to find house at Shah Alam/Setia Alam/Klang area because the price is crazy.

I ask people if want properties at that area, u at least need 6k income. For apartment 850sf already 300k that around 1.4k monthly, I'm targeting on landed house after survey all above 400k. Must atleast 2k monthly for house pay, so with the current salary i give up. 2 years more before i turn 3 series.

Any chance how to get higher pay in this industry?
Belloyat
post Apr 3 2017, 10:58 AM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
82 posts

Joined: Feb 2015
QUOTE(destfull @ Apr 3 2017, 02:36 AM)
Job Title : Head of Product
Job Description : App Design, Web Design, Web App Design, UI, UX, User Flow, Manage other designers & mobile developers, User Studies, Growth Hacking, Branding, a bit of Graphic Design and much more (phew, I just realized I do a lot of things  sweat.gif )
Years spent in company : 1 Years 3 month
Company : GPS
Industry : Apps/Software
Tenure : Permanent
Experience before joining : 5-6 Years
Salary : 5 digits
*
Wow, 5 digit salary.
I think maybe ur job quite tough rite? rclxms.gif

If monthly salary 10k wow, i can buy house now. I wanna be like u. laugh.gif
Belloyat
post Apr 3 2017, 02:36 PM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
82 posts

Joined: Feb 2015
QUOTE(destfull @ Apr 3 2017, 02:03 PM)
I'm 29 now, already started balding  cry.gif
Almost same like working in Grab & Duriana, but more fun and a bit more power to decide things  biggrin.gif
*
Wow, ur age same with me but salary really big different. I manage to earn 2.8K/month only.

cry.gif
Belloyat
post Apr 4 2017, 08:54 AM

Getting Started
**
Junior Member
82 posts

Joined: Feb 2015
QUOTE(blek @ Apr 3 2017, 06:04 PM)
Manufacturing, Electrical. Panasonic?
its hard to believe you getting paid 2.8k only. do your study industrial design or product design?
but lets look back at your fresh grads, work as graphic designer, none have related to what you did now and your starting with 2.5k as a junior consider not bad. stay another year or two see how it goes 1st. thats the reason i always advise fresh grads choose your path correctly on your 1st job. it make what you are today.

i study industrial design also last time.
may i ask, an engineer or a designer is leading your department currently?
*
Yes, I'm studying industrial design. But look up at my 1st journey on working exp, I start with graphic designer because quite hard to get job in Industrial design. I dont want to wait for a perfect/suit job that suit to me and taking a long break it just waste of time and money. I end up to start back as junior in industrial design although already work for 3 years but in other field. blush.gif

You guess what, I'm at Engineering Division and yes an engineer run this department. hmm.gif

Oh, btw I'm at Alpha Electric doing Instant Water Heater. sweat.gif

 

Change to:
| Lo-Fi Version
0.0230sec    0.96    6 queries    GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 17th December 2025 - 08:50 AM