Are You Getting Paid Enough? This Is How Much M'sians Should Be Earning In 2017.
A guide to job salary 2017

New Straits Times reported a survey conducted by Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) showing that more businesses in Malaysia are expecting employee salaries to increase over the next 12 months, compared to last year.

“Eighty-six per cent of businesses are expecting to offer salary increments for their employees for the year ahead, as compared to 78 per cent in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16),” said Country Managing Partner Datuk Narendra Kumar Jasani.

Malaysia also has the highest proportion of businesses in the Asean region expecting to offer employees a pay rise in next 12 months.

Jobstreet Malaysia shared a document showing the average salary an employee can be expected to pay according to their industry and role. We extracted the results from the Central region as that is where most Klang Valley people are located as well as focusing on the top industries from Malaysia under each main field.

get into link to read more on salary for each level of all field of industries..

A guide to job salary 2017

Should i do a calculation? Maybe a bit could help.

Basic 1k (26xrm38.48, pay by day)
Add on minyak moto allowence rm50
Overtime sometimes have sometimes dun have.
Restday sometimes can work, sometimes cannot.
Get advance on 20hb every month rm200
Gross salary cincai rm1100
Minus rm200 advance, minus epf socso rm70-100
Net salary, rm800-900.

Palm oil mill. General worker. Lowest level.
Wan buy 2nd car sometimes also difficult. But have proton wira buy cash.
Eventho im not married yet, well, also hve commitment for helping family. Idk lah bro. 4 years i live with this kind of work. Had continue study before, but family cond making me and all members suffer bcs that time only my fathers work and only him have to support 6 ppl (mom, me and other 4 sibling) with that kind of salary. I cant think abt study and just failed and come back home to work and reduce burden. Idk lah bro. Sometime im envy with ppl who hve a good salary. I wish i hve a good pay too. But ppl only with spm sure gonna have a bad time to find a good work with a good salary. Exp without cert is hard you know.

Need to look into T-Comp (Total Compensation that includes fixed salary, allowance, bonus) so that it is competitive package per annum.