What is the ideal salary for fresh graduate in Malaysia?

by the meaning of "ideal", I'd say getting paid 10k for doing nothing.

But to be honest, it depends on the industry, ranging from 2.5k to 3.5k, with exceptions to some highly sought after positions with high requirements.

p.s. I'm guessing

Around rm2000

depending on field la.

Depending on field, industry, locations and company type (MNC/SME/Local conglomorate)

1800

what can I say ....tough life lol, I work hard so much in university...

depends on the field. but rule of thumb of most fields like marketing is 2.5k.

Depending on industry & companies..

It range from 1.8k to 3k

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This post has been edited by nexona88: Jul 16 2017, 10:35 AM

If you're a programmer, the range is 3k to 4.2k.

For Human Resources, Marketing and Sales, most of my friends agree to RM2.5k.

This is sound reasonable for me for fresh.

What happened to our country now? When I started my career more than 10 years back I was easily earn basic salary RM3.5k

Nowadays still also that range RM2.5k with all the gst, sst, and many things up..

seriously 10 yrs back, what company? what position

Ship repair and maintenance. Training Engineer

And to show how badly fked Malaysian graduates are,

Someone 10 years your senior were already earning RM2200/month back in the year 1995.

That's roughly 4.2k in 2017 if we adjust for inflation!

And a ringgit back then can stretch a long way compared to now, due to the lack of GST back then, property prices weren't as insane as it is now and USD:MYR rate was around 1:2.5. So even if fresh grads were to earn 4.2k today, their spending power is a far cry from what a fresh grad earning 2.2k could spend on back in 1995.

This post has been edited by NowLat.yet: Jul 16 2017, 08:20 PM

Wow 1995 also RM2200 for fresh graduate with no issue about PTPTN or any debt at all. Mostly our time it just based on JPA, MARA which later converted to scholar. I believe the government have good money at that time.

So for fresh graduate think wisely and harder about your future? It is your time and the game for the life it just begin.

8-5 desk job compared to site works with long sweaty hours? different la boss.

TS Ideal for employer or employee? You have to gauge the market and your potential employers budget.

For us in plantation industry, we will pay 2780 (basic), 500 (car allowance) 300 (housing / housing allowance) thus gross 3580. might be ideal in view of location wise it is not at KL nor JB nor penang but yet need to "suffer" la kerja in 3D environment and girls will look down at you aiyoh kerja estet meh? no class

Fresh grad gg Liao. With pp gone to shet the NXT gen will kena. N yet older gens keep looking down on new gen Becos "they have it easier".

The company I work for pay 6.9k for fresh graduates.

I would say RM2800 would be ideal.

It depends on industry. The technical industry like programmers, engineers etc - have a higher basic salary due to the technical know-how and also because of the nature of the industry.

Banks also give fresh graduates a good basic - between RM2.8k to RM3k+. However increment for each year is a low incline. These are hearsay from a lot of friends who used to work with banks after they graduated.

As for the average administrative role, a local Chinaman will usually fork out between RM1.6k to RM2.3k for freshies. MNCs will definitely give you a higher pay.

RM2800 is typically salary range from local Chinaman company.

3 years ago i started with 3k MNC.. but when i ask junior still around 2.5K-2.8K

not much changed lol..

Malaysia cannot already, come Singapore do easily can earn RM10k

ideal ?

whatever was offered out there surely some ppl will complain not enough

serious?? what company is that n what position

yeah ..but it s really hard to get a job there

It depends on your profession and also the company.

again, it goes back to the industry. i graduated 5 years ago and my then starting pay was only RM2.5k in a Non-bank financial institution.

1800 seems enough

on what basis?

for general degree, more pay if in the right field

Depends on yr economical need. Honestly, its okay to aim high as fresh grad..so that u work hard to get what u want. 1800 to low for me

1800 how can people survive with this amount...

If in kl sure not enough.. but other states still can survive

Employer's point of view should be just enough for you to cover public transportation, basic food expenses and some pocket money.

Employee's point of view should be above other fresh graduates' pay.

Come on, this is an open questions and too many possible answers.

Yes!

there are ppl out there who need to feed 6 kids with 900 bucks monthly salary

quite honestly, your lifestyle will grow to fill whatever income you get

some ppl are earning 20k and they complain it's not enough. but there are also hardcore poor who managed with sub 1k

now to answer your question - the ideal salary is the highest u can get at the moment. forget 'i can't survive with low salary' or 'i have 5 cats at home to feed'. employers have no interest in giving u more money to make u happy.

agreed boss.. sometimes high salary brings to higher commitment..

When you ask the wrong question, you will get the wrong answer.

The ideal question is, what is the market demand (implying market-driven salary) for the position I am working at "now"?

ideal starting salary more important or ideal career advancement more important?

back to times for my first job in a MNC, year 2011~12, my starting pay is 1800 as i am holding Diploma, those enter same time with me which holding degree get 2800.

within 3 years my salary jump from 1800 to 4250, which depends on effort and hardwork
those enter with 2800, is either getting 3700 or same 4250

I graduated 14 years ago and my fresg grad salary was 1800. Engineering degree.....seems like nothing changed after very long time. Pity young folks