Most companies pay shitty salary here in Malaysia. That's why I hope to get a decent job in Australia, the minimum salary of what I'm doing here currently in OZ is AUD7k a month.

Yes i'm aware of that. Always looking out for more profits for them to the extend of refusing to pay their employees well.

Hi ,

Take myself as an example , I am a Mechanical Engineer, 8 years experience, I am 32 years old, my salary last year is 7k , now I am getting 15k because I been approached by a head hunter company to work in oversea , now I am in Shanghai as an expatriate, all my living expenses cover by company. I have met many malaysian working here in Shanghai, most of them with engineering back ground. 
There are no such thing as engineering get lower pay or finance sucks , all depend on individual commitment and target.
Please understand that I am not showing off anything or promoting engineering , just want to point out that if you commit enough you can achieve anything in any field.
Cheers

Experienced geologists are very much in demand by the oil companies. Once you have relevant experience you can get expat packages to practically any location they're looking for oil. Think US$250k per year or higher salaries for a pretty relaxed desk job

5K before 28y.o? I think there are soooo many people earning more than 5k even at age 25-26.
I know a friend earning 15k+ average at 25y.o. But they work like hell, 7 days a week including public
holidays. What they do is land investment for their clients. I know a gal in Forex line, can earn up to
400k per annum, and she's only 28y.o.

For muslim, if get a chance to work in saudi arabia or nearest arabian country its a good things, not losing a lot of thing in life, as we can perform hajj and umrah a lot easier. Halal food and others. Work there for 5 years and back to malaysia starting bussiness or enter management position. Smilee..

LOL, I don't mention ever being a muslim give an advantage. What I said is if you muslim, have  competency bla bla bla bla, and you based at those arabian country, you will not lose a lot of things in life, no extreme culture shock. Are you racist or something? read carefully

This is going nowhere. just stick to the topic. tired like this

what getz meant is to survive in middle east is easier for muslims compared to korea,japan,hong kong etc-all eat babi ones...what lar

only 5.6%? I think the statistic in this thread is MORE accurate... my ex colleagues who got more than 10k per month they didnt declare their taxes.. coz they contract... i'm talking about 9 person here...

i am replying to spanker... he said the statistik here.. if u do not understand plz scroll up -->

add: oh yah... they really not tax-ed u do not believe then up to u .. i just replying to spanker coz some ppl no tax tat's why the statistic on limkitsiang isn't tat accurate either.

This is actually tax planning and not tax evasion. By declaring it as a business income rather than employment, you have more flexibility in computing your taxes.

Local celebrities do this. SAP contractors too. As long as the nature of the money is clean there is nothing to worry. It didn't come prostitution or drugs or anything illegal.

aiya most ppl that post here usually overstate their salary by either including bonus/mileage claims/benefits into their salary

OR

they just plainly like to bullsh!t.

It is true some can earn a lot more than RM5k at the age of 28 though.. but this is the forums.. People could say they are earning RM50k a month and you have no way of verifying it do you?