Nice. See, that's what I am talking about. 8.3K is not much by /k standards, but your perks and bonus are definitely something here. Imagine comparing to another job that only pays RM 10k, but have nothing else. Yours is definitely better.

For Medical, how much coverage? Family coverage?

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016...e-homes-target/

PM say Engineer can earn >RM10k monthly salary in 5 years
How many Engineer here able to achieve this target?

Job Title : Data analyst
Age : 29
Industry : German tech startup
Years' work experience so far: 3 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Liberal arts degree
Location : Berlin, Germany
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): typically 7 hours a day, or 35 hours per week

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : 4300+ Euros / RM21,000 per month

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Comprehensive health insurance as mandated by German law
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : Any computer / tech gear of my choice. 2000 Euro annual education budget.
Flexi Working Hours : Complete freedom to work as many (or as few) hours as I like, in the office, or at home.
Other benefits: My colleagues are smart and lovely, the work is meaningful and rewarding, I feel that I am making the best out of my talents, I have a boss who is encouraging and trusting, I have complete autonomy over my job scope, and I genuinely enjoy my work, etc. - all of which are invaluable aspects of my job. So job satisfaction is 200% irrespective of salary.

Job Title : Sr Software Engineer
Job Description : system integration development life-cycle dealing with multiple agencies system at the same time (from requirement gathering to development & deployment, not to mention assisting support team on tech issue  )
Age : 29
Years spent in company : Nearly 6 years
Company : Local
Industry : Software house
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : Cyberjaya
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 45 hrs (9 hrs per day inc 1 hr lunch)

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM4100 basic (increased 3 times after performance review, started at 2700) + RM500 professional allowance + RM300 transportation allowance
Contractual Bonus (months): none
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : got 1 month bonus twice last time, 2014 - 2015 IIRC. After that, none.

Benefits (where relevant)
Health Benefits : Medical card (single, not family)
Transport Benefits : Fixed transport allowance given as mentioned above
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : company laptop
Flexi Working Hours : none
Other Benefits : none

What do you think? For me, I believe that I'm underpaid & bit overloaded, and the company is not really stable right now (few issues with current projects that delay few salaries of all staffs, after no such records since I've joined). However, I kinda like the current job & having close team members, the company is quite near from my rented home, and I've been officially offered a manager position by mid of this year (with few hundreds increment only ), so I honestly not sure should I jump to other company soon or stay for a while to see.

Furthermore if I quit, I'm sure there will be issue of getting replacement and knowledge transfer which further impact the current project that I'm focusing upon for past few years, mainly due to limited resources and specialized technology (hence the professional allowance).

Wow. My title currently is Network Engineer also. More to network security. Really can got that high?  

Big data era shouldn't be data analytics role in high demand?

want to ask for opinion here
should i sacrifice my permanent job for better pay but contract job
current job -

salary: 4k - GLC - (5% increment/y)
status: permanent, almost impossible to get retrench unless commit crime
benefit: family medical coverage, phone allowance, parking allowance, house loan subsidy
bonus: 0 ~ 3 month
workload: relax
career growth: hard, due to strong political practice & group is losing money

offered job -

salary: 6 ~ 6.5k - MNC, O&G based (1 ~ 8% increment/y)
status: contract - project based, but they say always renew, never end contract (maybe sweet talk)
benefit: family medical coverage, phone allowance, parking allowance
bonus: not sure
workload: probably hectic
career growth: not sure

Contract jobs don't come in favor for you anymore it seems. It's really quite risky for your age and like what you have mentioned, what if they don't renew your contract and you have to go through the hassle and agony of not having a job when you have bills to pay.

I think you can leave behind the option of going contract but instead open yourself up for permanent job opportunities. As age & commitments climb, job security should come above all else.

I hope you can say that again when you're closing to your 40s, with kids, their education, mortgage & car loan to pay

Oops, I forgot to mention i haven't reach 30s, yeah, i agreed with you when you have high commitment, you need high stability job.
As of now, i just need to learn as much as possible no matter contract job and permanent job. 

Also, some of the C-Suite positions are in contract basis, so you will let go the offer when you are 40s yo with family commitments? Correct me if i am wrong.

The contract-permanent debate can go on, but as a married person I can understand the uncertainty in my wife whenever I consider taking up a contract job.

When you have family and commitment, you can't be as self righteous as you were before. Taking into account your family's feeling is more important than down-right career development.

Of course everyone's situation is different, if your situation allows you taking up contract and if that's what you really wanted, then great for you. For mine at least I'm in a company with stable growth for the past decades, permanent role with a salary I'm satisfied with, challenging enough job to take me out of my comfort zone but at the same time I could plan for my next step in life like buying my next house and my next family vacation.

August 2017 - June 2019
Just accepted a new offer...

Job Title : Account Manager
Age : 27
Years spent in company : Just joined
Company : Global tech start-up
Industry : Data & tech
Tenure : Permanent hire
Employment Level : Manager
Experience before joining (years) : 3 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Master's degree
Location : Kuala Lumpur
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 35 hours
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM11,000 / month

Age: 32
Job Description : Work on Finance Systems
Salary : about 16k
Years spent in company : 1+
Company : MNC
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Manager
Experience before joining (years) : 8 years
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : Malaysia

Not sure where to progress from here though...

Job Title : Assistant Manager (Sit in Manager box but promotion is freeze)
Job Description : Reporting
Age : 26
Years spent in company : 3 years plus
Industry : Telco (GLC)
Tenure : Permanent
Experience before joining (years) : Join once graduated (bonded 8 years)
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in Finance
Location : KL
Basic Salary : RM 4,000 ++
Still bonded 4 years (already served half) if want to pay around 50k, should i jump ? Started fresh 3500, growth not so much. Unfortunately, sit in Manager box but promotion freeze till who knows when.

Job Title : Goverment Doctor
Job Desciption : -
Age : 31
Years spent in company : 7 years
Company : KKM
Industry : Healthcare
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior
Experience before joining (years) : -
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree
Location : -
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 8-5pm. If oncall 8am-12pm next day.

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM 5751 + 2862 +(oncall depends on days of oncall, usually 1000/m)
Contractual Bonus (months): mths nil
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : mths nil

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Free at gov
Transport Benefits : nil
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : nil
Flexi Working Hours : nil
Other Benefits : nil

People says doctor earn alot, in private yes, in goverment NOPE.....

Job Title : Systems Architect.
Job Desciption : Solutions selling.
Age : 35+
Years spent in company :6 years.
Company : MNC
Industry : Hardware/Software Vendor
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Senior Level (i think so)
Experience before joining (years) : 8 years.
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Degree in IT .
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40-45

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Commission : RM 16300 + commission= RM22K+
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : company stock 9k to 10K USD if got.

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Panel clinic
Transport Benefits : RM1200 fixed per month.
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : mobile
Flexi Working Hours : Depends

recently got a very good salary increment >10%+ during this Covid-19 pandemic,make me even more grateful.
When I started off with just RM1500 salary as graduate trainee and , i have never dreamt of earning >20K a month.
I hope this can give some inspiration to the fresh graduates out there.!:)) Work hard, and be bold!