only 1 yr exp and not even degree holder can get RM7500???

Stumbled upon this thread and since I got asked this a lot so might as well do this anonymously.

Job Title : Chief Actuary
Job Desciption : Whatever deemed actuarial
Age : 38
Years spent in company : 10
Company : -
Industry : Insurance
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Management
Experience before joining (years) : 4
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Actuarial fellowship
Location : KL
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 40+

Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM48k
Performance: 3-5 mths
Flexi Working Hours: Partial

Now let’s be clear, to succeed in this field you will need a lot of hard work and perseverance (9-12 professional exams, average pass rate of 30-40%, recommended 150-200 study hours per exam), technical and soft skills that set you apart from your peers at each level unless you have connections (at entry level every year hundreds if not thousands of graduates fighting for just a few openings), and a LOT of lucks which means your hard work may not always pay off. I consider myself one of the lucky ones. But then if you don’t confine yourself to Malaysia, there are a lot of international opportunities especially if you are qualified.

So consider yourself warned.

Get out of here with that logic dude. Do not diminish the difficulty of passing actuarial papers.

Though I agree with the rest.

Job Title : Chemist
Job Desciption : Working in lab doing research & development
Age : 33
Years spent in company : 5
Company : -
Industry : Paints & Coatings Industry
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Executive
Experience before joining (years) : 3
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Bachelor's Degree
Location : Selangor
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): 50

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : RM3650
Contractual Bonus (months): -
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : 1.5 mths

Work Flexibility (where relevant) :
Work From Home Availability: No
Annual Leaves: 18 days
Flexi Working Hours : No

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : Medical Card
Transport Benefits : None
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : None
Other Benefits : None

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Underpaid
Growth prospects : Not much room to grow if staying, current head of department spent 15 years in the company before getting promoted
Where I will go from here : Looking for managerial position, got offered once but they only pay rm6000 all in, what do you guys think?

Job Title : Digital Design Verification Engineer (DV)
Job Desciption : R&D; Networking IC; RTL/Formal Verification.
Age : 27
Years spent in company : 1
Company : Taiwanese MNC
Industry : IC design / semicon front-end
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Junior Engineer
Experience before joining (years) : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Master
Location : Taiwan
Average Working Hours Per Week (incl lunch hours): around 50 hours

Monetary Payout
Basic Salary + Fixed Allowance : around RM12k (depends on exchange rate)
Contractual Bonus (months): 1 mths
Performance, Variable Bonus & Commissions (months) : ranging from 4-12 mths or more

Work Flexibility (where relevant) : flexi hours, occasional OT depends on project phase
Work From Home Availability: No
Annual Leaves: 10 days
Flexi Working Hours : Partial. Fixed working day with flexi starting time.

Benefits (where relevant) :
Health Benefits : medical insurance, annual health checkup, mental counseling
Transport Benefits : -
Mobile / Internet / Gadget Benefits : -
Other Benefits : around RM1.5k welfare fund per annum (for education/sports/insurance), legal consultation

Others:
- no epf since working overseas
- pay less tax compared to Malaysia for this salary range (but may pay more when salary grows)

Future Prospects (personal outlook) :
Current salary against peers in industry : Above Average
Growth prospects : From what I heard, pay raise above average but promotion is pretty difficult.
Where I will go from here : Either continue working overseas in Taiwan/other countries and jump to other MNC or relocate back to MY/SG.
How's the pay/benefits of similar role in Malaysia (Intel/Oppstar/Infinecs?) ? What about similar opportunity in Singapore?
My parents would prefer me to work closer to home but at this career stage, I would priorities career building. What's your thoughts?

Paid in Taiwan dollar.

Retirement Fund only available for permanent residents.
Employer contribute 6% and employee can choose to contribute another 6% max.
I'm still 3.5 years away from qualifying for PR application.

Cost of living overall maybe like > 10-15% EXCEPT housing prices 
Rental is okayish about 2k for studio.
But a studio unit can cost > million ringgit in certain locations.