Which part of engineering within semicon?

If you jadi mat kilang work in manufacturing (assembly / test) fresh grad salary around 3-4k for big mnc like AMD/Intel. 2-3k for smaller local SMEs. Increments for MNCs are pretty standard around 3-5% per year and around 15-20% if got promotion.

If you work in semicon IC design (Front-end RTL / Back-end physical etc) Intel give 4k for fresh grad. Other companies like Efinix / Lattice / Starfive / AMD / Skyechip etc can give upwards of 5k even for fresh grad. Increment is the same around 3-5% per year is the standard (pending performance review) and around 15-20% (promotion) and some even 30% (jumping ship).