whats the starting salary range for pharmacists in malaysia? and how bout after working for a few years? Just interested to know the salary range in malaysia. Thanks guys =)

starting range??all pharmacist have to work for govt for 1st 3/4 yrs...is a must, for them to get licenese fr govt malaysia...so de salary is fix...is around 3400 (basic + allowance)

not so sure haha...
my cousin now just finish the 3 year for government.
1st year he get 2.5k... not bad lol
2nd year about 3.3k .... waaa
3nd year now 4k .... -- "
now he going to work for private hospital, just listen from him they offer him for a 4.8k salary there as the starter.

is it competitive to secure a job as a pharmacist? does a hospital need many pharmacists?

oh thanks, hmm... so its around 3k average to work in gov sector for the 1st 3-4 years. How bout after that? Do you earn more if you open your own shop or by working with hospitals or government?

after that i think u will be a register pharmist then that time not so sure. but the paid should be ok.
if open a own shop sure a risky but can earn more.

as long as you have the qualification and competent enough as a pharmacist, it is easy to get a job due to the shortage, not only in malaysia.


you can earn quite a lot if you venture into pharmacy business. you can get a lot by supplying medicine and medical appliances to doctors' clinics etc.

if you are to work in hospital, you can get better pay by being advance pharmacist e.g. specialist pharmacist, consultant pharmacist, or highly involved in management of the pharmacist/part of the hospital.

My friend in the second year already 4k+ lol no bad eh

For sure a hospital needs a big number of pharmacists...When the technician dispense the medicine to a patient if the patient have any doubt about the medication the pharmacist need to attend to this....if there is 20 dispensing counters don't expect 1 to cover for all 20 counters right?

For sure a shop of your own would be better

do i need to do an extra course for specialist? hmm, i heard msia is not giving doctors the authority to dispense medicine now, has it imply?

mr youngkies
How to become an advance pharmacist?
As stated above specialist and consultant pharmacist.
Did it just based on working perfomance and experience?
Or should we get the master degree to fit the position?

This post has been edited by Dangaioh: Jul 8 2008, 11:14 PM

3 years doing the housemanship eh?
not 1 year?
just now i read it in jpa portal saying that it is only a year doing the housemanship..then pass the forensic exam..register to pharmacy board..
n starting salary is aroung 2k somethng..
not sure la..
the only thing that i know..if ure working with industrial sector..esp with big pharmaceutical company..the salary will b higher compared to working in hosp or retail pharmacy
i hv a ques..
nowadays msia lack of pharmacist..
so..
does cgpa important for fresh grad?
or all of them will easily get the job?

doesnt matter if you are a First class honours student, 2nd upper, 2nd lower.. ur pay wont make a difference.. probably if 2 ppl are applying for a job and the interview for both the candidates are about the same.. an employer would choose 1 with a higher class.. i think thats all.
and since pharmacist are in shortage.. u dont have to worry about a job coz even if private hosp/industrial companies are already filled with pharmacist (basically impossible) you can just work with the goverment and earn a small but sufficient pay..

yes...pharmacist is very high demand in malaysia...especially if you get ur license...

i come across one pharmacist when i went to audit and his pay is 4.5k and he is sitting there doing nothing. doing some marketing and research thing. the company employ him just to use his license. good huh??

i think it is a bit low

heard now govn can earn like 7-8K as pharmacist

private can earn 10-15K

not sure but my cousin bro is a pharm, 3 yrs only but getting more than 10K working in shah alam

Are u sure with that ? My bro serve for gov for 2nd year now with basic 4k + allowance.

hey dont be crazy la..where got such a high salary one..pharmacist that serve gov in the three years times is RM3,300 (inclusive of all the allowance already)..if you think it is low then you can work in sabah or sarawak..then your salary will get RM800 for extra..become RM4,100 (inclusive allowance already)..after 3 years of services you will become a licensed pharmacist..basic salary will be RM4,500...salary will reached limit very fast..that means there would be a ceilling to it la..and the limit dont have RM10,000 that high okey..no one would pay that much for just a pharmacist..unless the company really earn alot..the highest pay from the survey is just RM7,800..[year 2010]

This post has been edited by Dangaioh: Aug 18 2010, 09:11 PM

not 'threshold' la, u mean 'limit'

Have to correct you there. Threshold is for 'minimum'

For your information, the latest salary for a fresh graduate is about RM3400-RM3600 after deduct tax (PCB), EPF and SOCSO. RM3400-RM3600 depends on the area u posted to (COLA).

For those who posted to Sabah and Sarawak, they will receive allowance of RM400-RM800..

I am truly not aware of the prospect of pharmacy. Previously, I have no intention to choose pharmacy because of my mindset that it is mostly administrative work and it's not as challenging as engineer.

The salary for pharmacy really dumbfound me. Are you guys really sure that pharmacy pay is this attractive? I am engineer but work in oil and gas setor to earn the equivalent. If this is true, I think I'm working twice the risk to get the same salary..

The salary is for fresh grad from gov college?