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Accounting Assistant Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Accounting Assistant salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 8 Malaysian market observations · Junior level · how we calculate this

The median Accounting Assistant salary in Malaysia is RM 3,100 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,590 at the 10th percentile to RM 4,712 at the 90th percentile, based on 8 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Accounting Assistant salaries fall between RM 2,775 and RM 3,844 per month.

P10

RM 2,590

P25

RM 2,775

Median

RM 3,100

P75

RM 3,844

P90

RM 4,712

RM 2,590RM 4,712

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A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.

Intern

RM 1,156 – RM 1,532median RM 1,241

Accounting Intern Internship For Accounting Students Accounting Internship Trainee For Accounting Audit & Tax17

Entry

RM 2,725 – RM 3,250median RM 2,900

Accounting Clerk4

Junior

RM 2,621 – RM 3,606median RM 3,019

Accounting Administrative Assistant Accounting Associate Accounting Administrative Assistant Accounting Assistant54

Mid

RM 2,443 – RM 4,349median RM 2,824

Accounting Accounting Executive Finance & Accounting Accounting System Trainer & Support Executive111

Senior

RM 4,462 – RM 5,869median RM 5,116

Senior Accounting Executive Financial Accounting & Reporting Senior Executive Senior Accounting Associate Senior Executive Accounting & Finance18

Lead / Specialist

RM 7,625 – RM 8,875median RM 8,250

Accounting Specialist Cost Accounting Specialist4

Manager

RM 8,013 – RM 11,085median RM 9,431

Accounting Manager Accounting and Financial Manager Assistant Accounting Manager Accounting Supervisor62

Median by year

The current year is measured from live Malaysian listings. Earlier years are estimated — back-cast from the current median using national wage growth in the DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey, not separately collected listings.

RM 2,589

2022est.

RM 2,703

2023est.

RM 2,821

2024est.

RM 2,924

2025est.

RM 3,100

2026measured

Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.

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