Education & Training
Assistant Principal & Head Of Department Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this
The median Assistant Principal & Head Of Department salary in Malaysia is RM 5,850 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 4,930 at the 10th percentile to RM 6,770 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Assistant Principal & Head Of Department salaries fall between RM 5,275 and RM 6,425 per month.
P10
RM 4,930
P25
RM 5,275
Median
RM 5,850
P75
RM 6,425
P90
RM 6,770
Career ladder — entry to director
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 1,664 – RM 1,664median RM 1,664
Manager
RM 10,866 – RM 12,877median RM 11,874
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.