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Assistant Research & Dvelopment Engineer Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Assistant Research & Dvelopment Engineer salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay
Published: 2026-08-23

2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Junior level · how we calculate this

P10

RM 1,730

P25

RM 1,775

Median

RM 1,850

P75

RM 1,925

P90

RM 1,970

RM 1,730RM 1,970

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Career ladder — entry to director

Typical monthly pay at each seniority step for this role family.

Junior

RM 2,350 – RM 3,625median RM 3,000

Assistant Engineer24

Mid

RM 3,887 – RM 6,200median RM 4,907

Project Engineer Sales Engineer Site Engineer Electrical Engineer2165

Senior

RM 6,123 – RM 9,030median RM 7,313

Senior Sales Engineer Senior Software Engineer Senior Engineer Senior Project Engineer144

Director+

RM 20,000 – RM 35,000median RM 27,500

Engineering Director14

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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