Accounting
Cost Accountant Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 4 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Cost Accountant salary in Malaysia is RM 7,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 6,000 at the 10th percentile to RM 9,196 at the 90th percentile, based on 4 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Cost Accountant salaries fall between RM 6,000 and RM 8,000 per month.
P10
RM 6,000
P25
RM 6,000
Median
RM 7,000
P75
RM 8,000
P90
RM 9,196
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.
Junior
RM 4,071 – RM 5,376median RM 4,642
Mid
RM 4,437 – RM 6,845median RM 5,331
Senior
RM 8,925 – RM 10,987median RM 9,877
Manager
RM 6,723 – RM 8,539median RM 7,649
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.
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.
Related Accounting roles
- Account ExecutiveRM 4,000
- Accounts ExecutiveRM 4,000
- Account AssistantRM 2,650
- Finance ExecutiveRM 4,000
- Finance ManagerRM 12,000
- Senior Account ExecutiveRM 5,500
- AccountantRM 5,000
- ExecutiveRM 3,600
- Accounts AssistantRM 2,800
- Assistant ManagerRM 6,500
- Senior Accounts ExecutiveRM 5,000
- InternRM 1,000