Advertising, Arts & Media
Creative Director Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 4 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this
The median Creative Director salary in Malaysia is RM 10,500 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 6,250 at the 10th percentile to RM 14,400 at the 90th percentile, based on 4 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Creative Director salaries fall between RM 7,375 and RM 13,500 per month.
P10
RM 6,250
P25
RM 7,375
Median
RM 10,500
P75
RM 13,500
P90
RM 14,400
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 2,632 – RM 2,994median RM 2,813
Mid
RM 3,434 – RM 4,079median RM 3,754
Senior
RM 5,563 – RM 7,438median RM 6,500
Lead / Specialist
RM 5,913 – RM 6,738median RM 6,325
Manager
RM 5,080 – RM 5,640median RM 5,360
Director+
RM 7,763 – RM 12,171median RM 10,008
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.