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Days/ Week Lab Assistant Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Junior level · how we calculate this
The median Days/ Week Lab Assistant salary in Malaysia is RM 2,400 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,080 at the 10th percentile to RM 2,720 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Days/ Week Lab Assistant salaries fall between RM 2,200 and RM 2,600 per month.
P10
RM 2,080
P25
RM 2,200
Median
RM 2,400
P75
RM 2,600
P90
RM 2,720
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 1,213 – RM 1,213median RM 1,213
Junior
RM 2,310 – RM 2,680median RM 2,469
Mid
RM 2,380 – RM 2,883median RM 2,592
Lead / Specialist
RM 4,763 – RM 5,588median RM 5,175
Manager
RM 3,209 – RM 3,723median RM 3,427
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.