Engineering
Engineering Cum Design Lead Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Lead / Specialist level · how we calculate this
The median Engineering Cum Design Lead salary in Malaysia is RM 8,334 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 7,000 at the 10th percentile to RM 9,667 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Engineering Cum Design Lead salaries fall between RM 7,500 and RM 9,167 per month.
P10
RM 7,000
P25
RM 7,500
Median
RM 8,334
P75
RM 9,167
P90
RM 9,667
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 957 – RM 1,164median RM 993
Junior
RM 2,470 – RM 3,533median RM 2,906
Mid
RM 2,990 – RM 4,674median RM 3,852
Senior
RM 5,276 – RM 7,519median RM 6,422
Manager
RM 11,304 – RM 16,283median RM 13,652
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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