Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics
Executive Research & Development Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Executive Research & Development salary in Malaysia is RM 3,200 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,880 at the 10th percentile to RM 3,520 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Executive Research & Development salaries fall between RM 3,000 and RM 3,400 per month.
P10
RM 2,880
P25
RM 3,000
Median
RM 3,200
P75
RM 3,400
P90
RM 3,520
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 3,284 – RM 4,270median RM 3,968
Mid
RM 3,563 – RM 5,461median RM 4,455
Senior
RM 4,173 – RM 5,569median RM 4,654
Lead / Specialist
RM 4,732 – RM 6,865median RM 5,626
Manager
RM 9,278 – RM 14,897median RM 12,022
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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