CEO & General Management
General Manager Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 48 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this
The median General Manager salary in Malaysia is RM 15,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 9,400 at the 10th percentile to RM 20,000 at the 90th percentile, based on 48 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of General Manager salaries fall between RM 12,000 and RM 17,250 per month.
P10
RM 9,400
P25
RM 12,000
Median
RM 15,000
P75
RM 17,250
P90
RM 20,000
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.
Entry
RM 1,843 – RM 2,380median RM 2,027
Junior
RM 2,005 – RM 2,576median RM 2,250
Mid
RM 5,943 – RM 7,714median RM 7,089
Lead / Specialist
RM 6,175 – RM 6,725median RM 6,450
Manager
RM 9,167 – RM 12,833median RM 11,000
Director+
RM 16,447 – RM 25,973median RM 21,005
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.