Accounting

Head Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Head salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 4 Malaysian market observations · Head level · how we calculate this

The median Head salary in Malaysia is RM 7,750 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 5,750 at the 10th percentile to RM 10,800 at the 90th percentile, based on 4 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Head salaries fall between RM 6,875 and RM 9,000 per month.

P10

RM 5,750

P25

RM 6,875

Median

RM 7,750

P75

RM 9,000

P90

RM 10,800

RM 5,750RM 10,800

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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 3,125 – RM 3,125median RM 3,125

Internship P.A. To Head Of Department2

Mid

RM 2,400 – RM 2,800median RM 2,600

Headspa Therapist2

Head

RM 19,559 – RM 29,583median RM 24,516

Head of Internal Audit Compliance Head Head of Corporate Finance Head of Investor Relations553

Director+

RM 18,600 – RM 29,200median RM 24,600

Head of Sales / Sales Director Head of Operations / Operations Director Sales Director / Head of Sales Marketing Director / Head of Marketing70

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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