Education & Training

Head Of Department Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Head Of Department salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Head level · how we calculate this

The median Head Of Department salary in Malaysia is RM 12,500 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 10,500 at the 10th percentile to RM 14,500 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Head Of Department salaries fall between RM 11,250 and RM 13,750 per month.

P10

RM 10,500

P25

RM 11,250

Median

RM 12,500

P75

RM 13,750

P90

RM 14,500

RM 10,500RM 14,500

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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 1,664 – RM 1,664median RM 1,664

Internship P.A. To Head Of Department Qc Intern At Food Technology Department Internship For Various Departments Internship For Account & Sustainability Department7

Junior

RM 2,250 – RM 2,750median RM 2,500

Office Department Assistant2

Mid

RM 5,350 – RM 6,450median RM 5,900

Account & Finance Department2

Manager

RM 10,866 – RM 12,877median RM 11,874

Department Sales Manager Quality Department Manager QA Department Manager&supervisor Department Manager6

Head

RM 5,417 – RM 7,083median RM 6,250

P A To Head Of Department Head Of Department6

Director+

RM 5,275 – RM 6,425median RM 5,850

Assistant Principal & Head Of Department2

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.

RM 6,081

2022est.

RM 6,351

2023est.

RM 6,628

2024est.

RM 6,870

2025est.

RM 12,500

2026measured

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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