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Head Of Legal Counsel APAC Salary in Malaysia (2026)

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

The median Head Of Legal Counsel APAC salary in Malaysia is RM 30,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 26,000 at the 10th percentile to RM 34,000 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Head Of Legal Counsel APAC salaries fall between RM 27,500 and RM 32,500 per month.

P10

RM 26,000

P25

RM 27,500

Median

RM 30,000

P75

RM 32,500

P90

RM 34,000

RM 26,000RM 34,000
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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.

Senior

RM 6,500 – RM 7,500median RM 7,000

Manager

RM 10,000 – RM 10,000median RM 10,000

Head

RM 27,500 – RM 32,500median RM 30,000

Director+

RM 19,250 – RM 21,750median RM 20,500

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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