Design & Architecture
Interior Designer Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 113 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Interior Designer salary in Malaysia is RM 4,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,620 at the 10th percentile to RM 5,500 at the 90th percentile, based on 113 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Interior Designer salaries fall between RM 3,100 and RM 4,500 per month.
P10
RM 2,620
P25
RM 3,100
Median
RM 4,000
P75
RM 4,500
P90
RM 5,500
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 991 – RM 1,364median RM 1,123
Junior
RM 2,489 – RM 3,445median RM 2,887
Mid
RM 3,032 – RM 4,608median RM 3,861
Senior
RM 4,618 – RM 6,504median RM 5,791
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.
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