Engineering
Junior Project Engineer Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 8 Malaysian market observations · Junior level · how we calculate this
The median Junior Project Engineer salary in Malaysia is RM 2,834 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,440 at the 10th percentile to RM 4,150 at the 90th percentile, based on 8 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Junior Project Engineer salaries fall between RM 2,575 and RM 3,250 per month.
P10
RM 2,440
P25
RM 2,575
Median
RM 2,834
P75
RM 3,250
P90
RM 4,150
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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.
Mid
RM 3,887 – RM 6,200median RM 4,907
Senior
RM 6,123 – RM 9,030median RM 7,313
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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