Hospitality & Tourism
Kitchen Hand Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Kitchen Hand salary in Malaysia is RM 2,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 1,840 at the 10th percentile to RM 2,160 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Kitchen Hand salaries fall between RM 1,900 and RM 2,100 per month.
P10
RM 1,840
P25
RM 1,900
Median
RM 2,000
P75
RM 2,100
P90
RM 2,160
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.
Junior
RM 2,541 – RM 2,972median RM 2,756
Mid
RM 2,855 – RM 3,602median RM 3,172
Senior
RM 4,429 – RM 5,121median RM 4,775
Manager
RM 8,060 – RM 15,986median RM 11,417
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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