Accounting

Payroll Specialist Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Payroll Specialist salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 6 Malaysian market observations · Lead / Specialist level · how we calculate this

The median Payroll Specialist salary in Malaysia is RM 5,500 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 4,750 at the 10th percentile to RM 7,904 at the 90th percentile, based on 6 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Payroll Specialist salaries fall between RM 5,000 and RM 6,448 per month.

P10

RM 4,750

P25

RM 5,000

Median

RM 5,500

P75

RM 6,448

P90

RM 7,904

RM 4,750RM 7,904

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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 1,567 – RM 1,567median RM 1,567

Business Services-Payroll Intern Payroll Intern Intern Payroll3

Entry

RM 1,950 – RM 2,914median RM 2,350

Payroll Clerk10

Junior

RM 2,455 – RM 2,995median RM 2,590

Payroll Assistant Payroll & Admin Assistant Business Services Payroll Associate10

Mid

RM 3,757 – RM 5,313median RM 4,559

Payroll Executive Payroll Analyst Payroll Executive HR Payroll Executive51

Senior

RM 4,725 – RM 5,275median RM 5,000

Payroll Executive/senior Executive Senior Executive Payroll & HR Operations4

Lead / Specialist

RM 6,150 – RM 7,762median RM 6,900

Senior Payroll Executive / Payroll Specialist Payroll Specialist Business Services Payroll Consultant Payroll Shared Services Specialist24

Manager

RM 10,817 – RM 14,867median RM 12,824

Senior Payroll Manager Payroll Manager Payroll Manager Payroll And Administrative Assistant Manager38

Director+

RM 20,000 – RM 30,000median RM 25,000

Payroll Director14

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 4,479

2022est.

RM 4,678

2023est.

RM 4,882

2024est.

RM 5,060

2025est.

RM 5,500

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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