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Project Director Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 14 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this
The median Project Director salary in Malaysia is RM 30,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 21,500 at the 10th percentile to RM 40,600 at the 90th percentile, based on 14 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Project Director salaries fall between RM 25,000 and RM 35,000 per month.
P10
RM 21,500
P25
RM 25,000
Median
RM 30,000
P75
RM 35,000
P90
RM 40,600
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 2,654 – RM 3,564median RM 3,060
Mid
RM 3,734 – RM 5,517median RM 4,569
Senior
RM 5,647 – RM 8,647median RM 6,885
Manager
RM 9,843 – RM 16,794median RM 12,161
Director+
RM 17,282 – RM 27,417median RM 21,583
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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