Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics

Purchasing Executive Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Purchasing Executive salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 175 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this

The median Purchasing Executive salary in Malaysia is RM 3,650 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 3,000 at the 10th percentile to RM 5,120 at the 90th percentile, based on 175 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Purchasing Executive salaries fall between RM 3,200 and RM 4,500 per month.

P10

RM 3,000

P25

RM 3,200

Median

RM 3,650

P75

RM 4,500

P90

RM 5,120

RM 3,000RM 5,120

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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 3,500 – RM 4,200median RM 3,850

Purchasing Executive/management Trainee4

Entry

RM 1,934 – RM 2,611median RM 2,240

Purchasing Clerk Purchasing Clerk25

Junior

RM 2,372 – RM 3,332median RM 2,672

Purchasing Assistant Purchasing Assistant Purchasing Cum Admin Assistant Purchasing Assistant Mandarin Speaking74

Mid

RM 2,996 – RM 4,207median RM 3,485

Purchasing Executive Purchasing Officer Purchasing Purchasing Admin297

Senior

RM 3,633 – RM 5,121median RM 4,283

Senior Purchasing Executive Senior Purchasing & Procurement Executive Purchasing Senior Executive Senior Purchasing Executive & Administrator24

Lead / Specialist

RM 4,854 – RM 6,463median RM 5,975

Purchasing Specialist Purchasing Senior Executive/ Lead Senior Purchasing Specialist12

Manager

RM 4,486 – RM 6,165median RM 5,337

Assistant Manager Purchasing Purchasing Manager Manager Purchasing Assistant Purchasing Manager95

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 3,078

2022est.

RM 3,215

2023est.

RM 3,355

2024est.

RM 3,477

2025est.

RM 3,650

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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