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Research And Development Manager Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Manager level · how we calculate this
The median Research And Development Manager salary in Malaysia is RM 8,250 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 7,650 at the 10th percentile to RM 8,850 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Research And Development Manager salaries fall between RM 7,875 and RM 8,625 per month.
P10
RM 7,650
P25
RM 7,875
Median
RM 8,250
P75
RM 8,625
P90
RM 8,850
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 3,116 – RM 4,070median RM 3,784
Mid
RM 3,552 – RM 5,438median RM 4,439
Senior
RM 4,083 – RM 5,554median RM 4,583
Lead / Specialist
RM 4,706 – RM 6,685median RM 5,542
Manager
RM 9,361 – RM 15,074median RM 12,150
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.
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.