Healthcare & Medical
Research Assistant Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 0 Malaysian market observations · Junior level · how we calculate this
The median Research Assistant salary in Malaysia is RM 3,580 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,920 at the 10th percentile to RM 4,314 at the 90th percentile, based on 0 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Research Assistant salaries fall between RM 3,385 and RM 3,849 per month.
P10
RM 2,920
P25
RM 3,385
Median
RM 3,580
P75
RM 3,849
P90
RM 4,314
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 950 – RM 950median RM 950
Junior
RM 2,836 – RM 5,124median RM 3,609
Mid
RM 3,524 – RM 4,909median RM 4,065
Senior
RM 4,694 – RM 6,739median RM 5,522
Manager
RM 7,155 – RM 7,964median RM 7,643
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.
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