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Safety Officer Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 20 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Safety Officer salary in Malaysia is RM 6,950 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 3,920 at the 10th percentile to RM 9,550 at the 90th percentile, based on 20 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Safety Officer salaries fall between RM 5,500 and RM 8,250 per month.
P10
RM 3,920
P25
RM 5,500
Median
RM 6,950
P75
RM 8,250
P90
RM 9,550
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.
Mid
RM 5,314 – RM 7,184median RM 6,163
Senior
RM 23,000 – RM 25,000median RM 24,000
Lead / Specialist
RM 7,125 – RM 8,125median RM 7,650
Manager
RM 4,228 – RM 5,686median RM 4,788
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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- Site SupervisorRM 3,400
- Quantity SurveyorRM 4,000
- Project ManagerRM 12,000
- Site Safety SupervisorRM 4,500
- Safety & Health OfficerRM 7,000
- Senior Quantity SurveyorRM 6,000
- Project ExecutiveRM 3,550
- Safety And Health OfficerRM 7,500
- Junior Quantity SurveyorRM 3,000
- QAQC EngineerRM 4,000
- Construction ManagerRM 10,000
- Senior Project ManagerRM 23,000