Marketing & Communications

Social Media Executive Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Social Media Executive salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 30 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this

The median Social Media Executive salary in Malaysia is RM 3,450 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,500 at the 10th percentile to RM 4,500 at the 90th percentile, based on 30 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Social Media Executive salaries fall between RM 3,000 and RM 4,000 per month.

P10

RM 2,500

P25

RM 3,000

Median

RM 3,450

P75

RM 4,000

P90

RM 4,500

RM 2,500RM 4,500

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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 1,413 – RM 1,655median RM 1,523

Social Media Intern Internship Social Media Executive Internship For Multimedia Social Media Marketing Internship14

Junior

RM 2,664 – RM 3,364median RM 3,014

Social Media Assistant Social Media Marketing Assistant Social Media Cum Retail Assistant Media Assistant14

Mid

RM 2,570 – RM 3,718median RM 3,107

Multimedia Designer Social Media Executive Social Media Content Creator Social Media & Content Executive227

Senior

RM 4,500 – RM 5,000median RM 4,750

Senior Multimedia Content Creator Senior Social Media Content Creator4

Lead / Specialist

RM 3,451 – RM 4,206median RM 3,778

Social Media Specialist Social Media & Marketing Specialist Influencer & Social Media Marketing Specialist Social Media & Influencer Specialist18

Manager

RM 4,879 – RM 5,871median RM 5,375

Social Media Manager Content Creator/social Media Manager Integrated Media Manager12

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 2,928

2022est.

RM 3,057

2023est.

RM 3,191

2024est.

RM 3,307

2025est.

RM 3,450

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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