Community Services & Development
Social Worker Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Social Worker salary in Malaysia is RM 3,400 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 3,080 at the 10th percentile to RM 3,720 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Social Worker salaries fall between RM 3,200 and RM 3,600 per month.
P10
RM 3,080
P25
RM 3,200
Median
RM 3,400
P75
RM 3,600
P90
RM 3,720
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.
Entry
RM 1,854 – RM 2,311median RM 2,018
Mid
RM 2,060 – RM 2,318median RM 2,156
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.