Human Resources & Recruitment
Talent Acquisition Specialist Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 20 Malaysian market observations · Lead / Specialist level · how we calculate this
The median Talent Acquisition Specialist salary in Malaysia is RM 5,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 3,500 at the 10th percentile to RM 6,600 at the 90th percentile, based on 20 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Talent Acquisition Specialist salaries fall between RM 4,000 and RM 6,000 per month.
P10
RM 3,500
P25
RM 4,000
Median
RM 5,000
P75
RM 6,000
P90
RM 6,600
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 3,653 – RM 4,743median RM 4,151
Senior
RM 5,016 – RM 7,356median RM 6,219
Lead / Specialist
RM 4,375 – RM 6,002median RM 5,188
Manager
RM 9,269 – RM 10,654median RM 10,000
Director+
RM 18,699 – RM 27,945median RM 22,766
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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