Engineering
Technical Director Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this
The median Technical Director salary in Malaysia is RM 42,500 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 36,500 at the 10th percentile to RM 48,500 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Technical Director salaries fall between RM 38,750 and RM 46,250 per month.
P10
RM 36,500
P25
RM 38,750
Median
RM 42,500
P75
RM 46,250
P90
RM 48,500
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 2,513 – RM 2,838median RM 2,675
Junior
RM 2,413 – RM 2,902median RM 2,504
Mid
RM 3,527 – RM 4,919median RM 4,101
Lead / Specialist
RM 3,930 – RM 4,914median RM 4,361
Manager
RM 10,387 – RM 15,198median RM 12,698
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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