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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)monthly wage · RMIN BRIEF
SALARY · MALAYSIA · FORMAL SECTOR
What salary puts you near Malaysia's top 10%?
Compare the 90th-percentile wage threshold, national median and bottom-decile ceiling for Malaysian formal employees.
SHOW ME THE DATADec 2025 → Mar 2026 · monthly wage · RM
ENTITYDec 2025Mar 2026CHANGE
90th percentile threshold11.1K→11.5K+378
Median employee3.2K→3.0K-140
10th percentile ceiling1.7K→1.7K0
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)monthly wage · RMSourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗29 Jul 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
In March 2026, the 90th-percentile threshold was almost four times the national median monthly wage.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita reproduces DOSM's formal-sector wage distribution thresholds. The 90th percentile means 90% of covered formal employees earned below that threshold and the upper 10% earned at least that amount. The 10th-percentile figure is the corresponding lower-end threshold.
- In March 2026, the national median monthly wage was RM3,027.
- The 90th-percentile threshold was RM11,500 per month.
- The bottom 10% received RM1,700 or less per month.
- These statistics cover Malaysian citizens in the formal sector represented by DOSM's administrative-data methodology; they do not describe all workers or household income.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceEmployee Wages Statistics (Formal Sector)
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces DOSM's formal-sector wage distribution thresholds. The 90th percentile means 90% of covered formal employees earned below that threshold and the upper 10% earned at least that amount. The 10th-percentile figure is the corresponding lower-end threshold.
- 3Published visualBefore / after
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGEDec 2025 → Mar 2026
UNITmonthly wage · RM
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED29 Jul 2026