{
  "id": 8853081,
  "title": "Average monthly salary, wage of Malaysians, up 4.1pct to RM3,803 in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/average-monthly-salary-wage-of-malaysians-up-4-1pct-to-rm3-803-in-2025",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T05:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1537508/average-monthly-salary-wage-malaysians-41pct-rm3803-2025"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The average monthly salary and wage of Malaysians increased by 4.1 per cent to RM3,803 in 2025, according to the Salaries and Wages Survey Report 2025 published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The median monthly salary and wage also rose by 5.3 per cent to RM2,940 from RM2,793 in 2024. The services sector contributed the most to this increase, with the mining and quarrying sector having the highest average monthly salary at RM6,175.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}