Minimum Wage Malaysia 2026.

Malaysia's minimum wage in 2026 is RM1,700 a month, or RM8.72 an hour. It is a minimum basic salary set by the Minimum Wages Order 2024 (P.U.(A) 376), in force for every employer since 1 August 2025. One national rate applies in all states, with no regional UMR, and it covers all private-sector employees, including foreign workers, except domestic servants.

Minimum wages 2026, Malaysia: RM1,700 a month (RM8.72 an hour), payable by every employer since 1 August 2025, and since 1 February 2025 by employers with five or more workers or in professional activities.

• The rate is set by the Minimum Wages Order 2024 (Perintah Gaji Minimum 2024), P.U. (A) 376, gazetted on 4 December 2024 — read the gazetted Order↗ (opens in a new tab) on the MOHR minimum wage portal.
• Last checked: 19 October 2026, against the P.U. (A) 376 gazette text and the MOHR minimum wage portal, which still lists RM1,700 monthly and RM8.72 hourly.
• The Minimum Wages Order 2024 sets the national minimum wage in Malaysia at RM1,700 per month, with a daily equivalent of RM65.38 on a six-day working week and an hourly equivalent of RM8.72.
• All three figures are published on the Ministry of Human Resources' dedicated minimum wage portal (gajiminimum.mohr.gov.my↗ (opens in a new tab)), which cites the gazette number P.U.(A) 376/2024 for the underlying Warta.
• The Order raised the floor from RM1,500 under the previous Minimum Wages Order 2022 — and MWO 2024 expressly revoked MWO 2022, so the 2022 Order is no longer in force at all.

No separate 2026 Order

There is no separate 2026 Order. The rate has been RM1,700 nationwide since 1 August 2025 and the operative instrument in 2026 is still the 2024 Order (P.U.(A) 376/2024).

Any page or advisor referring to a "2026 Minimum Wages Order" is describing the 2024 Order as it applies in 2026 — the number has not changed and no new gazette has been issued.

• Sources:

• MOHR minimum wage portal (gajiminimum.mohr.gov.my) for the RM1,700 / RM65.38 / RM8.72 figures and P.U.(A) 376/2024 gazette number;
• National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 (Act 732) for the enabling statute;
• Minimum Wages Order 2024 revocation clause of the 2022 Order.

Implementation of the Minimum Wages Order 2024 was phased by employer size:

• Employers with five or more employees: RM1,700 mandatory from 1 February 2025.
• Employers with fewer than five employees: RM1,700 mandatory from 1 August 2025.

By 2026 both phases are in force, meaning every Malaysian employer regardless of size must pay at least RM1,700 monthly to any employee within the Order's scope. The phased structure was a transition-period concession for micro-employers; it has now expired.

Source: Ministry of Human Resources media releases on Minimum Wages Order 2024 implementation (mohr.gov.my), read alongside gajiminimum.mohr.gov.my.

The specific split-date wording lives in the gazetted PUA text; if you need the exact statutory language for an HR policy document, retrieve the gazette PDF from MOHR directly. Checked 19 October 2026 against paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of P.U.(A) 376.

The daily minimum depends on how many days a week the employee works, while the monthly and hourly rates are fixed. All four figures below are printed in paragraph 3 of the gazetted Minimum Wages Order 2024↗ (opens in a new tab).

Last checked: 19 October 2026. The MOHR portal still lists RM1,700 a month and RM8.72 an hour, and no newer Order has been gazetted.

Malaysia has issued six Minimum Wages Orders since the first took effect in 2013, and each one revoked the one before. The rates and dates below come from the gazette copies on the MOHR Minimum Wages Orders page↗ (opens in a new tab).

During each phase-in, smaller employers paid the previous rate until their start date. Under the 2022 Order, employers with fewer than five staff paid RM1,200 or RM1,100 until 30 June 2023. Under the 2024 Order, they paid RM1,500 from 1 February to 31 July 2025.

No. The minimum wage is a floor on basic salary. The Ministry of Human Resources' minimum wage FAQ defines minimum wage under section 2 of Act 732 as basic wages, excluding allowances, incentives and other additional payments.

So an employee paid RM1,500 basic plus a RM300 allowance is below the minimum, even though the total is RM1,800. An employer also cannot agree with an employee to pay less: the FAQ says this is an offence under section 43 of Act 732, even if the employee agrees.

No new rate has been gazetted as of 19 October 2026, so RM1,700 remains the legal minimum. The National Wages Consultative Council is reviewing the 2024 Order and held public engagement sessions on the review in April 2026, as listed on the MOHR minimum wage portal.

Any new rate takes effect only when a new Order is gazetted, usually with a start date some weeks later. We will update this page when that happens.

Under section 43 of the National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 (Act 732), an employer who fails to pay the minimum wage rate to an employee commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of up to RM10,000 per employee.

Act 732 is the enabling statute under which the Minimum Wages Order 2024 (P.U.(A) 376/2024) is made; the penalty attaches per affected employee, not per Order breach in aggregate. A daily fine also runs for continuing offences after conviction.

Source: National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 (Act 732), section 43. This page paraphrases the statutory penalty; if you are drafting an HR policy, an employment contract clause or a compliance memo, retrieve the current consolidated Act 732 text and confirm any amendments before quoting exact figures.

The minimum wage is the base salary floor. Total employer cost adds three statutory contributions on top:

1. EPF (Employees Provident Fund). Employer and employee contribution rates are set by KWSP. Check the current rates on kwsp.gov.my before running payroll.
2. SOCSO (PERKESO Social Security Organisation). Employer contributes to the Employment Injury Scheme and Invalidity Scheme per the SOCSO contribution table. Reference: perkeso.gov.my.
3. EIS (Employment Insurance System). Employer contributes 0.2% of monthly wage. Reference: perkeso.gov.my.

Exact contribution figures are set by KWSP and PERKESO respectively and are updated by them; this page does not reproduce the contribution tables — always confirm current rates against the KWSP and PERKESO tables before running payroll or building an in-house hiring budget.

For a Malaysian small business weighing an in-house marketing coordinator against an agency retainer, the RM1,700 figure is not the relevant number. Junior marketing roles — content writer, social media coordinator, community manager, junior media buyer — typically sit well above the statutory floor; the real question is total loaded cost versus agency retainer.

• The loaded-cost side is: base salary + EPF employer contribution + SOCSO + EIS + HR/recruitment overhead + laptop/software/tools + eventual bonus and increment.
• The agency-retainer side is: monthly fee + ad spend management + reporting cadence.

Neither is universally cheaper — it depends on hours needed, seniority required, and whether the work is production-heavy (in-house often wins) or strategy-heavy (agency often wins). Our agency vs in-house guide sets out Jobstreet salary ranges and the costs a salary leaves out.

The fuller framing of the trade-off, including when to combine both, sits at in-house vs agency content creation in Malaysia.

Rather than invent salary benchmarks for junior marketing roles here (Malaysian salary data is fragmented across MyStar, Talent Corp, Michael Page and Hays with different methodologies), we defer to those two published references and the social media marketing cost Malaysia resource.

The Minimum Wages Order 2024 applies to employees under a contract of service (contract of employment) as defined by the Employment Act 1955 and read with the National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011.

Coverage is broad but not universal — categories such as domestic employees are treated separately under the Employment Act. This page is a structural summary; for whether a specific role or contract type is within scope, confirm with MOHR or a qualified HR/legal advisor.

Ringkasan Bahasa Malaysia bagi rakan perniagaan yang mencari gaji minimum malaysia 2026 atau perintah gaji minimum 2024. Kadar gaji minimum kebangsaan pada 2026 ialah RM1,700 sebulan (RM8.72 sejam), ditetapkan di bawah Perintah Gaji Minimum 2024 (P.U.(A) 376/2024) seperti yang diterbitkan di portal gaji minimum Kementerian Sumber Manusia.

Kadar ini berkuat kuasa untuk majikan dengan lima pekerja atau lebih pada 1 Februari 2025, dan untuk majikan yang lebih kecil pada 1 Ogos 2025 — jadi menjelang 2026, kadar ini terpakai kepada semua majikan tanpa mengira saiz. Rujuk gajiminimum.mohr.gov.my untuk teks penuh; halaman ini bukan nasihat perundangan atau sumber manusia.

Baca versi penuh dalam Bahasa Melayu: Gaji Minimum 2026 Malaysia.

See also: In-house vs agency content creation (Malaysia), What a marketing agency costs in Malaysia, SST on digital marketing in Malaysia.

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• shakalakaa (Plixitt Solutions). “Minimum Wage Malaysia 2026 (P.U.(A) 376/2024).”
• https://shakalakaa.my/resources/minimum-wage-malaysia-2026 · Updated 2026-10-19
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