If you’ve just graduated or will be graduating soon, you might be wondering how much salary to expect when applying for your first job in Accounting / Finance. Here is a guide to the average salary of entry level job in Malaysia for Accounting / Finance according to JobStreet.com’s 2017 salary report.
Guide to the average minimum and maximum salaries of the various job positions for Accounting / Finance at entry level:
| Industry | Salary range (average min) |
Salary range (average max) |
| Accounting / Audit / Tax Services | 1838 | 2649 |
| Advertising / Marketing / Promotion / PR | 1856 | 2800 |
| Aerospace / Aviation / Airline | 1878 | 2689 |
| Agricultural / Plantation / Poultry / Fisheries | 1879 | 2595 |
| Apparel | 1700 | 2440 |
| Architectural Services / Interior Designing | 1896 | 2919 |
| Arts / Design / Fashion | 1857 | 2614 |
| Automobile / Automotive Ancillary / Vehicle | 1901 | 2655 |
| Banking / Financial Services | 2124 | 2966 |
| Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical / Clinical research | 1878 | 2711 |
| Call Centre / IT-Enabled Services / BPO | 2203 | 2833 |
| Chemical / Fertilizers / Pesticides | 2065 | 2918 |
| Computer / Information Technology (Hardware) | 2100 | 2763 |
| Computer / Information Technology (Software) | 1975 | 2859 |
| Construction / Building / Engineering | 1778 | 2566 |
| Consulting (Business & Management) | 2022 | 2919 |
| Consulting (IT, Science, Engineering & Technical) | 2068 | 2791 |
| Consumer Products / FMCG | 1856 | 2590 |
| Education | 1786 | 2515 |
| Electrical & Electronics | 1864 | 2693 |
| Entertainment / Media | 1842 | 2450 |
| Environment / Health / Safety | 1833 | 2600 |
| Exhibitions / Event management / MICE | 2046 | 2877 |
| Food & Beverage / Catering / Restaurant | 1726 | 2371 |
| General & Wholesale Trading | 1785 | 2497 |
| Government / Defence | 2233 | 3867 |
| Grooming / Beauty / Fitness | 2040 | 2800 |
| Healthcare / Medical | 1764 | 2607 |
| Heavy Industrial / Machinery / Equipment | 1748 | 2561 |
| Hotel / Hospitality | 1794 | 2418 |
| Insurance | 2037 | 3161 |
| Law / Legal | 1690 | 2620 |
| Manufacturing / Production | 1829 | 2596 |
| Marine / Aquaculture | 1525 | 2200 |
| Non-Profit Organisation / Social Services / NGO | 1690 | 2142 |
| Oil / Gas / Petroleum | 1873 | 2666 |
| Polymer / Plastic / Rubber / Tyres | 1500 | 2133 |
| Printing / Publishing | 1517 | 2067 |
| Property / Real Estate | 1850 | 2613 |
| Repair & Maintenance Services | 1775 | 2225 |
| Retail / Merchandise | 1728 | 2466 |
| Science & Technology | 2100 | 2700 |
| Security / Law Enforcement | 1767 | 2233 |
| Semiconductor / Wafer Fabrication | 2480 | 3800 |
| Stockbroking / Securities | 2130 | 2875 |
| Telecommunication | 1926 | 2809 |
| Textiles / Garment | 1533 | 2233 |
| Tobacco | 3050 | 3500 |
| Transportation / Logistics | 1659 | 2331 |
| Travel / Tourism | 1724 | 2524 |
Now that you have an idea about the average salary of entry level jobs in Malaysia, find out which jobs have the highest starting salary here.
Note: The list above is based on data for the Central Region. For data on other regions in Malaysia, please refer to JobStreet.com 2017 Salary Report.
Source: JobStreet.com 2017 Salary Report
