How Much You Should Expect To Be Paid When You Graduate In Engineering
by on October 13, 2017 | Career Guide
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 Engineering. Here is a guide to the average salary of entry level job in Malaysia for Engineering according to JobStreet.com’s 2017 salary report.
Guide to the average minimum and maximum salaries of the various job positions for Engineering at entry level:
| Industry | Salary range (average min) |
Salary range (average max) |
| Aerospace / Aviation / Airline | 1936 | 2914 |
| Automobile / Automotive Ancillary / Vehicle | 1648 | 2399 |
| Chemical / Fertilizers / Pesticides | 1675 | 2550 |
| Computer / Information Technology (Hardware) | 1917 | 2833 |
| Computer / Information Technology (Software) | 1644 | 2289 |
| Construction / Building / Engineering | 1899 | 2924 |
| Consulting (Business & Management) | 2160 | 3100 |
| Consulting (IT, Science, Engineering & Technical) | 2217 | 3413 |
| Consumer Products / FMCG | 2244 | 3100 |
| Education | 1800 | 2700 |
| Electrical & Electronics | 1872 | 2674 |
| Entertainment / Media | 2175 | 3125 |
| Environment / Health / Safety | 1667 | 2350 |
| Food & Beverage / Catering / Restaurant | 1800 | 2450 |
| General & Wholesale Trading | 1845 | 2645 |
| Government / Defence | 1655 | 2244 |
| Healthcare / Medical | 1790 | 2470 |
| Heavy Industrial / Machinery / Equipment | 1825 | 2849 |
| Hotel / Hospitality | 1933 | 2467 |
| Manufacturing / Production | 1990 | 2830 |
| Oil / Gas / Petroleum | 2543 | 3754 |
| Polymer / Plastic / Rubber / Tyres | 2000 | 2700 |
| R&D | 2350 | 3150 |
| Repair & Maintenance Services | 1575 | 2375 |
| Retail / Merchandise | 2275 | 3356 |
| Science & Technology | 1750 | 2567 |
| Semiconductor / Wafer Fabrication | 2308 | 3042 |
| Telecommunication | 1948 | 2831 |
| Transportation / Logistics | 1855 | 2836 |
| Utilities / Power | 1961 | 3311 |
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
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