A lot of us will be thinking salary for professional or highly educated people will be relatively higher. But, probably not for all.. Some jobs are really underpaid.
Recently, a Instagram page “malaysianpaygap” went viral. In less than a week, the followers had gone up to 6 figures! The Instagram page is popular as netizens can share their pay and working experience anonymously. We have listed out 40 jobs, to bridge your knowledge and income gap.
▼ 1. Graphic Designer – Monthly income RM4,000
▼ Underpaid, work under tight deadlines & even with experience still got pay below RM1.5K～
▼ 2. Civil Engineer（Consultant）- Monthly income RM3,200
▼ 3. Senior Barista & Manager F&B – Monthly income RM2,900
6 days work a week, 9 hours shift. Overworked, underpaid and unappreciated.
▼ 4. Software Engineer – Monthly income RM15,000
▼ 5. Junior Journalist – Monthly income RM2,500（Exclude allowances）
▼ RM2500?? Salary in 2013 VS 2019！
▼ 6. Accountant – Monthly income RM3,600（Basic）
▼ 7. Lawyer – Monthly income RM2,650
The anonymous netizen further explained that she has been with the current lawyer firm for 3 years because her salary considered not bad in Malacca compare with other lawyer firm. Her peer in Pahang only with monthly salary of RM2,800 with 6 years experience.
▼ Harsh reality~ Not as high pay as you think, am i right?
▼ The anonymous netizen again took the comment section to clarify:
▼ 8. Company secretary（Junior associate）- Monthly income RM3,300（Working for 4 years but still a junior）
▼ 9. UI / UX Designer – Monthly income RM7,000（Nett，before EPF deduction）
▼ 10. Data Scientist – Monthly income RM4,600（including allowance，Bonus average 2-3 months）
▼ Tough job, with high expectation. Not everyone can take the stress.
▼ 12. Music teacher – Monthly income RM7,000-8,000
▼ 13. Lab technician （Microbiology）- Monthly income RM2,000
▼ One sharing his experience：The course fees is way higher than the salary！
▼ 14. Physiotherapist / Healthcare （Private Hospital）- Monthly income RM1,850
▼ 15. Legal secretary – Monthly income RM1,900（After deduction RM1,700+，joined the firm since 2010）
▼ Netizens suggested him/her to RESIGN since the company don’t appreciate him/her.
▼ 16. Public University lecturer – Monthly income RM7,600（Increment of RM290 every year）
▼ 17. App developer – Monthly income RM3,500
▼ 18. Houseman/ Junior doctor in government hospital – RM5,400（including allowances）
▼ You hardly imagine the hecticness, 90-100 hours per week, no public holidays!
▼ 19. Architectural assistant – Monthly income RM2,800
▼ Another underpaid industry！10 years ++experience with less than 5K salary!
▼ 20. Nurse – Monthly income RM2,500（including allowances）
▼ Couldn’t believe nurse also severely underpaid.
▼ 21. Teacher（Private secondary school）- Monthly income RM2,600（Including allowance）
▼ 22. Nutritionist（F&B）- Monthly income RM3,000（exclude allowance）
▼ 23. Senior Analyst – Monthly income RM8,400（basic + allowance）
▼ 24. Auditor – Monthly income RM4,750（including allowance, doesn’t include expenses claim）
Heavy workload during peak, OT until 3-4am. It’s even worst to have rude clients, bad manager and family who don’t understand you.
▼ Suggestion from ex-auditor：If you can’t take it mentally, better quit！
▼ 25. Assistant architect – Monthly income RM1,800（Job & pay 4 years ago ）
▼ 即使是建筑师的薪资也并没有想象中的好！
▼ 26. Sales engineer，Oil & Gas（Contractor）- Monthly income RM13,000
▼ But one netizen said his is in same industry but salary is only 1/3！
▼ 27. Chef – Monthly income RM2,100（Haven’t deduct EPF，long working hours：10-12 hours a day）
▼ Suggestion from netizens：Change another job！
▼ 28. Taekwondo Instructor / Martial arts – Monthly income RM10,000-12,000（After pandemic：Monthly income RM2,500）
▼ 29. Consultant Surgeon – Monthly income RM120K – RM200K
▼ Salary looks lucrative！But it’s a tough job too .. thus, they deserved the pay!
▼ 30. Senior Copywriter – Monthly income RM5,000
▼ Some people will thought it’s an easy job, but’s it’s not!
▼ 31. Medical sales representative – Monthly income RM5,000（not inclusive of allowances）
▼ 32. 3D Artist / Game industry – Monthly income RM3,300
▼ 33. Biology teacher（International school）- Monthly income RM8,300（with allowances）
▼ 34. Dentist（Government）- Monthly income RM4,400（after deduction）
▼ 35. Marketing executive（Palm oil industry）- Monthly income RM3,500（exclude bonus which can go up 4-6 months or more）
▼ 36. Early childhood educator – Monthly income RM1,716（no allowance）
▼ Passion doesn’t pay the bills!
▼ 37. Veterinarian – Monthly income RM3,100（After EPF & Socso deduction）
▼ 38. Grab driver – Monthly income RM3,000 & above（ At least 10 hours daily, deduct allowances, petrol and maintenance ）
▼ 39. Planner – Monthly income RM5,800（include allowance）
▼ 40. Private tutor – Monthly income RM27,000
▼ One shared his biology tutor is making RM15k a month!
▼「This is a harsh reality!」
Info via：malaysianpaygap / Instagram
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