The rates
The Minimum Wages Order 2024 sets the minimum at RM1,700 a month, for every employer since 1 August 2025. Paid by the hour or the day, it’s:
| A month | RM1,700.00 |
|---|---|
| An hour | RM8.72 |
| A day, six-day week | RM65.38 |
| A day, five-day week | RM78.46 |
| A day, four-day week | RM98.08 |
It’s the basic wage, before anything comes off. Domestic servants aren’t covered. Overtime is on top of the minimum, never part of it: the overtime calculator works out the Employment Act’s rates.
What’s left of RM1,700
| Salary | RM1,700.00 |
|---|---|
| EPF (11%) | −RM187.00 |
| SOCSO, of which RM12.35 is LINDUNG 24 Jam | −RM20.60 |
| EIS | −RM3.30 |
| PCB | RM0.00 |
| Take-home pay | RM1,489.10 |
There’s no PCB. After EPF relief and the RM9,000 personal relief, chargeable income for the year is RM9,156, and the tax on it, RM41.56, is less than the RM400 rebate. Opting out of LINDUNG 24 Jam would add RM12.35 a month. Your employer pays RM253.15 on top. The RM1,700 salary page has the working for each line.
Budget 2027: RM2,000 proposed
Budget 2027 proposes raising the minimum wage to RM2,000 a month from June 2027, with MSMEs whose annual sales are under RM50 million exempt. On RM2,000 you’d take home RM1,751.70, still with no PCB: RM262.60 more than on RM1,700 today. It also proposes RM2,500 a month for semi-skilled occupations and graduates, with no start date yet. The Budget 2027 guide has the rest.
If you’re paid less
Check your basic pay, not your take-home pay: the minimum is the wage before EPF, SOCSO and EIS. If your basic pay is under it, raise it with your employer first. In Peninsular Malaysia and Labuan the Labour Department (JTKSM) deals with complaints about wages.