Lower mean monthly salary and wages for graduates during the pandemic


BASED on the Graduates Statistics 2020, the mean monthly salaries and wages received by graduates aged above 15 years old was RM4,489, says the Department of Statistics of Malaysia (DOSM).

This is lower than the RM5,020 received in 2019.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 9.04/month

Billed as RM 9.04 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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