KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The average monthly salaries and wages in Malaysia rebounded by 3.5 percent, to register 3,037 ringgit (654 U.S. dollars) in 2021, official reports showed yesterday.
The median monthly salaries and wages in Malaysia accelerated by 9.1 percent to 2,250 ringgit (484 U.S. dollars) in 2021, as compared to the previous year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said, in its salaries and wages survey report.
According to the report, the rise in median and average monthly salaries and wages was partly due to the continuous resumption of economic and social activities, during the second half of the year.
In 2021, the number of salaries and wages recipients rose by 3.4 percent to a record 9.7 million people.– NNN-BERNAMA
