IT officer salary in Malaysia

What a new government IT officer earns

Starting basic pay at F9 is RM2,580 with a degree, RM3,020 with a master's and RM3,350 with a doctorate. Fixed allowances add RM900 in Kuala Lumpur.

Pegawai Teknologi Maklumat grade F9, from the SPA service scheme, with allowances from the JPA circular.

Sources: SPA service scheme; JPA Pekeliling Perkhidmatan 1/2024, Lampiran E (allowance tables). BISH is RM250 in Kawasan B and RM150 elsewhere. Totals computed by Foundific.

• A year at the start: RM3,480 × 12 = RM41,760.
• Outside the big cities: fixed pay is RM3,430 in Kawasan B and RM3,330 elsewhere.

How pay grows on the government scale

Grade 9 pay rises RM225 a year, from RM2,580 at the start up to RM11,110. Promotion to F10 and above moves an officer onto a higher range.

Minimum and maximum monthly basic salary for each SSPA grade, 2026.

Source: Ministry of Finance, Budget 2026 establishment list, Lampiran A: SSPA salary codes and minimum-maximum salaries (page A-1). Basic salary only.

• Increments only: at RM225 a year, about 38 yearly increments reach RM11,110 from RM2,580.
• Promotion grades: F10 starts at RM3,840 and F12 to F14 at RM5,530 to RM6,560.

Compared with Malaysian pay overall

A new government IT officer's fixed pay, RM3,480, is below the ICT industry median of RM4,231.

• ICT industry median covers every job at telcos, software firms and data centres, including experienced staff.
• Measures differ: DOSM figures cover all paid employees and all ages. The government figure is one fixed pay point. Use them for scale, not as a direct comparison.

IT jobs in private firms

No official source publishes IT pay by job title in Malaysia. The ICT industry median of RM4,231 is the closest official figure.

• Industrial Court awards name only 13 IT and digital workers, too few to publish a median.
• DOSM publishes salaries by industry, state and skill level, but not by job title.
• Private surveys and job ads use different measures and samples, so their figures are not mixed into the tables here.

Data sources and coverage

Government pay for IT officers is exact. Private-sector pay rests on the ICT industry median.

• Compared with Singapore: Singapore's MOM publishes median pay by job title, age and industry. Malaysia publishes exact government pay scales but no market-wide figure by job.
• What a payslip shows is basic plus allowances plus any shift, on-call or overtime pay, so it can be higher than the fixed figures here.

Is IT work affected by AI?

The International Labour Organization rates systems analysts Moderate for exposure to generative AI. Its scores cover the job worldwide, so they apply in Malaysia too.

• Average task score 0.49 out of 1, across 7 main tasks.
• Most exposed task: Developing functional specifications for use by systems developers (0.56).
• Least exposed task: Expanding or modifying systems to improve workflow or serve new purposes (0.43). The full breakdown is on our Singapore guide.
• What exposure measures: how much of the work AI could do or speed up. It does not measure job cuts.

What the pay figures include

Every figure is monthly basic pay or fixed allowances, before deductions.

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