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Syariah officer salary in Malaysia

Gaji Pegawai Syariah

What the federal public service pays new syariah officers at entry under the 2026 pay scale, with the allowances set by the JPA circular.

MalaysiaSSPA pay scale · Budget 2026DOSM Salaries & WagesRM per monthUpdated 29 Oct 2026
Government pay scaleBasic pay range / month
Entry, degreeSyariah officer, LS9RM2,250–11,110PromotionGrade 10RM3,840–12,150SeniorGrade 12RM5,530–13,540SeniorGrade 14RM6,560–15,360
Minimum to maximum basicScale RM0 to RM16kSSPA pay scale, Budget 2026
Starting basicRM2,580RM30,960 a yearLS9, honours degree in Syariah and lawSee the pay breakdown →With allowancesRM3,480RM41,760 a yearBasic plus RM900 fixed allowances, Kuala LumpurSee the pay breakdown →Top of grade 9RM11,110RM133,320 a yearMaximum basic at LS9See the pay scale →
At a glance

Syariah officer salary in Malaysia

What the job is: This unit group covers legal professionals not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 261: Legal professionals. ILO ISCO-08, 2619 Legal Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified

  • Syariah officer (Pegawai Syariah, LS9): RM2,580 basic a month (honours degree in Syariah and law).
  • With fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur: RM3,480 a month at LS9.
  • Pay scale: grade 9 runs from RM2,250 to RM11,110, rising RM225 a year.

What a new syariah officer earns

A syariah officer at LS9 starts on RM2,580 basic, plus RM900 in fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur: RM3,480 a month.

Grade LS9, from the SPA service scheme and the JPA allowance circular. The starting point depends on the qualification.

Qualification or pay itemGrade LS9RM a month
Honours degree in Syariah and lawStarting basic2,580
Honours degree in Syariah, or degree in Islamic studies (Syariah) and advanced diploma in Islamic law and judicial administrationStarting basic2,580
Fixed allowances, Kawasan AHousing (ITP) RM300, public service (ITKA) RM300, cost of living (BISH) RM300900
Total fixed pay at the start, honours degree in Syariah and lawBasic plus fixed allowances, Kawasan A3,480

Sources: SPA scheme page for grade LS9; JPA Pekeliling Perkhidmatan 1/2024, Lampiran E. BISH is lower outside Kawasan A. Totals computed by Foundific.

What it means
  • A year at the start: RM3,480 × 12 = RM41,760.
  • Allowances counted here are the fixed ones in the JPA circular. Any allowance tied to a particular post is not included.
  • Route to syariah officer (LS9): serving assistant syariah officers may be considered for appointment at LS9 when a post is vacant and they meet the scheme conditions.

How to become a syariah officer

Syariah officers enter at LS9 with an honours degree in Syariah and law, or with the alternative qualification in the table. Both start at the same pay.

Entry levelQualificationStarting basic, RMWith allowances, RM
Syariah officer (Pegawai Syariah, LS9)Honours degree in Syariah and law2,5803,480
Syariah officer (Pegawai Syariah, LS9)Honours degree in Syariah, or degree in Islamic studies (Syariah) and advanced diploma in Islamic law and judicial administration2,5803,480

Source: SPA scheme pages. Allowances from the JPA circular, Kawasan A: LS9 RM900. Totals computed by Foundific.

What it means
  • Bahasa Melayu: every route needs a credit in Bahasa Melayu at SPM or SVM.

How pay grows on the government scale

Grade 9 pay rises RM225 a year, from RM2,250 up to RM11,110. Promotion to a higher grade moves an officer onto a higher range.

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

GradeWhoMinimumMaximumYearly increment
9Syariah officer, entry with a degree2,25011,110225
10Promotion grade3,84012,150250
12Promotion grade5,53013,540270
14Promotion grade6,56015,360320

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

What it means

Pay after 5, 10 and 20 years

Starting at RM2,580 at grade 9, with the RM225 yearly increment and no promotion. The grade maximum, RM11,110, is reached after about 38 years.

Years in gradeBasic, RM a monthWith fixed allowances, RM a monthFixed pay, RM a year
At the start2,5803,48041,760
After 5 years3,7054,60555,260
After 10 years4,8305,73068,760
After 20 years7,0807,98095,760

Foundific calculation from the Budget 2026 SSPA scale, with fixed allowances at the Kawasan A rate, which do not rise with increments. Promotion, special payments and allowance changes are not included.

Compared with Malaysian pay overall

A new syariah officer's fixed pay, RM3,480, is above the RM2,940 median for Malaysian citizens. The public administration and defence median, RM4,483, covers workers of all grades and years.

FigureSourceRM a month
New syariah officer, LS9, basic plus fixed allowances, Kuala LumpurSPA and JPA, 20263,480
Median salary, public administration and defenceDOSM, 20244,483
Median salary, all Malaysian citizensDOSM, 20252,940
Median salary, employed degree holders of all agesDOSM, 20245,724
  • Industry median covers all employees in the industry.
  • DOSM figures cover all paid employees and all ages. The government figure is one fixed pay point. Use them to show scale only.
  • Compare your own pay with this scale, the DOSM figures and court awards in the Malaysia salary comparison.

Syariah officers outside government

The data used here does not cover syariah officer pay outside government.

  • DOSM publishes salaries by state, industry, occupation group 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

The official data gives starting pay, the pay scale and fixed allowances for syariah officers. It does not cover private-sector pay for the job.

SourceWhat it givesStrength
SPA service schemes LS9Starting basic pay by qualificationStrong: official and current
Budget 2026, SSPA pay scaleMinimum, maximum and yearly increment for every gradeStrong: official and current
JPA SSPA circular, Lampiran EFixed allowances by grade and areaStrong: official
DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey 2024 and 2025Industry and national mediansWeak for one job title
  • A payslip shows basic plus allowances plus any shift, on-call or overtime pay, so it can be higher than the fixed figures here.

Is syariah officer work affected by AI?

The International Labour Organization puts legal professionals not elsewhere classified in its “Minimal” group for exposure to generative AI. Its scores cover the job worldwide, so they apply in Malaysia too.

Based on the International Labour Organization's 2025 index, which scores every core task of a job from 0 (AI cannot help) to 1 (AI could do nearly all of it).

Syariah officer
MinimalAI exposure
Not exposedVery high

AI can help with a small part of this job, mostly paperwork.

  • Most exposed taskArranging property transfers
  • Least exposed taskDetermining, by inquest, the causes of any death not…
  • In numbersNone of its 4 main tasks is one AI could do a large part of.
Syariah officerISCO 2619
Minimalexposure to generative AI
  1. Not exposed
  2. Minimal
  3. Some
  4. Moderate
  5. High
  6. Very high

Scored as ILO group 2619 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified. Average task score 0.37, higher than 70% of the 427 jobs the ILO scored.

Seven factors
FactorSyariah officer
1Exposure levelMinimal
2Average task score0.37 higher than 70% of jobs
3Tasks AI could do much of0 of 4
4Hands-on or people tasks1 of 4
5How even the exposure isEven (0.08)
6Most exposed taskArranging property transfers 0.45
7Least exposed taskDetermining, by inquest, the causes of any death not… 0.24
Most and least exposed tasks
Syariah officer
Most exposed tasks
  • 0.45Arranging property transfers
  • 0.40Giving advice on legal aspects of various personal, business and…
Least exposed tasks
  • 0.24Determining, by inquest, the causes of any death not obviously due to natural…
  • 0.40Drawing up legal documents and contracts

What each factor means · How this job compares with the other salary guides

Source: ILO Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (Gmyrek et al., 2025), CC BY 4.0. Malaysian jobs are matched to ILO groups by their ISCO-08 code; MASCO follows ISCO-08 at four digits. The ILO scores international job groups, not Malaysian titles. How we read the AI scores.
What it means
  • 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.

MeasureIncludesExcludes
Basic salaryGaji pokok on the SSPA scaleAllowances, shift, on-call and overtime pay, special payments
Fixed allowancesITP, BISH, ITKA or ITK, and BIPK as advertised for the postShift, on-call and overtime pay
DOSM salaryMonthly salaries and wages of paid employeesSelf-employed and unpaid family workers

Questions

What is the syariah officer salary in Malaysia?

A new government syariah officer starts on RM2,580 basic a month (LS9, honours degree in Syariah and law). With fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur the total is RM3,480 a month, in 2026.

What is the syariah officer salary per year in Malaysia?

RM3,480 a month is RM41,760 a year in fixed pay, before any shift, on-call or overtime pay and before the special payments the government announces each year.

How does a government syariah officer's pay grow with years in service?

On the yearly increment alone, basic pay at grade 9 rises RM225 a year: from RM2,580 to about RM3,705 after 5 years and RM4,830 after 10, before any promotion. Foundific calculation from the Budget 2026 scale.

What is the highest syariah officer salary in government?

Grade 9 runs from RM2,250 to RM11,110 in basic pay. Promotion can lead to grade 14, with a maximum basic of RM15,360 a month (Budget 2026).

How much does a syariah officer earn in a private company?

The data used here does not cover syariah officer pay outside government.

Where do these figures come from?

Starting pay is from the SPA service scheme pages, the pay scale from the Budget 2026 establishment list, and allowances from the JPA SSPA circular. Private-sector context is from DOSM and Industrial Court awards.

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Sources

SPA service schemes, Ministry of Finance Budget 2026, JPA SSPA circular, DOSM
  1. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam, Syarat Permohonan: Pegawai Syariah Gred Ls9.
  2. Ministry of Finance, Budget 2026 establishment list, Lampiran A. SSPA minimum-maximum salaries, page A-1.
  3. JPA, Pekeliling Perkhidmatan Bil. 1/2024 (SSPA), Lampiran E: ITP, ITKA and BISH by grade and area.
  4. DOSM, Salaries & Wages Survey Report 2025 and the 2024 report.