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Valuation officer salary in Malaysia

Gaji Pegawai Penilaian

What the federal public service pays new valuation 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, degreeValuation officer, W9RM2,250–11,110PromotionGrade 10RM3,840–12,150SeniorGrade 12RM5,530–13,540SeniorGrade 14RM6,560–15,360
Minimum to maximum basicScale RM0 to RM16kSSPA pay scale, Budget 2026
Starting basicRM2,690RM32,280 a yearW9, bachelor's degree in property managementSee the pay breakdown →With allowancesRM3,590RM43,080 a yearBasic plus RM900 fixed allowances, Kuala LumpurSee the pay breakdown →Top of grade 9RM11,110RM133,320 a yearMaximum basic at W9See the pay scale →
At a glance

Valuation officer salary in Malaysia

What the job is: Valuers and loss assessors value property and various goods and assess losses covered by insurance policies. ILO ISCO-08, 3315 Valuers and Loss Assessors

  • Valuation officer (Pegawai Penilaian, W9): RM2,690 basic a month (bachelor's degree in property management).
  • With fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur: RM3,590 a month at W9.
  • Pay scale: grade 9 runs from RM2,250 to RM11,110, rising RM225 a year.

What a new valuation officer earns

A valuation officer at W9 starts on RM2,690 basic, plus RM900 in fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur: RM3,590 a month.

Grade W9, from the SPA service scheme and the JPA allowance circular. The scheme sets one starting point.

Qualification or pay itemGrade W9RM a month
Bachelor's degree in property managementStarting basic2,690
Fixed allowances, Kawasan AHousing (ITP) RM300, public service (ITKA) RM300, cost of living (BISH) RM300900
Total fixed pay at the start, bachelor's degree in property managementBasic plus fixed allowances, Kawasan A3,590

Sources: SPA scheme page for grade W9; 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: RM3,590 × 12 = RM43,080.
  • Allowances counted here are the fixed ones in the JPA circular. Any allowance tied to a particular post is not included.
  • Route to valuation officer (W9): serving assistant valuation officers may be considered for appointment at W9 when a post is vacant, they have been confirmed in service, and they have the degree or have passed Parts I, II and III of the professional examination set by the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers Malaysia.
  • Promotion from W10 to W12: an officer must be registered with the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers Malaysia, among the other conditions.

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
9Valuation 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 RM2,690 at grade 9, with the RM225 yearly increment and no promotion. The grade maximum, RM11,110, is reached after about 37 years.

Years in gradeBasic, RM a monthWith fixed allowances, RM a monthFixed pay, RM a year
At the start2,6903,59043,080
After 5 years3,8154,71556,580
After 10 years4,9405,84070,080
After 20 years7,1908,09097,080

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 valuation officer's fixed pay, RM3,590, 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 valuation officer, W9, basic plus fixed allowances, Kuala LumpurSPA and JPA, 20263,590
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.

Valuation officers outside government

The data used here does not cover valuation 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 valuation officers. It does not cover private-sector pay for the job.

SourceWhat it givesStrength
SPA service schemes W9Starting basic payStrong: 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 valuation officer work affected by AI?

The International Labour Organization puts valuers and loss assessors in its “Moderate” 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).

Valuation officer
ModerateAI exposure
Not exposedVery high

AI can speed up a fair share of the work, so the job is likely to change.

  • Most exposed taskPreparing reports of value, outlining the estimation…
  • Least exposed taskInspecting items or property
  • In numbersAI could do a large part of 3 of its 5 main tasks.
Valuation officerISCO 3315
Moderateexposure to generative AI
  1. Not exposed
  2. Minimal
  3. Some
  4. Moderate
  5. High
  6. Very high

Scored as ILO group 3315 Valuers and loss assessors. Average task score 0.45, higher than 83% of the 427 jobs the ILO scored.

Seven factors
FactorValuation officer
1Exposure levelModerate
2Average task score0.45 higher than 83% of jobs
3Tasks AI could do much of3 of 5
4Hands-on or people tasks1 of 5
5How even the exposure isUneven (0.17)
6Most exposed taskPreparing reports of value, outlining the estimation… 0.68
7Least exposed taskInspecting items or property to evaluate condition, size… 0.18
Most and least exposed tasks
Valuation officer
Most exposed tasks
  • 0.68Preparing reports of value, outlining the estimation factors and methods used
  • 0.55Assessing the extent of damage or loss and liabilities of insurance companies…
Least exposed tasks
  • 0.18Inspecting items or property to evaluate condition, size and construction
  • 0.33Determining the quality or value of raw materials, real estate, industrial…

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 valuation officer salary in Malaysia?

A new government valuation officer starts on RM2,690 basic a month (W9, bachelor's degree in property management). With fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur the total is RM3,590 a month, in 2026.

What is the valuation officer salary per year in Malaysia?

RM3,590 a month is RM43,080 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 valuation officer's pay grow with years in service?

On the yearly increment alone, basic pay at grade 9 rises RM225 a year: from RM2,690 to about RM3,815 after 5 years and RM4,940 after 10, before any promotion. Foundific calculation from the Budget 2026 scale.

What is the highest valuation 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 valuation officer earn in a private company?

The data used here does not cover valuation 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 Penilaian Gred W9.
  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.