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Youth and sports officer salary in Malaysia

Gaji Pegawai Belia dan SukanGaji Penolong Pegawai Belia dan SukanGaji Pembantu Belia dan Sukan

What new youth and sports officers in the federal public service earn at each entry level under the 2026 pay scale, with the allowances set by the JPA circular.

MalaysiaSSPA pay scale · Budget 2026DOSM Salaries & WagesRM per monthUpdated 24 Oct 2026
Government pay scaleBasic pay range / month
Entry, SPM or SVMYouth and sports assistant, S1RM1,500–4,680Entry, STPM or diplomaAssistant youth and sports officer, S5RM1,650–6,620Entry, degreeYouth and sports officer, S9RM2,250–11,110PromotionGrade 10RM3,840–12,150SeniorGrade 12RM5,530–13,540SeniorGrade 13RM6,210–14,370SeniorGrade 14RM6,560–15,360
Minimum to maximum basicScale RM0 to RM16kSSPA pay scale, Budget 2026
Starting basicRM2,250RM27,000 a yearS9, bachelor's degreeSee the pay breakdown →With allowancesRM3,150RM37,800 a yearBasic plus RM900 fixed allowances, Kawasan ASee the pay breakdown →With SPMRM1,500RM18,000 a yearS1, RM2,265 with allowancesSee every entry level →Top of grade 9RM11,110RM133,320 a yearMaximum basic at S9See the pay scale →
At a glance

Youth and sports officer salary in Malaysia

What the job is: Policy administration professionals develop and analyse policies guiding the design, implementation and modification of government and commercial operations and programmes. ILO ISCO-08, 2422 Policy Administration Professionals

  • Youth and sports officer (Pegawai Belia dan Sukan, S9): RM2,250 basic a month (bachelor's degree), or RM2,470 with an honours degree.
  • With fixed allowances in Kawasan A: RM3,150 a month at S9.
  • Youth and sports assistant (S1): RM1,500 basic with SPM or SVM, RM2,265 with allowances.
  • Assistant youth and sports officer (S5): RM1,650 basic with STPM, STAM or matriculation, RM1,893 with a diploma. With allowances: RM2,460 or RM2,703.
  • Pay scale: grade 9 runs from RM2,250 to RM11,110, rising RM225 a year.

What a new youth and sports officer earns

A youth and sports officer at S9 starts on RM2,250 basic, plus RM900 in fixed allowances in Kawasan A: RM3,150 a month. An honours degree starts at RM2,470.

Grade S9, from the SPA service scheme and the JPA allowance circular. The starting point depends on the qualification.

Qualification or pay itemGrade S9RM a month
Bachelor's degreeStarting basic2,250
Bachelor's degree with honoursStarting basic2,470
Fixed allowances, Kawasan AHousing (ITP) RM300, public service (ITKA) RM300, cost of living (BISH) RM300900
Total fixed pay at the start, bachelor's degreeBasic plus fixed allowances, Kawasan A3,150

Sources: SPA scheme page for grade S9; JPA Pekeliling Perkhidmatan 1/2024, Lampiran E. Totals computed by Foundific.

What it means
  • A year at the starting rate is RM3,150 × 12 = RM37,800.
  • The allowances counted here are the fixed ones in the JPA circular. Any allowance tied to a particular post is not included.

How to become a youth and sports officer

Three schemes give three entry levels, depending on the qualification: S1 (youth and sports assistant), S5 (assistant youth and sports officer) and S9 (youth and sports officer).

Entry levelQualificationStarting basic, RMWith allowances, RM
Youth and sports assistant (Pembantu Belia dan Sukan, S1)SPM, or SVM in a related field1,5002,265
Youth and sports assistant (Pembantu Belia dan Sukan, S1)SPM and SKM level 2 in a related field1,5612,326
Youth and sports assistant (Pembantu Belia dan Sukan, S1)SPM and SKM level 3 in a related field1,6222,387
Assistant youth and sports officer (Penolong Pegawai Belia dan Sukan, S5)STPM, STAM or matriculation1,6502,460
Assistant youth and sports officer (Penolong Pegawai Belia dan Sukan, S5)Diploma in a related field1,8932,703
Youth and sports officer (Pegawai Belia dan Sukan, S9)Bachelor's degree2,2503,150
Youth and sports officer (Pegawai Belia dan Sukan, S9)Bachelor's degree with honours2,4703,370

Source: SPA scheme pages. Allowances from the JPA circular, Kawasan A: S1 RM765, S5 RM810, S9 RM900. Totals computed by Foundific.

What it means
  • 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
1Youth and sports assistant, entry with SPM or SVM1,5004,680100
5Assistant youth and sports officer, entry with STPM or a diploma1,6506,620145
9Youth and sports officer, entry with a degree2,25011,110225
10Promotion grade3,84012,150250
12Promotion grade5,53013,540270
13Promotion grade6,21014,370290
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
  • With increments alone, at RM225 a year, an officer starting at RM2,250 would need about 40 yearly increments to reach RM11,110.

Pay after 5, 10 and 20 years

Starting at RM2,250 at grade 9, with the RM225 yearly increment and no promotion. The grade maximum, RM11,110, is reached after about 39 years.

Years in gradeBasic, RM a monthWith fixed allowances, RM a monthFixed pay, RM a year
At the start2,2503,15037,800
After 5 years3,3754,27551,300
After 10 years4,5005,40064,800
After 20 years6,7507,65091,800

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 youth and sports officer's fixed pay, RM3,150, is above the RM2,940 median for Malaysian citizens. The public administration and defence median, RM4,483, covers all employees in the industry.

FigureSourceRM a month
New youth and sports officer, S9, basic plus fixed allowances, Kawasan ASPA and JPA, 20263,150
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
  • The 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.

Youth and sports officers outside government

No official source publishes youth and sports officer pay outside government.

  • DOSM publishes salaries by state, sector 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

Starting pay, pay scales and fixed allowances for government youth and sports officers are exact. No official source covers private-sector pay for the job.

SourceWhat it givesStrength
SPA service schemes S1, S5, S9Starting 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 youth and sports officer work affected by AI?

The International Labour Organization puts policy administration professionals 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).

Youth and sports officer
MinimalAI exposure
Not exposedVery high

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

  • Most exposed taskResearching social, economic and industrial trends
  • Least exposed taskLiaising and consulting
  • In numbersAI could do a large part of 1 of its 7 main tasks.
Youth and sports officerISCO 2422
Minimalexposure to generative AI
  1. Not exposed
  2. Minimal
  3. Some
  4. Moderate
  5. High
  6. Very high

Scored as ILO group 2422 Policy administration professionals. Average task score 0.42, higher than 79% of the 427 jobs the ILO scored.

Seven factors
FactorYouth and sports officer
1Exposure levelThe ILO's rating for the whole job, from not exposed up to very high.Minimal
2Average task scoreHow much of each core task generative AI could do, averaged. 0 means none, 1 means nearly all.0.42 higher than 79% of jobs
3Tasks AI could do much ofTasks scoring 0.5 or more. These are the parts of the job most likely to change.1 of 7
4Hands-on or people tasksTasks scoring under 0.25: physical, in-person or judgement work that AI barely touches.0 of 7
5How even the exposure isEven means AI touches most tasks a little. Uneven means a few tasks are exposed and the rest are not.Even (0.05)
6Most exposed taskWhere AI tools are likely to show up first.Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and… 0.50
7Least exposed taskThe task AI can help with least.Liaising and consulting with programme administrators and… 0.31
Most and least exposed tasks
Youth and sports officer
Most exposed tasks
  • 0.50Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and client expectations…
  • 0.44Formulating and analysing policy options, preparing briefing papers and…
  • 0.43Conducting threat and risk assessments and developing responses
Least exposed tasks
  • 0.31Liaising and consulting with programme administrators and other interested…
  • 0.39Assessing impacts, financial implications, interactions with other programmes…
  • 0.41Reviewing existing policies and legislation to identify anomalies and…
Compared with our other Malaysian guides
JobExposureAvg task score
Administrative assistantVery high0.59
AccountantHigh0.51
IT officerModerate0.49
Computer technicianModerate0.47
Information officerModerate0.43
PTD officerMinimal0.42
PsychologistSome0.39
Science officerMinimal0.39
ArchitectMinimal0.37
Legal officerMinimal0.36
PharmacistMinimal0.33
Customs officerMinimal0.32
EngineerNot exposed0.30
TeacherNot exposed0.30
DoctorNot exposed0.29
Agriculture officerNot exposed0.28
PhysiotherapistMinimal0.28
Environmental health officerNot exposed0.28
Assistant engineerNot exposed0.28
Medical assistantNot exposed0.23
RadiographerNot exposed0.22
NurseMinimal0.22
Community nurseNot exposed0.20
FirefighterNot exposed0.18
DentistNot exposed0.15
VeterinarianNot exposed0.14
Prison officerNot exposed0.14
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 youth and sports officer salary in Malaysia?

A new government youth and sports officer starts on RM2,250 basic a month (S9, bachelor's degree). With fixed allowances in Kuala Lumpur the total is RM3,150 a month, in 2026.

What is the youth and sports officer salary per year in Malaysia?

RM3,150 a month is RM37,800 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 youth and sports officer's pay grow with years in service?

On the yearly increment alone, basic pay at grade 9 rises RM225 a year: from RM2,250 to about RM3,375 after 5 years and RM4,500 after 10, before any promotion. Foundific calculation from the Budget 2026 scale.

What is the highest youth and sports 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 youth and sports officer earn in a private company?

No official source publishes youth and sports officer pay outside government.

What is the difference between S1 and S9 for youth and sports officers?

S1 (youth and sports assistant) is the SPM entry and starts at RM1,500 basic. S9 (youth and sports officer) is the degree entry and starts at RM2,250. The S9 scale runs to RM11,110, against RM4,680 at S1.

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: Pembantu Belia Dan Sukan Gred S1.
  2. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam, Syarat Permohonan: Penolong Pegawai Belia Dan Sukan Gred S5.
  3. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam, Syarat Permohonan: Pegawai Belia Dan Sukan Gred S9.
  4. Ministry of Finance, Budget 2026 establishment list, Lampiran A. SSPA minimum-maximum salaries, page A-1.
  5. JPA, Pekeliling Perkhidmatan Bil. 1/2024 (SSPA), Lampiran E: ITP, ITKA and BISH by grade and area.
  6. DOSM, Salaries & Wages Survey Report 2025 and the 2024 report.