IT Salaries in KL

If such a salary was in USD, I mean 100 - 120k per year, that would be a really excellent salary but I wonder what kind of company would pay so high for a Senior Data Engineer. I lived in Malaysia for many years and my bank branch manager was earning about MYR15k per month, that was a few years ago. She was local. But for a westerner, I find a salary of around MYR8k - 10k per month too little to make it worth it.

Malaysia is a bad place for IT jobs. Exploitation is rife. AirAsia for example really abuses it staff.

5 to 7k a month (down from 15 to 25k 15 years ago) seems normal these days. However staff turnover is high as pay is low paradoxically and quality is poor. "Pay cheap, get cheap" is Malaysian business philosophy!

I think an estimate of RM100-120k per year for an experienced hire, depending on your qualifications and experience. You can have a look at jobstreet.com for openings. They usually give an indication of the range of salaries.

Thats an interesting line from Shill...what is WORTH IT? I think many people never think about that. The question is always, IS IT ENOUGH TO LIVE, and it should be, IS IT WORTH moving across the world? Yes, a person can live on RM8-10K a month in Malaysia, even much less, no problem. But to me, its not worth the move and necessary life changes and adjustments for that salary. Shills words are what people should be asking.

Worth noting friends of the wife, Indonesian expats, so not far from home, earn 10k RM a month or more in KL. It is not much really.

For some RM10k/month is a lot. In Indonesia they may not make that much, so they're happy here. If you're from a stronger currency country like Europe, it may not make sense for you to come here unless you have a partner here, or want to live in and explore Asia without taking a year off living in backpacker hostels. But I think r0008 didn't ask if it's worth moving here etc. He just wants to know what is the expected range of salaries. Btw there are international companies here willing to pay more for talent. If you're nothing special compared to some other local IT specialists, then why should they pay you more?

Thank you all for your opinions and sorry for such a huge delay. I currently live in Ukraine and make $5k per month gross. I pay 5% + $35 taxes. I visited Malaysia several times and for me this is a great country to live in. That's what I've started the salary research and I was confused with the numbers. As I've said, some websites give numbers of USD 120k/year, others MYR 120k/year. Now I understood that the numbers are more or less correct, but they are in MYR.