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Malaysia’s Average Income Sees First Negative Drop In 11 Years

today14 July 2021

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DOSM illustrated that people living in urban areas lost 9.2% in median salaries from RM3,405 to RM3,089, while people living in rural areas lost 5.5% in median salaries from RM2,208 to RM2,086.

People working in the agriculture sector underwent the highest average pay cut at 20%, followed by the mining and quarrying sector at 17.7%, the construction sector at 10.4%, and the servicing sector at 9.4%.

Below is the breakdown of the drop of median salaries and wages by different education…

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Written by: Yap Wan Xiang

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