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Table A-13: Average monthly basic wage per expatriate/PR employee and foreign worker by region and
establishment size in June 2016
Average basic wage (RM)
Expatriate /
PR Foreign
workers
Central 15,639 1,269
Large 17,692 1,130
Medium 4,801 1,472
Small 9,654 1,182
East coast 8,883 1,127
Large 17,860 969
Medium 7,062 918
Small 7,700 1,433
Southern 3,610 1,125
Large 9,911 1,090
-* 1,234
Small 8,323 1,067
Northern 12,514 1,040
Large 15,024 1,014
Medium 3,792 1,096
Small 3,800 1,090
4,518 1,002
Large 6,869 1,044
Medium 3,136 884
Small 1,919 1,027
establishment size by region
Medium
East Malaysia
*Low sample size
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