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Table 3-7: Total labour cost per full-time employee per month
(Elementary worker)
Malaysian employee vs foreign worker
Elementary occupations
Malaysian
Foreign Worker
Wage Cost (RM)
Basic wage
1,178 972
Cash allowance 342 208
Commission 322 238
OT payment 260 356
EPF and SOCSO 209 N/A
- -
107 37
2,418 1,811
Other pension fund
Bonus
Total Wage Cost
Non-Wage Cost* (RM)
HRDF
- N/A
Facilities and benefits 517 302
SPPA N/A 7
Total Non-Wage Cost* 517 309**
Total Labour Cost (RM)
Total Wage and Non-Wage Cost*
2,935
2,120
* Does not include severance payment and recruitment cost
** Does not include levy, which was approximately RM1,200 per worker per year in 2015
3.3.7.2 Total Labour Cost: Malaysian Employees by Job Category
Based on the survey data, the average total labour cost per full-time Malaysian employee per
month was within the range of RM3,000 to RM8,000 across all job categories except for
managers (RM16,600).
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