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Proposals Engineer salary, Malaysia
Advertised base salaries from Proposals Engineer adverts in Malaysia.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Proposals Engineer adverts in Malaysia.
Proposals Engineer salary, Malaysia
RM57,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within RM43,500–RM84,000 (approximate).
6 adverts6 employersIndicativeUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Average (mean)
RM63,600
Range
RM33,600–RM102,000
Adverts stating pay
10%
6 of 59 adverts · Low data
The median for every role, emailed to you.
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Median advertised base salary RM57,000
Adverts per RM30,000 band
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Pay by sector. We do not know the sector of any of the 6 adverts: neither the employer's LinkedIn industry nor the advert says, so there is no figure by sector yet.
Malaysia ranks 22nd of the 26 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 6 adverts. United States has the highest available advertised median, based on 80 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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Day rates. No Proposals Engineer advert in Malaysia stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 6 of the 59 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (10%, Low data): 1 in a structured field and 5 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Estimated posting dates. 1 of the 6 adverts behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on it, so we recorded the day we collected it instead. It counts in every window on this page and is left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | No figure | No figure | No figure | 10 | No figure | No step |
| 2–5 years | RM102,000 | RM102,000 | RM102,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| 5–10 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 9 | No figure | No step |
| 10+ years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Not stated | RM42,000 | RM48,000 | RM66,000 | 5 | Low data | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| RM30,000–RM60,000 | 3 | 50% |
| RM60,000–RM90,000 | 1 | 17% |
| RM90,000–RM120,000 | 2 | 33% |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | RM482,000 | $118,166 | 80 |
| Puerto Rico | RM423,000 | $103,740 | 1 |
| France | RM324,000 | €70,000 | 11 |
| Poland | RM286,000 | €61,777 | 2 |
| Netherlands | RM278,000 | €60,000 | 27 |
| Ireland | RM260,000 | €56,250 | 2 |
| Germany | RM255,000 | €55,000 | 23 |
| Switzerland | RM255,000 | €55,000 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | RM244,000 | £45,000 | 51 |
| Canada | RM223,000 | C$77,500 | 3 |
| Italy | RM185,000 | €40,000 | 260 |
| Qatar | RM185,000 | QAR165,000 | 2 |
| China | RM182,000 | CN¥300,000 | 3 |
| South Africa | RM174,000 | R700,000 | 5 |
| Singapore | RM172,000 | S$54,000 | 4 |
| Spain | RM167,000 | €36,000 | 18 |
| Austria | RM152,000 | €32,729 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | RM93,300 | AED84,000 | 12 |
| Romania | RM77,600 | lei88,500 | 4 |
| Vietnam | RM66,000 | ₫420,000,000 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | RM65,200 | SAR60,000 | 1 |
| Malaysia | RM57,000 | RM57,000 | 6 |
| Philippines | RM54,600 | ₱840,000 | 5 |
| Egypt | RM35,200 | E£450,000 | 1 |
| India | RM20,400 | ₹480,000 | 94 |
| Nigeria | RM14,700 | ₦4,800,000 | 2 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Learning & development | 80% | 10 |
| Bonus & incentive | 50% | 10 |
| Health & medical | 50% | 10 |
| Allowances & stipends | 30% | 10 |
| Retirement & pension | 30% | 10 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 30% | 10 |
| Family & care leave | 20% | 10 |
| Housing allowance | 20% | 10 |
| Life & disability insurance | 20% | 10 |
| Paid leave | 10% | 10 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | RM42,000 | RM42,000 | RM42,000 | 1 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Sept 2026 | RM78,000 | RM57,900 | RM93,000 | 4 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposals Engineer in Malaysia | 10% | 5%–20% | 1 | 5 | 59 |
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