Hire and pay employees in
Malaysia, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Malaysia. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Malaysia is 5 days with Deel.

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Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)

Capitale

Kuala Lumpur

Langue officielle

Malay

Cycle de paie

Mensuel

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Malaysia with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Malaysia, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Malaysia quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Malaysia
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Malaysia within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Employees Provident Fund Contribution
  • Training Fund
  • Assurance-chômage
  • Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
  • Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)
  • Assurance vie mondiale - Allianz

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Malaysia

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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum

The minimum wage for employees in Malaysia is MYR 1,500 per month.

Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 30%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.

Revenu annuel brut Taux d’imposition (%)
Up to MYR 5,000 0
Up to MYR 20,000 1%
Up to MYR 35,000 3%
Up to MYR 50,000 8%
Up to MYR 70,000 11 %
Up to MYR 100,000 19 %
Up to MYR 250,000 24 %
Up to MYR 400,000 25%
Up to MYR 600,000 25%
Up to MYR 1,000,000 26%
Up to MYR 2,000,000 28%
Over 2,000,000 30%

Coût de la paie

Employer cost ranges from 13% - 14% of employee salary:
  • Employees Provident Fund (EPF):
    • 12% for salaries lower than MYR 5,000
    • 13% for salaries higher than MYR 5,000
  • Employees’ Social Security (SOCSO) - Employees’ Social Secuity (SOCSO)- From MYR 23.65 to MYR 104.15
  • Employment Insurance System (EIS): MYR2.70 to MYS 11.90 
  • Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) - 1.00%

Optional Cost
13th salary: Employers can decide to pay their employees in Malaysia a 13th salary. This is an optional bonus amounting to 1 month salary usually paid in January or December. 

Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.

Rémunération des heures supplémentaires et nombre d’heures maximum

Overtime payment is mandatory and may be included in the salary if the employee is earning less than MYR 4,000 per month. 

For employees earning over MYR 4,000 per month, overtime is not required and must be agreed upon between the employer and employee. Employees can work a maximum of 104 hours of overtime a month. For all additional hours, employees are paid 150% of their hourly rate.  Weekends employees are paid at 200% of their hourly rate and for public holidays employees are paid at 300% of their hourly rate.

Standard working hours are eight hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
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Hiring in Malaysia, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Malaysia with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Malaysia and 150+ countries.

Groupe (8)

À partir de 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

13-14%

Part employeur estimée

* du salaire versé

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