KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Employees based in Malaysia are expected to see a real salary increase of 2.8 per cent in 2022, up from a growth of 1.5 per cent this year, according to the latest Salary Trends Report by employee management data and software provider ECA International.
ECA International Asia regional director Lee Quane said Indonesia and Malaysia were among the countries most impacted by the pandemic and are expected to see some of the biggest jumps in rates of salary growth in Asia-Pacific in 2022, as their respective economies start to return to normality. The report said real salary increases for workers were predicted to average 1.9 per cent across the Asia-Pacific region in 2022.