Gender wage comparisonBy gender, male formal workers made up 55.1% of total formal employment, or 3.89mn people, in September 2025. Female formal workers accounted for 44.9% of the workforce, or 3.17mn people, with a median monthly wage of RM2,800 during the same period. The mining & quarrying sector, while accounting for just 0.6% of total formal sector employment, continued to post the highest median monthly wage at RM6,600 in September 2025. In contrast, the agriculture sector, which contributed 1.8% of formal citizen workers, recorded the lowest median monthly wage at RM2,245. Wage levels across statesLooking at geographical differences, Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest median monthly wage at RM4,064.