Cost of Living in Kuala Lumpur

If you're a budget traveller or backpacker staying at a hostel of 20 Malaysia dollar per night, don't assume that what you pay for the night either at booking app such as booking.com, pagoda, hotel, etc is inclusive of everything for the accommodation of the night just like what you normally pay for accommodation at all of the other countries where there are no additional tax to pay for, BUT as a foreign tourist in Malaysia, you are forced to pay an additional 50% tax which is 10 Malaysia dollar for the 20 Malaysia dollar accommodation per night.

So for a hostel of 20 Malaysia dollar per night, you must pay a total of 30 Malaysia dollar per night, an extra 50% above 20 Malaysia dollar where the Malaysia government rips foreign tourist off an additional 10 Malaysia dollar per night which is incredibly inhumane, greedy and shameful as never seen before among countries all over the world.

So Malaysia has truly a shameless government which targets helpless foreign tourist guest in their country Malaysia for tourism ripoff which never happen among their own people Malaysian which ripoff is well aware of as Malaysia tourism promotion at abroad by almost everyone, foreigners who are planning for foreign trips so it is useless for Malaysia to spend a cent abroad to promote Malaysia tourism market because foreign tourist with brain will stay away from the ripoff trap of tourism tax of the stupid Malaysia government.

Furthermore, the shame of the Malaysia government doesn't stop here but Malaysia politicians are vying among themselves for a share of the ripoff where is forcefully collected from foreign tourist as mentioned at the splendid news of the link below.
Since tourism tax is not enough to the extent of Malaysia politicians fighting among each other for a share, suggest Malaysia politicians might earn more by sitting with a steel cup banging on the floor at the entrance of the airport begging for money as beggers.

So observing the struggle of the
Malaysia politicians for the ripoff money collected through the distress, sorrow, injustice, etc of foreign tourist, you should understand the shortsigness of the Malaysia politicians regarding the tourism tax which will certainly follow and destroy the prosperity of Malaysia tourism market.
When bad thing happens at the Malaysia tourism market, Malaysia politicians should remember their action of this foolishness of collecting tourism tax unnecessarily and should not blame this and that but blame themselves and resign their jobs for their unworthiness and foolishness.

If you're a budget traveller or backpacker staying at a hostel of 20 Malaysia dollar per night, don't assume that what you pay for the night either at booking app such as booking.com, pagoda, hotel, etc is inclusive of everything for the accommodation of the night just like what you normally pay for accommodation at all of the other countries where there are no additional tax to pay for, BUT as a foreign tourist in Malaysia, you are forced to pay an additional 50% tax which is 10 Malaysia dollar for the 20 Malaysia dollar accommodation per night.

So for a hostel of 20 Malaysia dollar per night, you must pay a total of 30 Malaysia dollar per night, an extra 50% above 20 Malaysia dollar where the Malaysia government rips foreign tourist off an additional 10 Malaysia dollar per night which is incredibly inhumane, greedy and shameful as never seen before among countries all over the world.

So Malaysia has truly a shameless government which targets helpless foreign tourist guest in their country Malaysia for ripoff which is well aware of as Malaysia tourism promotion at abroad by almost everyone who are planning for foreign trips so it is useless for Malaysia to spend a cent abroad to promote Malaysia tourism because foreign tourist with brain will stay away from the ripoff trap of tourism tax of the stupid Malaysia government.

Furthermore, the shame of the Malaysia government doesn't stop here but Malaysia politicians are vying among themselves for a share of the ripoff where is forcefully collected from foreign tourist at the news of the link below.

Guan Eng: Settle tourism tax, don't get emotional
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/01/06/sarawak-minister-to-guan-eng-settle-tourism-tax-dont-get-emotional/1709692

Since tourism tax is not enough to the extent of Malaysia politicians fighting among each other for a share, suggest Malaysia politicians might earn more by sitting with a steel cup banging on the floor at the entrance of the airport begging for money as beggers.

So observing the struggle of the
Malaysia politicians for the ripoff money collected through the distress, sorrow, injustice, etc of foreign tourist, you should understand the shortsigness of the Malaysia politicians regarding the tourism tax which will certainly follow and destroy the prosperity of Malaysia tourism market.

When bad thing happens to the Malaysia tourism market in the near future, Malaysia politicians should remember their action of this foolishness of collecting tourism tax unnecessarily and should not blame this and that but should blame themselves, take responsibility and resign their jobs proactively consequently and immediately for their unworthiness and foolishness.

Is it possible ringgit 3500 too cover living expenses for one person per month?

I have been offered 11000 MYR per month to live in kualalumpur. I am married person and my wife also works in IT. We both work in India. Will RM 11000 be enough for us both to live comfortably in KL?

Is 3,500 RM Salary per month an OK offer to live in KL?

‘Did we lose over 300,000 tourists with tourism tax?’
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/12/20/did-we-lose-over-300000-tourists-with-tourism-tax/

Melaka budget hotels forced to pick up tab as tourists refuse to pay S$3 levy
https://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/budget-hotel-operators-melaka-forced-pick-tab-tourists-refuse-pay-s3-levy

ANTI-TERROR SCREENING FEE

Most recently, it was announced that passengers flying out of Malaysia will now have to pay a fee of 35 MYR (11.55 SGD) to bear the cost of their airports' new anti-terror screening system.

This is not very logical, as their screening system costs many times more than those used in first-world countries like Australia, and the cost of such security systems is usually paid by governments rather than passengers.

TOURISM TAX

Beginning in 2017, foreigners staying at hotels, hostels, Airbnb apartments and any other form of paid lodging started being charged a tourism tax of 10 MYR (3.30 SGD) a night. Malaysians are exempt from this charge.

Plead Dr Mahathir to remove the tourism tax which was imposed under Najib and only tagets the foreign tourist unfairly.
Consequently, foreign tourist are not visiting Malaysia gradually unlike before imposing the foreign tourism tax.
It is time to revive the foreign tourism market to its golden day by removing the foreign tourism tax

I really like the basic run down and general % split. This is really useful.

An additional daily toursim tax of 10 Malaysia dollar would be charged to all tourist staying in all kind of hostels or hotels in Malaysia starting from Sept 11, 2017.
So if tourist choose to stay at budget hostels or hotels, the burden of the tourism tax shall be as much as additional 30% on top of the room cost everyday.

Nazri, the ministry of toursim said the additional daily tourism tax of 10 Malaysia dollar for tourist stay in Malaysia was needed for the tourism promotion, but most tourist including me, potential tourist to Malaysia, feel differently to his message, and instead feel as an indication to tourist not to come to Malaysia or else we, tourist shall be fined 10 Malaysia dollar everyday staying in Malaysia. I myself planning to visit Malaysia and even checked flight tickets today, but after finding this horrible news of panalizing 10 Malaysia dollar daily to tourist, I decided to cancel visiting Malaysia and planning again to visit other reasonable countries.
http://www.webintravel.com/malaysias-tourism-tax-finally-enforced-still-faces-long-road-smooth-implementation/

This additional daily tourism tax of 10 Malaysia dollar for tourist stay in Malaysia is indeed kind of the first unique invention by Malaysia seemingly with the potential power of destroying tourism market in Malaysia as well as closing of many hotels follows gradually due to less and less tourist visiting to Malaysia due to this very unreasonable tourism tax.

Worker Union is supposed to protect worker from losing job, but instead the Worker Union is demanding a higher pay for existing workers without considering the suffering of lots of jobless people who can't find job in Malaysia. What about lowering the minimum wage which would certainly create a lot of hiring which should certainly lessen the burden of the jobless people, but unfortunately the Worker Union never consider this option at all just because of seemingly its greed. Even the fresh graduate, Ms Nor Asma Arifin spent 1 year looking for a job but couldn't find it so eventually decided to work as a maid.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/poverty-drives-malaysian-women-to-work-as-maids

"Don't kill a chicken that lays eggs for a delicious meal, and instead for the sake of eggs, don't kill the chicken", Cambodia PM Hun Sen said it recently that is a vision with future that is also exactly what the ministry of tourism and the Worker Union should learn to stay away from evil greed. Or else tourism job shall be lost across the tourism industry UNCONTROLLABLY or even worse as well as with higher minimum wage, employers have to let go many existing employees so as to be able to maintain a profit margin of the business.

Kindly plead Malaysia not to kill the chicken that lays egg in order to not further deteriorate the current bad employment market of Malaysia, or else lots more unpredictable jobless people from the tourism industry shall be created on top the lots of current jobless people in Malaysia. Then what solution Malaysia has in hand to resolve the future suffering of additional jobless people from the tourism sector due to lack of normal income.

#Vincent you must be mistaking in counting. Either its 8,000 MYR per month or 80,000 MYR annual. 80,000 MYR is almost $20,000 per month. Who would pay such insane salary unless you are an expert of black magic :D

Hi, my Husband has an ecsepted a job in KL for 19,000rm pm, we are set to move the beginning of next month. will this be enough for us both (2 adults) to live comfortably on? we are looking at living in Bangsar and are hoping to also try to save. is this something we could achieve on this wage?
any help would be much appreciated.

I am getting 1L INR in Bangalore India and I got offer oh 11K RM in KL; can I anybody tell how much the expense is in KL with family of 4 in KL. am I able to save 5K RM monthly. I heard that the Income Tax & PF is very high there.

#Zeenat International schools are expensive around KL.
#Rajashekar you need around 2100 RM per month for a decent place.
#saif, #siti 5,000 RM is somewhat on edge. You'll need 7,000 RM to save something. I was on 12,000 RM when I worked there.
#vincent 55K SGD per month is insane. normal people get 3.5K to 4.5K, the better ones get 7K up per month. and 80,000 RM per month in Malaysia is good enough for 10 families with 2 kids each.

#KL Guy Yes that looks just right. Just increase by a bit for 2017

Hi
I am planning to come to KL I need a hostel to stay 1 year please let me know the rent for monthly pls provide complete details pls

I was wondering if somebody could tell me about way of managing and expenses of childcare and household woman from The Philippines for living with my family in KL

Hmm, but I feel that RM80,000 still short of my expectation. I was considering another offer from Singapore. But the cost of living in Singapore is rather high. The offer from Singapore is SGD55,000 per month.

I got an offer in KL, RM80,000 per month. Is it enough to live comfortably in KL? I'm Single.

How hard would it be to get a working permit in KL? Im thinking about relocating to KL with my family ( my daughter and husband) but i would like to know if its as hard as indonesia for foreigners to get a job? Also how hard would it be to get residence???

I have been living in KL for more than 30 years. Here's my sharing on the cost of living:

Rental: Ranges from RM1,500 to RM2,000 p/month for a decent mid-range condominium with 3 rooms

Utilities: RM150 to RM300

Food: Home cooking most of the time (RM150 to RM200) per week - should be good for 3 person, if eat out: Above RM300 per week

Public Transport :RM100 to RM200 per month

Mid-range car Installment: RM600 to RM1,000 per month

Cinema Ticket: RM10 to RM18 per person

Meal at McD: RM12 to RM15 per person

Meal at a mid-range restaurant for 2: RM40 to RM80

Everyday meal type of resto: RM5 to Rm10 per person

Higher end resto for 2: RM100 to RM200

Luxury Resto: Above RM200

Phone Bill: RM50 to RM100 per month for mobile plan with data

Hi, i have an offer or 5000 MYR. I'm planning to relocate by myself and leave My wife and 2 kids in Tunisia. Is it enough for me to live in KL and send circa 2400 MYR to my familly every month please?

Hi, i am a real estate agent based in KLCC. (Kuala Lumpur City Centre)
the rental rate is quite inaccurate. If you looking a decent place to rent in the city centre it will be around RM4500 for 2 bedrooms & around RM6000 for 3 bedrooms. However the rate is varies from each building, facilities, & location. Basically the rate will be higher when the building is closer to the Petronas Twin Towers. If you want to know more about rental or property market in KLCC, please do not hesitate to email me at zulhafiy@cbd.com.my

welcome to Kuala Lumpur.

@Deepan 2000 is enough if you live frugally and modestly. If you want to live comfortably in KL, even as a single person with accommodation provided, you need to be making double what you are being offered. Bear in mind that there are many hidden costs in KL which could potentially force you to fork out more money than you intend on spending. You could save up to 200-300 ringgit a month if you are careful with how you spend.

I had been in Malaysia, the cost of living there is cheaper than the information above and it's cheaper than Jakarta.

Hi,

I got a job in KL, Malaysia so with 35000 MYR is enough for living in there

#Sandeep,

Since most of your high expenses are covered by your company, you and your family should able to live comfortably in Malaysia for RM10,000 per month.. So, on the safe side.. I will say 50% savings can be allocated.. as for taxes, talk to your company. They have way to optimise your tax savings.

Good luck. Dennon.

I am a married person, willing to relocate to Malaysia with my spouse and 1 kid. I got an offer from Malaysia of 11000 MYR, Can anyone tell me the cost of living in Malaysia, inclusive of all expenses including (Apartment, food, transportation, utilities, internet etc).
is 11000MYR is enough to live in KL with family of three. Kindly suggest.

@ronald balicwat I think it depends on your years of experience. I've seen on most job listing sites in Malaysia that a bartender's salary ranges anywhere between RM 1100 - 3000 a month (that's about 12600 - 34250 philippine pesos a month)

"#Dev on Sep 29, 2015 :
Hello,

In India, I earn around INR 80K/month (RM 5400) and my monthly expenses including tax and other deductions is around INR 20K (RM 1350). So, I save around INR 60K/month (RM 4050).

Now, I got an offer from a company in Kuala Lampur. Salary - RM 8000/month. I just want to know what will be basic cost of living which includes renting a shared apartment, cooking own food, occasional dine out, transportation, paying mobile, internet, electricity bill etc. Also, what will be percentage of tax?"

If I make as much money as u do I wont be sharing an apartment, LOL. Most expat dont purchase a car and usually use the train, however I might warn you that train in KL is very unreliable, and the traffic jam is bad as well. Anyway if you dont purchase a car, I believe you can save 2-3 k per month easily.

Reading from the previous post I noticed the concerns are mainly made up of 2 categories:

1) Sufficiency of salary to live in KL
Based on my experience in KL (close to 40 years of local experience, yes I'm a local Malaysian), here are my personal opinion:
a) If you are a student (undergrad or postgrad), the "salary", scholarship or allowance that you receive may structured to cover your daily necessity for living. Don't expect to have a lavish lifestyle no matter where you are in the world when you are under such sponsored scheme.
b) Minimum salary in Malaysia is MYR900/month. A Malaysia citizen may earn MYR1200 - MYR1800/month working in McDonalds, hair saloon, Pizza hut, restaurant waiter, sales assistant in retail shopping mall or general operators. These people usually stay with the parents with minimum family burden.
c) University freshgrad, average earning around MYR1500-MYR3000/month. They need to start make a good financial planning to achieve a reasonable living standard either on their own or live with family.
d) Average 5-8 years skilled/experience grads or specialist technician makes MYR3000 - MYR6000/month. Where personally I think this is the median income in KL. You won't have a luxury lifestyle in KL but you live like majority of people in KL, even with a small family. Well budgeting allow you to dine in medium-high class restaurant once in a week.
e) I consider MYR6k to MYR10k/month as medium-high level of income. You may enjoy a little more options in your lifestyle, such as better car/house/meal and oversea travelling if you planned well.
f) for those who make MYR10k-15k/month, I consider this is a moderate comfortable income in KL if you planned well.
The above is a benchmark for citizen live in KL, exclude children international schooling fee (which will cost a bomb).
How much you can save? Depending on your lifestyle and financial planning. We don't expect people come to KL to live like a robot with fixed routine and eating same dish and doing the same thing everyday. KL is a vibrant city and full of excitement.

2) Job recommendation / offers
I think this is a cost of living index website and posting such question will usually receive very minimal respond.

#Priya on Jul 09, 2015 :

Hi prima..
As I know..RM 6500..is enought for you...is depend hhowyou spent...
Cost rent a condo around 2000
And public transport very Bad..
Drive a car very traffic jam in KL.. .

My comment if single it is enought RM 6500
If Married have kid RM 10000 should enough

Hi,

I got an offer from an MNC company in Malaysia.It is a long term project. Exp is 6 yrs. India package is 9 LPA and Malaysian package is 6500 RM. I am married. Please let me know if this salary is sufficient.

Thanks,
Priya

I got offer letter from UNIVERSITI Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). In scholarship I will get RM1650 per month with tuition fee wavier. Is it enough to spend a month.

Hi,

I got an offer from a Bank in KL Malaysia. Just wanted to know that MYR6000 is sufficient for a family of 2 adults and a 2 year old kid. No need to save any money out of it.

My expenses are very moderate:
1. House rent
2. Transportation (I will buy a used car)
3. School for my son.
4. Regular house hold expenses.
5. Weekly once going our for food and roaming.
6. Moderate shopping

Regards

Hiii...
I am fresher and got offer from malasiya. Company offer me 1700rm with food and accomodation now i want to know how much i can save after spending a normal life in malaysia.

hi
i have a job offered in malaysia with monthly salary of 45oo MYR
can you please guide me if this package is enough to sustain in malaysia ? i am single person.How much money i will be able to save

I will be moving to Kuala Lumpur shortly and working as a post-doctoral fellow at the UTM Can you please suggest me a single accommodation which is within walking distance of the UTM campus

Hi
I am planning to shift to Malaysia soon does anyone know if Kent RO Water purifiers are available in Malaysia.
I have a unit at my home here which i have been using for the past 5 years.
Should i bring the unit over to malaysia or buy a unit from there itself.
I am not keen on buying other brands.