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πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Β· 2026-09-28

Capital location. General national rules are used where applicable; this is not a national average.

Intelligence Hours Index
9h 21m

Gross minimum-wage work for one month of this subscription benchmark.

Time, made visible1 bar = 8 hours
1.17 workdays8h is a visual unit, not a legal working day.

Behind the number

Monthly USD price
$20
Hourly minimum wage
MYR 8.72
Local currency per USD
4.0777
Reference FX date
2026-09-28
Wage effective / source-reference date
2025-08-01
Last wage verification
2026-09-28
Data status
verified
Service availability
Not yet verified

US list price Β· before taxes Β· gross minimum wage

Private-sector employees, including non-citizens, paid by the hour. Domestic service and apprenticeship contracts excluded. August 1 marks application to employers with fewer than five employees as well.

Official gross hourly rate; no monthly or daily conversion.

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Regional comparison

One country, local realities.

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RegionHours of workHourly wage, localStatus
Kuala Lumpur9h 21m8.72verified
Actual observations only

A history that starts with evidence.

The first recorded observation is 2026-09-28. A trend will appear once more dated observations accumulate. We do not invent a historical line.

Recorded data table
DateHoursRevision
2026-09-289.35252293577983
Monthly plans

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PlanUSD/monthHours
ChatGPT Go83h 44m
ChatGPT Plus209h 21m
ChatGPT Pro β€” More20093h 32m
Claude Pro209h 21m
Claude Max β€” 5Γ—10046h 46m
Google AI Plus4.992h 20m
Google AI Pro19.999h 21m
Google AI Ultra β€” 5Γ—99.9946h 45m
Google AI Ultra β€” 20Γ—199.9993h 31m
SuperGrok3014h 02m
SuperGrok Plus10046h 46m
Kimi Plus198h 53m
Kimi Pro3918h 14m
Kimi Max9946h 18m
Kimi Ultra19993h 03m
Source trail

Every input has a source.

chatgpt-plus Β· verified 2026-09-28

ChatGPT Plus: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation chatgpt-plus-2026-09-28. Source openai-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

claude-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Claude Pro: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation claude-pro-2026-09-28. Source anthropic-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

google-ai-pro Β· verified 2026-09-28

Google AI Pro: USD 19.99 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.

Observation google-ai-pro-2026-09-28. Source google-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.

MY-CAP Β· verified 2026-09-28

Official rate: 8.72 MYR per hour from 2025-08-01. Private-sector employees, including non-citizens, paid by the hour. Domestic service and apprenticeship contracts excluded. August 1 marks application to employers with fewer than five employees as well.

Observation MY-CAP-2025-08-01-8.72. Source my-labour-faq. Approved 2026-09-28.

Approved wage changes

What changed, and when.

Effective / reference datePublished rateState
2025-08-018.72 MYR / hourPublished observation