Government salary calculator
Base pay is not what lands in your account. Pick a role and a location to see the real gross — base pay plus the fixed allowances.
| Base pay | RM1,974 |
| ITKA (public service allowance) | RM160 |
| ITP (housing allowance) | RM300 |
| BISH (cost-of-living allowance) | RM350 |
| BIPK (critical service incentive) | RM150 |
| Gross pay | RM2,934 |
After the Phase 2 rise (7% on base pay, effective 1 January 2026), base pay becomes RM2,112 and gross pay about RM3,072 for an officer already in service before 1 January 2026.
Base pay plus FIXED allowances only. It excludes variable allowances (shift, overtime, on-call), which differ by post. Allowance rates from JPA PP Bil. 1/2024; base pay from the SPA/JPA schemes.
How it is worked out
Every civil servant receives several fixed allowances on top of base pay: ITKA (a public service allowance), ITP (housing), BISH (cost of living — higher in the Klang Valley), and BIPK (a critical service incentive, for schemes such as nursing and medicine). These rates come from the official JPA circular, and they are flat cash: the Phase 2 rise of 7% applies to base pay only, never to the allowances.
This calculator shows the starting salary for each role. For the full range of every grade, see the civil service pay ladder.
What it does not include
Variable allowances — shift, overtime, on-call — are excluded, because they differ by post and hospital and we have not confirmed the rates from an official source. For a doctor in particular those can be a large part of monthly income, so treat the figure here as the fixed floor rather than the total. Where a scheme’s critical-service status could not be verified, the calculator leaves BIPK out and says so rather than guessing.
Gross is also not take-home. After EPF, SOCSO and EIS the figure is different again — see the net salary calculator.
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