KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 2 -- Kuala Lumpur ranks as the second-highest city in South-east Asia for average monthly salaries, trailing only Singapore, based on compiled regional salary data drawing on official national statistics and labour market sources.

The data places Kuala Lumpur's average monthly pay at about US$1,321 (RM5,208), positioning the Malaysian capital ahead of several major urban centres across Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The comparison is based on aggregated salary figures compiled from Malaysia's Department of Statistics (DOSM) and publicly available labour and wage data released by other Asean member states, alongside regional labour market datasets that benchmark major cities rather than countries as a whole....