There are many factors that lead to the variation of basic salaries among fresh graduate and employees. The need forbasic salary varies according to the responsibility of an employee. The variation of basic salary not influenced by theneed of the employees, it rather depends on the working skills and experiences. This study focuses on the factorstowards the perception of fresh graduate employees on the basic salary based on the factors of cost of living,qualification, responsibility, and scope of work. The data were collected from Maxis employees in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. The findings revealed that all factors were positively correlated to the perception towards basic salariesamong fresh graduates. Somehow, the perceptions on their basic salaries are significantly influenced only by the cost ofliving and scope of work, positively. Employees have a high expectation on basicsalaries if the cost of living is gettinghigher. This may encourage some employees to get a new job with a better offer because they believe that more skillsand experiences will lead towards a better job with a higher salary