Labour Market Information

Salaries & Wages Survey Report, Malaysia, 2019

The median monthly salaries & wages recorded an increase from RM2,308 to RM2,442 (5.8%). Meanwhile, the mean monthly salaries & wages increased from RM3,087 to RM3,224 (4.4%) within the same period.

Key Statistics of Labour Force in Malaysia, July 2020

Labour Market Review, Second Quarter 2020

Unfavourable labour market situation can be observed in Q2 2020, but it slowly recovered in June 2020. An article entitled 'Supplementary Measures on Labour Underutilisation' is featured in this report.

Labour Productivity of Second Quarter 2020

In the second quarter of 2020, Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value added per hour worked increased 15.6 per cent after registering 2.1 per cent in the preceding quarter.

Employment Statistics Second Quarter 2020

Total jobs in the private sector in Q2 2020 declined 85 thousand from Q1 2018 to record 8.383 million. During the same period, filled jobs rate rose from 97.6 per cent to 98.0 per cent while vacancies rate dropped by 0.4 percentage points to 2.0 per cent.

Principal Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, Second Quarter (Q2) 2020

Labour force participation rate 68.1 per cent and unemployment rate 5.1 per cent.

Informal Sector Work Force Survey Report, Malaysia, 2019

Employment in the informal sector in 2019 recorded 1.26 million people, contributed 8.3 per cent of employment in Malaysia

Graduates Statistics 2019

In 2019, 83.5 per cent of the 5.29 million graduates in Malaysia were in the labour force while 16.5 per cent are outside labour force. Graduates Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) decreased 0.1 percentage points in 2019 (83.5%) from 2018 (83.6%).

Labour Force Survey Report, Malaysia, 2019

Labour force participation rate increased 68.7 per cent and unemployment rate remained at 3.3 per cent.

Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics 2018

This publication presents the Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics obtained from Annual Economic Survey 2018 for reference year 2017 covers employees working in the formal private sector in Malaysia. In this publication, the Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics are analysed from various dimensions.