Labour Market Information

Labour Market Review, Third Quarter 2021

Malaysia’s labour market situation has yet to return to the pre-pandemic level in Q3 2021 albeit posting better quarter-on-quarter performance as the country went through the four-phase exit strategy from the pandemic as reported in Labour Market Review, Third Quarter 2021. This report also features two articles entitled 'Sticky Wages: An evidence in Malaysia’s Manufacturing Sector' and 'Developing the Labour Market Information Analytics Platform (LMIAP)'.

Labour Productivity of Third Quarter 2021

Malaysia’s labour productivity in the third quarter of 2021 as measured by value added per hour worked recorded marginal declined of 0.6 per cent.

Employment Statistics Third Quarter 2021

During Q3 2021, total jobs in economic sector dropped by 0.8 per cent, recorded a total of 8,406 thousand jobs as compared to Q3 2020. The rate of filled jobs remained at 97.9 per cent with a record of 8,231 thousand jobs this quarter. Based on the year-on-year performance, the rate of job vacancies remained at 2.1 per cent recorded 174 thousand vacancies (Q3 2020: 179 thousand). In fact, comparing with the last quarter, the rate of job vacancies also remained the same.

Key Statistics of Labour Force in Malaysia, September 2021

Principal Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, Third Quarter (Q3) 2021

The number of labour force increased by 0.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 16.02 million persons in third quarter of 2021 after posted decreases in the second quarter of 2021

Job Vacancies Landscape in Malaysia, Second Quarter of 2021

Graduates Statistics 2020

In 2020, 85.0 per cent of the 5.36 million graduates in Malaysia were in the labour force while 15.0 per cent are outside labour force. Graduates Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 (85.0%) from 2019 (83.5%).

Salaries & Wages Survey Report, Malaysia, 2020

Mean monthly salaries & wages fell 9.0 per cent in 2020, the first time decline since the series began in 2010

Labour Force Survey Report, Malaysia, 2020

UNEVEN SITUATION OF MALAYSIA’S LABOUR FORCE IN 2020 DUE TO THE HEALTH CRISIS AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES

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

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.