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EDUCATION OUTCOMES · JOB QUALITY

What skill-level jobs did younger first-degree graduates enter?

Track skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled job shares among employed first-degree graduates aged 30 and below from 2017 to 2021.

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia2022 report · data through 2021
SHOW ME THE DATA2017 → 2021 · share of employed respondents · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2017 — 2021
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia
2017
1Skilled59
2Semi-skilled35
3Low-skilled5
201720172021
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi MalaysiaMinistry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗2022 report · data through 2021HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
IN BRIEF

Occupation skill level adds an important job-quality dimension beyond whether a graduate simply has a job.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

Occupation skill level among employed first-degree respondents aged 30 and below.

PulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Table 12c. The population is employed first-degree graduates aged 30 and below, grouped by the report's skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled occupation levels.

  • Historical 2017–2021 tracer-study series, not a current 2026 job-quality measure.
  • The denominator is employed first-degree respondents aged 30 and below.
  • Skill level describes occupation category; it is not the same as salary, field match or job satisfaction.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
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    TransformationPulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Table 12c. The population is employed first-degree graduates aged 30 and below, grouped by the report's skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled occupation levels.
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    Published visualAnimated race

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2017 → 2021
UNITshare of employed respondents · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2022 report · data through 2021
primaryGraduate occupation skill level by qualification
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