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EducationAnimated race2019 → 2023

EDUCATION OUTCOMES · HISTORICAL

How first-degree graduate salary bands shifted, 2019–2023

Follow the distribution of monthly income among employed first-degree graduate respondents in MOHE's Graduate Tracer Study.

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia2023 tracer study
SHOW ME THE DATA2019 → 2023 · share of employed respondents · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2019 — 2023
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia
2019
3RM1,000 and below14
1RM1,001–RM2,00036
2RM2,001–RM3,00035
4RM3,001–RM4,00010
5RM4,001–RM5,0002
6RM5,001 and above2
201920192023
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi MalaysiaMinistry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗2023 tracer studyHIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
IN BRIEF

A growing share moved above RM3,000, while the RM1,001–RM2,000 band became smaller—but this remains a tracer-study distribution, not a guaranteed starting salary.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

Historical employed-respondent salary distribution, not a salary guarantee.

PulseKita reproduces MOHE's published salary-band shares for employed first-degree respondents. Each frame is one survey year and the bars show the share in each monthly-income band.

  • Historical Graduate Tracer Study series; it is not a current 2026 salary benchmark.
  • The denominator is employed first-degree respondents, not all graduates.
  • From 2021 onward, MOHE excludes graduates working with family without wages/salary from this salary table.
  • Salary bands are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
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    TransformationPulseKita reproduces MOHE's published salary-band shares for employed first-degree respondents. Each frame is one survey year and the bars show the share in each monthly-income band.
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    Published visualAnimated race

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2019 → 2023
UNITshare of employed respondents · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2023 tracer study
primaryGraduate Tracer Study salary-band trends
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