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Ministry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION OUTCOMES · JOB QUALITY
What skill-level jobs did younger diploma graduates enter?
Track skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled job shares among employed diploma graduates aged 30 and below from 2017 to 2021.
SHOW ME THE DATA2017 → 2021 · share of employed respondents · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2017 — 2021
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia
2017
2Skilled33
1Semi-skilled53
3Low-skilled14
201720172021
Ministry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗2022 report · data through 2021HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
This gives a more useful picture of post-diploma work than employment status alone.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSOccupation skill level among employed diploma respondents aged 30 and below.
PulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Table 12d. The population is employed diploma 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 diploma respondents aged 30 and below.
- Occupation skill level is separate from salary and field-of-study match.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceGraduate occupation skill level by qualification
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Table 12d. The population is employed diploma graduates aged 30 and below, grouped by the report's skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled occupation levels.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2017 → 2021
UNITshare of employed respondents · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2022 report · data through 2021