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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Values: skills-related underemployment · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION OUTCOMES · MALAYSIA
How common is skills-related underemployment among tertiary-educated workers?
Track the quarterly share of employed Malaysians with tertiary education who are working in semi-skilled or low-skilled jobs.
SHOW ME THE DATA2017-01 → 2026-04 · skills-related underemployment · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2017-01 — 2026-04
SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
2017-01
1Female32
2Overall30
3Male28
2017-012017-012026-04
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Values: skills-related underemployment · %SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗10 Nov 2025 · data through 3Q 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Skills-related underemployment gives PulseKita a current labour-market outcome measure without pretending it is a fresh-graduate employability score.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSCurrent labour-market mismatch, not a graduate employment rate.
PulseKita uses DOSM's Labour Force Survey skills-related underemployment rate. The indicator covers employed people with tertiary education who are working in semi-skilled or low-skilled occupations under MASCO classifications.
- This is not a graduate employment rate and is not limited to fresh graduates.
- The indicator measures job-skill mismatch among employed people with tertiary education.
- It does not measure salary, job satisfaction, field-of-study match or career progression.
- The latest published source observation may lag the current calendar quarter.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceQuarterly Skills-Related Underemployment by Sex
- 2TransformationPulseKita uses DOSM's Labour Force Survey skills-related underemployment rate. The indicator covers employed people with tertiary education who are working in semi-skilled or low-skilled occupations under MASCO classifications.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2017-01 → 2026-04
UNITskills-related underemployment · %
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED10 Nov 2025 · data through 3Q 2025