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Ministry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION · TVET PAY
How TVET first-degree salary bands shifted, 2019–2023
Track monthly-income bands among working TVET ILKA first-degree respondents across five tracer-study years.
SHOW ME THE DATA2019 → 2023 · share of employed respondents · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2019 — 2023
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia
2019
4RM1,000 and below7
1RM1,001–RM2,00039
2RM2,001–RM3,00037
3RM3,001 and above16
201920192023
Ministry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗2023 tracer studyHIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
The RM2,001–RM3,000 band became the largest by 2022, while the RM3,001+ share reached 25.5% in 2023; respondent counts are small, so the series should be read cautiously.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHistorical nominal salary distribution among working TVET first-degree respondents.
PulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Chart 11.2 for TVET ILKA first-degree graduates. Each frame is one survey year and shows the published monthly-income band distribution among working respondents.
- Historical 2019–2023 tracer-study series; it is not a current 2026 salary benchmark.
- The denominator is working respondents in this qualification group.
- Income bands are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.
- From years marked by MOHE, graduates working with family without wages/salary are excluded from the salary denominator.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceTVET ILKA salary and occupation-skill trends
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Chart 11.2 for TVET ILKA first-degree graduates. Each frame is one survey year and shows the published monthly-income band distribution among working respondents.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2019 → 2023
UNITshare of employed respondents · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2023 tracer study