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Ministry of Higher Education MalaysiaValues: share of employed respondents · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION · TVET PAY
How TVET diploma salary bands shifted, 2019–2023
Track monthly-income bands among working TVET ILKA diploma 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
2RM1,000 and below18
1RM1,001–RM2,00070
3RM2,001–RM3,00010
4RM3,001 and above2
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 share rose from 9.9% in 2019 to 19.5% in 2023, while RM1,000-and-below fell markedly.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHistorical nominal salary distribution among working TVET diploma respondents.
PulseKita reproduces MOHE Graduate Tracer Study Chart 11.2 for TVET ILKA diploma 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 diploma 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