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Malaysia’s filled private-sector jobs rose 1.6% in the third quarter

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12 Nov 2026, 7:07 pm IST1 min read

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Malaysia’s formal private sector had 9.11 million filled jobs in July–September 2026, up 1.6% from a year earlier, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said on 12 November. The department counted 9.31 million positions in all, including vacancies.

About 196,700 positions were vacant, down 0.2% year on year. Manufacturing accounted for about 116,100 vacancies, or 59% of the total.

The survey counted 31,300 newly created jobs in the quarter, down 3.2% from a year earlier. The release measures labour demand in the formal private sector.

The figures are summarised under the Malaysian Government Open Data Terms of Use 1.0.

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Credit: Data source: Department of Statistics Malaysia

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