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Asia markets

Malaysia job market

Official market size and labour demand, compared with the active job listings JobLake currently observes across employers, agencies and portals.

JobLake coverage

6,994

deduplicated active jobs

Updated Aug 2026

Population

35,977,838

Period ending Dec 2025

Labour force

18,719,406

Period ending Dec 2025

Unemployed

704,598

Period ending Dec 2025

Calculated from sources

Unemployment rate

3.8%

Period ending Dec 2025

Vacancy rate

n/a

Not available

Available jobs

n/a

Not available

Coverage snapshot

What JobLake sees now

Listings are deduplicated across sources. The observed-listing ratio compares today's JobLake catalog with the latest published available-jobs measure; it is directional because one available job can produce multiple advertisements, and some are never advertised online.

6,994

Active jobs

98

Added in 24h

1,259

Added in 7 days

383

Companies

11

Agencies

13

Job portals

0

Duplicates collapsed

n/a

Listings / available jobs

38

With known salary

Jobs by industry

Where hiring is concentrated

Manufacturing1,189 · 17%
Hospitality & tourism1,082 · 15.5%
Software & IT783 · 11.2%
Banking & finance570 · 8.1%
Retail & e-commerce305 · 4.4%
Transport & logistics282 · 4%
Automotive257 · 3.7%
Energy & utilities253 · 3.6%
Food & beverage199 · 2.8%
Consulting194 · 2.8%

Main job posters

Companies

  1. 01Marriott International736
  2. 02Infineon Technologies279
  3. 03Hilton278
  4. 04Celestica226
  5. 05DKSH226
  6. 06Mercedes-Benz AG177
  7. 07Standard Chartered176
  8. 08Bosch Group139
  9. 09BASF130
  10. 10Accenture127

Recruitment market

Agencies

  1. 01Robert Walters155
  2. 02Kintec13
  3. 03Airbus9
  4. 04Korn Ferry8
  5. 05Nicoll Curtin7
  6. 06Selby Jennings4
  7. 07Morgan McKinley2
  8. 08Russell Tobin2
  9. 09ASQ Education1
  10. 10DSJ Global1

Distribution

Job portals

  1. 01Indeed13
  2. 02Maukerja10
  3. 03Jooble7
  4. 04beBee3
  5. 05ClimateTechList2
  6. 06Netlify2
  7. 07Trabajo.org2
  8. 08Vercel2
  9. 09My.jobrapido.com1
  10. 10Ricebowl1

Sources and methodology

Trace every headline number

Population

World Bank World Development Indicators / UN

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour force

World Bank World Development Indicators / ILO

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Unemployed

JobLake derivation from World Bank/ILO indicators

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Derived from official data

Unemployment rate

World Bank World Development Indicators / ILO

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Direct observation

Labour-market indicators update on their source's release schedule. JobLake catalog data refreshes hourly, and historical snapshots are retained so coverage can be measured over time.