WEEKLY

REPORT
(WEEK 44, NOVEMBER 2023)

EMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE SYSTEM

Prepared by:
Employment Information and Analysis Services (EIAS),
Employment Insurance System Office
OUTLINE

Page

Outline 2

A. Vital Statistics 3
B. Loss of Employment 4
C. Placements 6
D. MYFutureJobs Portal 8
MYFutureJobs - Vacancies 9
MYFutureJobs - Job Seekers 10

F. Return to Work Program 11

G. Self-Employment Category 12

Data Administration
Registration and Contribution (PERKESO and EIS) 13
Technical Notes 14

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 A. Vital Statistics
Week 44, November 2023

No. Category Item Employers Employees

1 PERKESO Contributors (+FW) 557,884 8,876,896
PERKESO Database
2 EIS Contributors 496,823 6,293,613
-Contributors (July 2023)
3 Self-Employed 551,805
4 Loss of Employment 11,299 41,038
5 Placements 195,893
6 Core Statistics Vacancies1 1,808,615
7 Jobseekers2 416,665
8 Upskilling & Reskilling - 1,832
1 refers to total of Job offers
2 refers to new registered jobseekers in MYFutureJobs

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 B. Loss of Employment
Week 44, November 2023

▪ Loss of Employment (LOE) refers to insured person who had lost his employment. LOE does
not include voluntary resignation and retrenchment due to misconduct.
▪ The 5 EIS benefits are the Job Search Allowance, Early Re-Employment Allowance, Reduced
Income Allowance, Training Allowance, and Training Fee.
▪ Alert Line refers to average monthly LOE cases for year 2022. Monthly cases that
successively exceed this line in year 2022 may indicate early signs of economic uncertainties.

LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT TRENDS , 2020 - 2023

2020 : 107,024
18,579

2021 : 61,360
16,660 2022 : 34,388
2023 : 41,038
: Alert Line
10,084

9,261

9,086
8,334

7,416
7,388

6,805
6,296

6,143

6,012
5,788
5,778

5,985
5,621

5,415
5,262

4,963
4,562
4,556

4,399
4,326
4,560
4,283

4,165
4,042

3,727
3,854

3,308
3,542

3,289
3,499

3,171
3,345
3,092

3,029
3,089
2,785

2,786

2,780
2,692
2,645
2,442
2,172

2,120

674
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
STATE

12,331 9,404 5,052 3,996 2,115 1,471 1,289 1,241

Wilayah
Selangor
Persekutuan Kuala
PulauLumpur
Pinang Johor Sarawak Kedah Perak Sabah

1,158 860 748 482 410 255 112 110

Negeri Sembilan
Pahang Melaka Kelantan TerengganuWilayah Persekutuan
Wilayah Persekutuan
Putrajaya
Perlis Labuan
GENDER AGE GROUP
7,613

6,823

23,721
5,851

5,007

4,653

Male
4,213
3,954

(57.8%)
2,607

17,317
243

Female
(42.1%)
20 - 24

25 - 29

30 - 34

35 - 39
15 - 19

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

55 - 59

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 Key Indicators - Loss of Employment
Week 44, November 2023
SALARY RANGE (RM)

9,795
7,450

5,934

4,156
4,036

2,659
2,305

1,282

1,090

1,045
607
OCCUPATION CATEGORY
Managers 5,860
Professionals 10,871
Technicians & Associate Professionals 6,815
Clerical Support Workers 2,689
Service & Sales Workers 2,428
Skilled Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock & Fisheries Workers 41
Craft & Related Trades Workers 956
Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers 7,622
Elementary Occupations 3,404
Undefined 352

INDUSTRY
Manufacturing 11,085
Wholesale & Retail 4,643
Other Services 3,926
Construction 3,755
Defence Compulsory Social Security 3,745
Professional & Technical 2,420
Administrative & Support Service 2,415
ICT 2,152 Financial Difficulties Contract Expiry
2,820 1,742
Transportation 1,786
7% 4%
Accommodation and F&B 1,237
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 943 Business Closure Others
7,864 11,437
Financial & Insurance Takaful 616
19% 28%
Human Health & Social Work 515
Real Estate 365 CAUSE
Education 344 OF
Activities of Extraterritorial 341
LOE
Mining & Quarrying 201
Water, Sewerage & Waste 193
Activities of Households 188 Downsizing VSS/MSS
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 91 8,354 8,821
Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply 77 20% 22%

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 C. Placements
Week 44, November 2023

▪ Each jobseeker will receive personalized job search assistance from an Employment Services
Officer. Successful placements fall into one of 3 categories: EIS Insured Persons, persons with
disabilities or general jobseekers.
▪ Placements can be confirmed by individual officers, new registrations on ASSIST, or Early Re-
Employment Allowance claims.
▪ The percentage of jobseekers who were successfully placed in June 2021 spiked from previous
month. High application for PENJANAKERJAYA 2.0 for the month of June 2021 are among the
key reasons for this sizable increase.

PLACEMENT TRENDS, 2020 - 2023

2020 : 160,554 67,739
2021 : 320,864

64,629

61,270
2022 : 294,044
2023 : 195,893

51,910
52,538

45,043

38,713
33,862
33,569

33,275

31,502
32,061
30,991

28,980
28,115

24,886

25,808
22,858

22,835
20,301

18,093
16,523

15,911
15,014

15,480
13,435

13,350

13,303
12,244
12,213

12,440

11,028
10,829
9,881
5,680
4,118

4,069

3,716
3,238

3,127
1,720

1,602
1,290

1,104

584

318
160

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
STATE

48,805 33,959 17,743 16,319 10,817 10,376 8,327 8,038

Selangor
W.P. Kuala LumpurJohor Pulau Pinang Sabah Sarawak Perak Kedah

6,098 5,447 5,140 3,987 3,110 847 812 526

Negeri SembilanMelaka Pahang Terengganu Kelantan Perlis W.P. Putrajaya
W.P. Labuan
GENDER AGE GROUP
62,250
60,851

99,989
Male
(51.0%)
27,546

15,595

95,904
9,828

6,832
5,454

4,339

2,186

Female
777

(48.9%)
25 - 29

30 - 34

55 - 59
15 - 19

20 - 24

35 - 39

40 - 44

45 - 49

50 - 54

60 - 64

Please note the figures displayed are still being updated and have yet to be finalised

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 Key Indicators - Placements
Week 44, November 2023

OCCUPATION CATEGORY
Managers 10,878
Professionals 35,990
Technicians & Associate Professionals 36,673
Clerical Support Workers 14,760
Service & Sales Workers 32,768
Skilled Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock & Fisheries Workers 1,805
Craft & Related Trades Workers 6,731
Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers 15,714
Elementary Occupations 25,781

SALARY RANGE (RM)

72,623

49,090
31,711

18,218

7,792

7,410

764

384

336

260
150
Revision Stage : 7,155
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing 38,759
Wholesale & Retail 26,898
Other Services 24,310
Accommodation and F&B 15,432
Professional & Technical 13,960
Defence Compulsory Social Security 11,423
Construction 10,000
Transportation 7,553
Administrative & Support Service 7,035
Education 5,740
Human Health & Social Work 5,410 Insured Persons
ICT 5,018 + Open
Financial & Insurance Takaful 4,630 Interview (EIS),
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 1,895 34%
Real Estate 1,483 By
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 1,347 Target
Other job Disabled
Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply 1,121 Group Workers
seekers,
Water, Sewerage & Waste 1,089 127,595 (RTW),
Activities of Households 706 2,695
Mining & Quarrying 595
Activities of Extraterritorial 398
Information above is subject to continuous updates in line
Revision stage : 11,091 with the latest developments

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 D. MYFutureJobs Portal
Week 44, November 2023
▪ Portal MYFutureJobs (MFJ) provides state-of-the art job matching between vacancies posted by
employers and job seeker's profile as well as supply and demand labour market statistics.
▪ Together with hiring incentive, MFJ can stimulate hiring through employer incentives, mobility
assistance, upskilling courses, and managing foreign workers.
▪ All vacancies and jobseekers are required to register on MFJ the sole National Job Portal.
▪ Portal MFJ can be access through www.myfuturejobs.gov.my

Year 2021 2022 2023

Total Vacancies
(cumulative)
2,480,577 4,753,418 1,808,615
Total Active
Vacancies
161,215

Total Job Seekers 887,977 546,325 416,665

VACANCIES AND JOBSEEKERS

Jobseekers Vacancy
311,243

230,211
229,193

227,015

217,132

164,255

163,237
151,371

146,957
146,408
119,465

60,448

52,637

44,951

44,361
42,921

41,864

35,468

35,232

35,207
38,900

24,532

13,371
3,065

Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Year 2022 Year 2023
STATE
531,353

Jobseekers
363,081

Vacancy
206,140

172,699

138,597
86,763

82,417

62,507

60,208

56,902

43,572
42,589

41,339
36,507

33,396
32,484
31,468

31,310
25,926

22,671
19,799
18,817

18,296
17,947

15,777
14,643

6,536

4,484
3,384
1,483

1,146
685

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 MYFutureJobs - Vacancies
Week 44, November 2023

BY OCCUPATION CATEGORY
Managers 117,935

Professionals 278,622

Technicians & Associate Professionals 257,748

Clerical Support Workers 137,222

Service & Sales Workers 222,762

Skilled Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock & Fisheries Workers 19,623

Craft & Related Trades Workers 85,587

Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers 109,945

Elementary Occupations 578,470

QUALIFICATION LEVEL SALARY RANGE (RM)

>15999 0.3%
Diploma
13000-15999 0.4%
258,406
14.3% 10000-12999 1.0%
SPM
8000-9999 1.2%
802,933
SPM & Below 44.4% 6000-7999 1.5%
Degree 1,322,255 PMR 5000-5999 2.0%
206,200 73.1% 177,277 4000-4999 2.7%
11.4% 9.8%
3000-3999 6.2%
STPM Primary 2000-2999 17.3%
15,865 Master 342,045
0.9% 3,320 PhD 1500-1999 56.0%
1,730 18.9%
0.2% <1500 11.4%
0.1%
BY INDUSTRY
Manufacturing 307,108
Construction 220,347
Administrative & Support Service 179,790
Wholesale & Retail 171,551
Accommodation and F&B 159,749
ICT 140,186
Financial & Insurance Takaful 121,443
Professional & Technical 114,471
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 107,589
Other Services 63,751
Human Health & Social Work 54,275
Transportation 49,389
Education 32,462
Mining & Quarrying 19,741
Water, Sewerage & Waste 18,556
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 13,792
Real Estate 12,234
Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply 11,767
Defence Compulsory Social Security 6,189
Activities of Households 3,846
Activities of Extraterritorial 379

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 MYFutureJobs - Job Seekers
Week 44, November 2023

GENDER >65 510 AGE GROUP

60-64 1,405
211,394 55-59 4,121
Male
50-54 7,140
(50.7%) 45-49 11,285
40-44
205,271 18,612
Female 35-39 33,394
(49.2%) 30-34 53,783
25-29 91,148
20-24 160,089
15-19 35,178

QUALIFICATION LEVEL
Diploma
61,616
25.3%

Other
SPM
109,327
88,396 STPM
44.8%
36.2% 9,979
4.1%
PT3
Bachelor Primary 7,069
67,967 3,883 2.9%
27.9% Master PhD 1.6%
4,521 521
1.9% 0.2%

STATE
Selangor 86,763
Johor 42,589
Sabah 36,507
Kedah 33,396
Sarawak 32,484
WP Kuala Lumpur 31,468
Perak 31,310
Pulau Pinang 25,926
Kelantan 22,671
Negeri Sembilan 18,817
Pahang 17,947
Terengganu 15,777
Melaka 14,643
Perlis 3,384
WP Putrajaya 1,483
WP Labuan Undefined = 354
1,146

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 F. Return to Work Program
Week 44, November 2023

▪ Case managers assist disabled persons and workers who have suffered workplace or
commuting injuries or occupational diseases.
▪ They will be rehabilitated and assisted to be reintegrated into labour market and to be a
productive citizen.
▪ Rehabilitation services are available at the PERKESO Rehabilitation Centre in Melaka.
▪ PERKESO also appointed 146 rehabilitation centres throughout Malaysia.

16,799
REFERRED CASES 15,004

10,425
9,673

6,947 6,767

4,245 4,454
3,799

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

(Week 44, Nov
2023)

INDIVIDUALS SUCCESFULLY RETURNED TO WORK 13,286

11,336

7,019 7,163
5,286
3,845
2,347 2,498 2,582

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

(Week 44, Nov
2023)
SUCCESS RATE

78.1% 79.1%
72.6% 75.6%
68.8%
61.8% 58.8% 58.0% 55.3%

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

(Week 44, Nov
2023)

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 G. Self-Employment Category
As at July 2023
Total Self-Employed: 551,805

TOTAL CONTRIBUTORS AND CONTRIBUTIONS COLLECTED

629,397
Total Contributors
RM125.65
Contributions Collected (RM million)
411,350
319,416
RM73.62
RM61.53

149,280
114,772
2,539 7,989
RM7.89 RM14.10
RM0.47 RM1.43
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Jul-23

NUMBER OF BENEFIT RECIPIENTS AND PAYMENTS

Type of Benefits No. of Recipients Payment (RM)
Temporary Disablement Benefit 1,920
Permanent Disablement Benefit 419
Medical Benefits 867
Funeral Benefits 58 15,246,805
Dependants' Benefit 480
Permanent Disablement Benefit (Periodical) 17
Constant-Attendence Allowance 3

SELF-EMPLOYMENT BY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Support Services 156,408
Delivery 103,350
Agriculture 71,876
Transportation 68,335
Hawkers 51,484
Fishing 38,197 389,119
Food & Beverage 18,024 BY GENDER & AGE GROUP
Male

Households Activity 6,873

64,909

64,712
63,906

Agents 7,156
(70.5%)
58,290

54,352

Construction 6,859
52,364
52,293

50,682
46,692

Manufacturing 5,429
Professionals 4,655
35,841

Health Care 3,565

Online Business 3,202
162,686
Female

Arts 3,216
Livestock 2,092
Information technology 477
Accommodation 407 (29.4%)
Forestry 177
Data Processing 23

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 6,579,673
475,816 7,840,302

Jul-22
RM61.81 1,056,696

Jul-22
545,581

Jul-22
6,681,754
491,763 7,228,023
RM63.40

Aug-22
554,436 1,319,765

Aug-22
Aug-22
6,734,475
495,662 7,333,526
RM64.58

Sep-22
556,730 1,376,629

Sep-22
Sep-22
6,767,553
500,047 7,450,869
RM68.64

Oct-22
560,556 1,439,048

Oct-22
Oct-22
6,691,654
497,576 7,545,627
RM69.41
503,755

Nov-22
1,505,251

Nov-22
Nov-22
Akta 800

6,777,108
502,287 7,626,328
RM73.60
507,374
Dec-22
1,576,334

Dec-22
Dec-22
Akta 4

5,222,246
419,743

Akta 800
RM69.18 5,952,761
458,170
Jan-23

Jan-23
Jan-23
1,213,060

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448,227 5,610,856

Akta 4
RM70.33 6,383,605
July 2022 - July 2023

458,339

Feb-23

Feb-23
Feb-23

1,351,989

460,569 5,790,961
RM73.56 6,586,593
469,905
NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS

Mar-23

Mar-23
Mar-23

1,439,156
Foreign Worker/Expats

470,078 5,931,750

EIS CONTRIBUTION COLLECTED (million)

RM70.00 6,744,134
NUMBER OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTORS

478,769

Apr-23

Apr-23
Apr-23

1,506,393
Registration and Contribution (PERKESO and EIS)

479,103 6,066,280
RM71.70 487,247 6,898,679

May-23

May-23
May-23

1,571,827

480,702 6,078,220
RM72.82 494,673 7,031,674
Jun-23

Jun-23
Jun-23

1,636,078

496,823 6,293,613
RM73.73 557,884
Jul-23

7,210,900

Jul-23
Jul-23

1,665,996

Employment Insurance System (EIS), Putrajaya

 Technical Notes

PLACEMENT:
Successfull allocation of a person to a job either permanent, fixed term or temporary with an employer.

ACTIVE JOB SEEKERS:

Job seekers who are registered in the MYFutureJobs portal which includes EIS beneficiaries and general
jobseekers.

JOB VACANCIES:
Job vacancies refers to vacancies advertised in MYFutureJobs. The statistic reported are cumulative figures
which includes both active and expired vacancies. Active vacancies refers to job posting available in
MyFutureJobs portal at time off this report.

LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT (LOE):

Loss of Employment (LOE) refers to unemployment benefit claims submitted by insured person who had
lost his/her employment.

ACTIVE EMPLOYER / WORKERS:

Reported based on at least one contribution made for reported month by an employer for their workers.

For further information, please visit EIS website at eiscentre.perkeso.gov.my

THANK YOU

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