This data set shows the number of employed persons by industry for all states in Malaysia. The statistics is derived from Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is conducted every month using household approach.

Employed persons are those between the working age of 15-64 years old who at any time during the reference week of LFS had worked at least one hour for pay, profit or family gain (as an employer, employee, own-account worker or unpaid family worker).

Industry is classified according to the following classification:

(i) Year 1982-2000, Malaysia Industrial Classification (updated) 1972 based on International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) of All Economic Activities 1968.

(ii) Year 2001-2009, Malaysia Standard Industrial Classification (MSIC) 2000 based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 3.

(iii) Starting 2010, Malaysia Standard Industrial Classification (MSIC) 2008 version 1.0 based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4.

A person’s industry classification refers to that of his principal occupation.

LFS does not classify the subsistence goods- and services-producing activities of households as persons who are economically active. Therefore, the classification of industry by MSIC 2008 for Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods-and services-producing activities of households for own use only accounted for Activities of households as employers.

W.P. Labuan is gazzeted as a Federal Territory in 1984 while W.P. Putrajaya is gazzeted as a Federal Territory in 2001. The statistics for W.P. Putrajaya for 2001-2010 is treated as part of Selangor. Statistics for W.P. Putrajaya is available separately since 2011 onwards.

LFS was not conducted during the years 1991 and 1994.