August 2022: The unemployment rate was 5.86 percent and The average labour wage was 3.07 milion rupiahs per month

Release Date	:	November 7, 2022
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Abstract

The National Labour Force Survey (Sakernas) reports number of Indonesia's labour force in August 2022 was 143.72 million people, an increase of 3.57 million compared to August 2021. Similarly, the labour force participation rate increased by 0.83 percentage points.
Compared to August 2021, the number of employed people has increased by 4.25 million people, to 135.30 million people. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery experienced the highest increase in employment (1.57 million people). Only Employment in Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management, and Remediation Activities declined by 0.05 million people.
The formal sector employed 55.06 million people (40.69 percent), an increase of 0.14 percentage points compared to August 2021.
Underemployment and voluntary part-time employment rates were both lower in August 2022 than in August 2021, falling by 2.39 percentage points and 1.77 percentage points, respectively.
Percentage of commuter workers in August 2022 was 5.97 percent, increase by 0.37 percentage point compared to August 2021.
The August 2022 unemployment rate was 5.86 percent, a decrease by 0.63 percentage points from the August 2021 rate.
There were 4.15 million people (or 1.98 percent) of the working-age population who were affected by the COVID-19, with 0.24 million people being unemployed, 0.32 million people being exited from the labour force, 0.11 million people being temporarily absent from work, and 3.48 million people had working hours reduced.

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