146 Million Indonesians Employed in August 2025, Majority Are Laborers

Akbar Ridwan 31/12/2025 15:48 WIB

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According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), there were 146.54 million Indonesian residents working in August 2025. The majority of them were laborers, employees, or staff.

Indonesian Population* Employed by Primary Employment Status (August 2025)

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Indonesian Population* Employed by Primary Employment Status (August 2025)

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According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), there were 146.54 million Indonesian residents aged 15 years and above who were employed in August 2025.

Of this total, the majority, or 38.74%, were categorized as laborers, employees, or staff.

On the other hand, residents working as established entrepreneurs, i.e., business owners assisted by permanent/paid laborers, had the smallest proportion, only 3.46%.

The following are the details of the number of Indonesian residents aged 15 years and above who were employed based on their main employment status in August 2025:

Laborers/employees/staff: 56.78 million people
Self-employed: 31.36 million people
Self-employed assisted by temporary/unpaid laborers: 20.31 million people
Family workers/unpaid laborers: 19 million people
Freelancers in the non-agricultural sector: 7.57 million people
Freelancers in the agricultural sector: 6.47 million people
Self-employed assisted by permanent/paid laborers: 5.06 million people

In August 2025, the largest number of employed Indonesian residents were in West Java (24.51 million people), East Java (23.80 million people), and Central Java (21.30 million people).

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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