The Wage Gap in Papua's Education Sector is the Lowest

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that Papua had the lowest difference between the wages of workers in the education sector and the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) in 2019, namely Rp -507,740 per month. This is because the wages of education sector workers in Papua only amounted to Rp 2,733,160 per month. Meanwhile, the UMP in Papua was recorded at Rp 3,240,900 per month.

In addition to Papua, South Sumatra and Aceh had a low difference between the wages of workers in the education sector and the UMP. Based on BPS data, these two provinces had a difference between the wages of workers in the education sector and the UMP of Rp -491,269 and Rp -405,850 per month, respectively.

Meanwhile, West Java had the highest difference between the wages of workers in the education sector and the UMP, reaching Rp 1,218,150 per month. In detail, the wages of education sector workers in West Java were recorded at Rp 2,886,522 per month. Meanwhile, the UMP in West Java was Rp 1,668,372 per month.

West Java was followed by Yogyakarta and Bengkulu. These two provinces had a difference between the wages of workers in the education sector and the UMP of Rp 985,811 and Rp 968,073, respectively.

The average wage for education sector workers in Indonesia was only Rp 2.7 million per month. This figure is far below the national average wage, which reached Rp 2.9 million per month.

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