Five Employment Sectors Experienced Wage Increases for Workers in August 2021

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded the average worker's wage in Indonesia at Rp 2,736,463 in August 2021. This figure is down 0.72% compared to August 2020, which was Rp 2,756,345.

Nevertheless, five sectors recorded an increase in average wages in August 2021. These are real estate; water supply; information and communication; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; and manufacturing.

The real estate sector experienced the highest wage increase, at 10.95%, from Rp 3,350,489 to Rp 3,717,246. Wages in the water supply sector rose by 7.7% from Rp 2,449,753 to Rp 2,638,298.

Wages in the information and communication sector increased by 4.76% from Rp 3,943,383 to Rp 4,131,229. Meanwhile, wages in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector rose by 3.38% from Rp 1,907,188 to Rp 1,971,660.

Manufacturing was the last sector to experience a wage increase in August 2021. It recorded an increase of 0.9% from Rp 2,635,446 to Rp 2,659,274.

Meanwhile, 12 other employment sectors experienced a decrease in wages. The deepest decline was experienced by the transportation and warehousing sector, at 6.04%, from Rp 3,149,968 to Rp 2,959,761.