Data from Indonesia's Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in the August 2016 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) shows that DKI Jakarta has the highest average employee salary in Indonesia. Formal sector workers in the capital city receive an average salary of Rp 3.98 million. East Kalimantan and Banten follow, with averages of Rp 3.7 million and Rp 3.5 million respectively. Papua, in the far east, ranks fourth with an average worker salary of Rp 3.4 million, surpassing West Java's average wage of Rp 2.8 million.
The average worker wage based on the August 2016 Sakernas was Rp 2.55 million per month. Urban workers received an average wage of approximately Rp 2.80 million per month. Meanwhile, rural workers received a lower wage of approximately Rp 2 million per month. Education is a key determinant of wages, with a tendency for wages to increase with higher levels of education. The lowest wage (Rp 1.20 million) was earned by workers who had not/never attended school, while the highest (Rp 4.32 million) was earned by workers with a postgraduate degree (S2 and above).
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