The number of workforce in Kalimantan Timur in August 2008 was 1,416,963 people, an increase of 175,542 compared to the August 2007 workforce of 1,241,421 people or an increase of 167,475 people compared to February 2008 with 1,249,488 people.
The number of people working in Kalimantan Timur in August 2008 was 1,259,587 people, an increase of 167,962 people compared to the conditions in August 2007 of 1,091,625 people, or an increase of 152,605 people when compared to the situation in February 2008 there were 1,106,982 person.The number of unemployed people in August 2008 experienced an increase of 7,580 people compared to the situation in August 2007 with 149,796 people and in August 2008 there were 157,376 people in August 2008, and an increase of 14,870 people when compared to the situation in February 2008 there were 142,506 peopleThe open unemployment rate (TPT) in Kalimantan Timur in August 2008 reached 11.11 percent, a decrease compared to the situation in August 2007 (12.07 percent), as well as the situation in February 2008 (11.41 percent).
