Employment Situation in August 2017

The labor force in Dairi Regency in August 2017 reached 157.04 thousand people (with a Labor Force Participation Rate of 86.70 percent) or only around 2.33 percent of the total workforce in North Sumatra Province.

 The population working in Dairi Regency in August 2017 reached 154.8 thousand people (around 98.58 percent of the total workforce) or only around 2.43 percent of the total population working in North Sumatra Province.

 The number of open unemployment in August 2017 in Dairi Regency amounted to 2.24 thousand people or around 0.59 percent of the total open unemployment in North Sumatra Province which reached 377.3 thousand people.

 The Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) in Dairi Regency in August 2017 reached 1.42 percent, this figure was 4.18 points lower than the open unemployment rate in North Sumatra Province which reached 5.60 percent.

 The population in Dairi District who worked in August 2017 the majority worked in the agricultural sector with the number of workers reaching 71.78 percent. The services sector absorbs 24.04 percent of the workforce, and only ranges from 4.18 percent of the workforce in Dairi District working in the manufacturing sector in August 2017.