Status Pekerjaan Utama 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Berusaha sendiri tanpa dibantu orang lain 19,504,632 20,324,527 20,921,567 21,046,007 21,030,571 19,415,464 18,440,722 Berusaha dibantu buruh tidak tetap/ buruh tak dibayar 19,946,732 21,024,297 21,772,994 21,933,546 21,681,991 19,662,375 18,761,405 Berusaha dibantu buruh tetap/buruh dibayar 2,850,448 2,883,832 3,015,326 3,033,220 3,261,864 3,717,869 3,873,041 Buruh/Karyawan/Pegawai 26,821,889 28,042,390 28,183,773 29,114,041 32,521,517 37,771,890 40,291,583 Pekerja bebas di pertanian 5,541,158 5,917,400 5,991,493 5,878,894 5,815,110 5,476,491 5,339,998 Pekerja bebas di nonpertanian 4,618,280 4,458,772 5,292,262 5,670,709 5,132,061 5,639,857 6,202,093 Pekerja keluarga/tak dibayar 16,173,796 17,278,999 17,375,335 18,194,246 18,764,653 17,986,453 17,899,312
Jumlah/Total 95,456,935 99,930,217 102,552,750 104,870,663 108,207,767 109,670,399 110,808,154