Estimated Employment Opportunities and Labor Productivity in Central Java Province in 2025-2029

This study aims to identify labor trends in Central Java for the period 2014–2024 and project its conditions in 2025–2029, including the number of job opportunities and labor force productivity. The research uses a quantitative method with secondary data from Sakernas, RPJMD, the technocratic draft of the 2025–2029 RPJMN, and RPD Central Java, which is analyzed through the stages of compilation, cleaning, statistical analysis, visualization, and interpretation. The working-age population and labor force in Central Java continue to increase, with the open unemployment rate likely to decline (except in 2024), and this upward trend is projected to continue until 2029. The highest job opportunity elasticity is found in the corporate services sector, and the lowest in the mining and quarrying sector, but based on the projected number of job opportunities, the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors are expected to be the highest, while mining remains the lowest. Labor productivity is projected to be highest in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors, as well as lowest in the mining and quarrying sectors.