Jobs in Indonesia

Indonesia encompasses an archipelago of nearly 13,500 islands (less than half of which are inhabited) spanning between the Pacific and Indian Oceans to the east and west, and between Southeast Asia and Australia to the north and south. The largest are Java, Borneo, New Guinea, Sumatra, and Sulawesi; while there are several major urban centers across these islands where you can find work abroad in Indonesia, nearly half of the population also continues to reside in rural areas.

Jakarta is the country’s capital and largest city by a significant margin, and so is understandably first on many foreign workers’ lists of where to find a job abroad in Indonesia. With over 30 million people living in the metropolitan area, Jakarta is the second-largest urban settlement in the world following Tokyo, and is further ranked as a major global city because of its high-level influence in politics, finance, culture, and industry.

After Jakarta, smaller cities such as Bandung, Medan, and Surabaya can also be fruitful destinations where to look for jobs abroad in Indonesia. As a biodiversity hotspot and especially popular tourist destination among international visitors, Bali is also a very popular place where to look for work abroad in Indonesia.