🇮🇩What does Indonesia require?

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Indonesia runs its minimum wage on two layers: the provincial UMP (Upah Minimum Provinsi) and the district/city UMK (Upah Minimum Kabupaten/Kota), which can only be set higher than the UMP, never lower. Under Government Regulation 36/2021 (as amended by Regulation 51/2023) and Regulation 49/2025, each province's Regional Wage Council — made up of labor representatives, employer representatives, government officials, and academics — proposes a figure; the governor must announce the UMP by November 21 at the latest, and district/city heads must announce the UMK by November 30. Starting in 2026, the central government stopped setting one uniform national percentage increase; instead each province works out its own actual figure, within a range the center provides, based on local economic growth, labor's contribution to the regional economy, and how far wages sit below the region's decent living needs (KHL) — formally acknowledging that the 34 provinces will not all get the same raise. The 2026 high is Jakarta's, set at Rp5,729,876 a month under Governor's Decision No. 1142/2025 (announced December 23, 2025), up 6.17% from 2025; West Sumatra, by contrast, went from Rp2,994,193 in 2025 to Rp3,182,955 in 2026. There is no single national figure, and even the percentage increase itself is not uniform across the country.