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The following table cited in "Chapter 4:  Industrial & Employment Relations in the Mining Industry" - book by Benedict Y. Imbun, Papua New Guinea, UPNG Press 2000

Table 3: Employment by origin of OTML employees from 1983 (period of construction) and 1994 respectively.

1983 (December)

1994 (January)

Origin

Wages

Salaries

Total

% total

Wages

Salaries

Total

% Total

PAE (Areas)

Tabubil

 

380

 

2

 

382

 

17

 

61

 

23

 

84

 

5

Teleformin

316

4

320

14.2

184

25

209

12.9

Niugirum

277

4

281

12.5

150

15

165

10.2

Kingua

378

7

385

17.1

150

17

167

10.3

Other Parts of PNG

Highlands

 

281

 

48

 

329

 

14.6

 

187

 

94

 

281

 

17.3

Momase

147

35

182

8

157

121

278

17

Islands

136

19

155

6.9

137

87

224

13.8

Papua

160

59

219

9.7

101

117

218

13.5

Total

2075

178

2253

100

1127

499

1626

100

Source: Ok Tedi, PNGCMP, 1995:12