<![CDATA[Sungai Penuh City was formed in 2009, is the region with the lowest poverty rate in Jambi Province. The low level of poverty should be supported by low unemployment. However, what happens is that the unemployment rate is inversely proportional to poverty. This paper aims to describe the unemployment and poverty in Sungai Penuh City and analyze the causes of the paradox of the relationship between them. By using a descriptive-exploratory method, it is known that the cause of this condition is the interrelationship in the growth of the main sector where the population works with an increase in the number of workers in this sector. In addition, it was revealed that unemployment in the Sungai Penuh City had a high school and university degree. Unemployment generally comes from middle to upper class families and has welfare guarantees and has a high interest in becoming an employee.]]>
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