Pendapatan nelayan yang relatif rendah mendorong anggota keluarga seperti istri untuk ikut membantu dalam meningkatkan pendapatan keluarganya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis curahan jam kerja, umur dan jenis pekerjaan istri nelayan dalam meningkatkan pendapatan keluarga. Penelitian dilakukan pada tahun 2020 di Kota Tarakan. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuesioner. Pengambilan responden dilakukan secara purposive sampling dan snowball sampling. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial variabel jenis pekerjaan dan variabel umur tidak memiliki pengaruh terhadap variabel pendapatan istri sedangkan variabel curahan jam kerja memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan terhadap pendapatan istri. Secara simultan variabel bebas memiliki pengaruh terhadap variabel terikat. Nilai kontribusi pendapatan istri terhadap total pendapatan rumah tangga adalah sebesar 55,88%.

The relatively low income of fishermen encourages family members such as wives to help increase their family income. The purpose of this study was to analyze the outpouring of work hours, age and type of work of fishermen wives in increasing family income. The study was conducted in 2020 in Tarakan City. The study was conducted by distributing questionnaires. Respondents were taken by purposive sampling and snowball sampling. Data analysis was performed descriptively quantitative. The results showed that partially the type of work variable and age variable did not have an influence on the wife's income variable while the variable hours worked had a positive and significant effect on the wife's income. Simultaneously the independent variable has an influence on the dependent variable. The value of the wife's income contribution to total household income is 55.88%. .