Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif yang bertujuan untuk menguji hipotesis yang telah ditetapkan. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh melalui 2 (dua) cara, yaitu wawancara terhadap narasumber dan kuisioner. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 68 responden. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji asumsi klasik dan analisis regresi linier berganda, dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pendidikan, usia, upah, jenis kelamin dan pengalaman kerja terhadap produktivitas tenaga kerja industri kecil di Kabupaten Nunukan. Variabel independen dalam penelitian ini adalah pendidikan (X1), usia (X2), upah (X3), jenis kelamin (X4), dan pengalaman kerja (X5) sedangkan variabel dependen adalah produktivitas tenaga kerja (Y). Hasil dari penelitian ini berdasarkan analisis data dan pengujian hipotesis yang dilakukan yaitu secara parsial variabel pendidikan (X1) dan usia (X2) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap variabel produktivitas tenaga kerja sementara untuk variabel upah (X3), jenis kelamin (X4), dan pengalaman kerja (X5) tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap variabel produktivitas tenaga kerja. Secara simultan pendidikan (X1), usia (X2), upah (X3), jenis kelamin (X4), dan pengalaman kerja (X5) bersama-sama berpengaruh signifikan terhadap produktivitas tenaga kerja industri kecil di Kabupaten Nunukan. Hal ini berarti bahwa pendidikan dan usia yang paling memberikan dampak terhadap produktivitas tenaga kerja industri kecil di Kabupaten Nunukan.

This study used the quantitative research method which aimed to examine the hypotheses that has been assigned. The data of this research were obtained by two ways, which are by interviewing the correspondents and using the questionnaires. The sample used in this research were about 68 respondents. The data analysis used in this research were the classic consumption examination and multiple linier regression, which aimed to understand the influence of education, age, wages, gender and work experience about labor productivity of small industries in Nunukan Regency. The independent variable of this research were: education (X1), age (X2), wages (X3), gender (X4) and work experience (X5) while dependent variable were: labor productivity (Y). The result of this research based on data analysis and hypotheses examination that have been conducted, showed that partially, education (X1) and age (X2) has the significant influence toward of variable labor’s productivity while for variable wages (X3), gender (X4) and work experience (X5) had nothing influence of variable labor’s productivity. The result of this research is based on data analysis and hypotheses examination showed that partially variable of education (X1) and age (X2) has the significant influence toward of variable labor’s productivity while for variable of wages (X3), gender (X4) and work experience (X5) had nothing significant influence toward variable of labor’s productivity. Simultaneously, education (X1), age (X2), wages (X3), gender (X4) and work experience (X5) were having significant influence toward of labor’s productivity of small industries in Nunukan regency. Thus, it can be conduced that the education and age has more effect to the labor’s productivity of small industries in Nunukan regency.