The present study offers an employment diagnostic analysis of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). The overall objective is to understand the nature of the deficiency of productive employment in NTT and to identify the constraints, challenges and opportunities for enhancing inclusive job-rich growth based on a methodology developed for this purpose by the ILO, with a view to provide a sound knowledge base for effective policies, institutional reforms and other interventions aimed at reducing the deficiency of productive employment.