Labour Statistics / Home

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
15th October 1998


Statistics and Information Department
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 5235, 5236

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- August 1998-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in August 1998 were 321,476 yen decreased by 2.4% from the same month of the previous year .

Contractual cash earnings were 285,884 yen decreased by 0.4% and scheduled cash earnings were 268,673 yen increased by 0.2%.

Real wage indices were decreased by 1.9%.

TBL-1 TBL-T-1


2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in August 1998 were 149.3 hours decreased by 0.2% from the same month of the previous year .

Scheduled hours worked were 140.3 hours increased by 0.3%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in manufacturing were 11.1 hours decreased by 16.5%. And seasonally adjusted figures were increased by 1.2% from the previous month.

TBL-2 TBL-T-2


3 Employment

Average employment of regular employees of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in August 1998 were decreased by 0.1% from the same month of the previous year , full-time employees were decreased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 4.7%.

Average employment of regular employees by main industries were decreased 1.6% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.6% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Place, and increased by 1.8% in Services.

TBL-3 TBL-T-3

Annex-TBL

TBL-T-4 TBL-T-5 TBL-T-6


WageTotal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
321,476yen
(-2.4)
285,884yen
(-0.4)
268,673yen
( 0.2)
17,211yen
(-8.2)
35,592yen
(-15.9)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
149.3hr.
(-0.2)
140.3hr.
( 0.3)
9.0hr.
(-8.1)
19.2days
< 0.0>
11.1hr.
(-16.5)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
41,407tho.
(-0.1)
34,611tho.
(-1.0)
6,796tho.
(4.7)
1.53%
<-0.05>
1.91%
< 0.00>

Note) ( ) means "Ratio to the Preceding year". < > means "Difference from the Preceding year".


Labour Statistics / Home