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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
15th December 1998


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- October 1998-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in October 1998 were 293,306 yen decreased by 0.1% from the same month of the previous year .

Contractual cash earnings were 288,253 yen decreased by 0.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 270,172 yen increased by 0.2%.

Real wage indices were decreased by 0.3%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in October 1998 were 160.8 hours increased by 0.1% from the same month of the previous year .

Scheduled hours worked were 151.2 hours increased by 0.6%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in manufacturing were 9.6 hours decreased by 7.7%. And seasonally adjusted figures were increased by 0.9% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Average employment of regular employees of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in October 1998 were decreased by 0.4% from the same month of the previous year, full-time employees were decreased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 2.8%.

Average employment of regular employees by main industries were decreased 2.1% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.8% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Place, and increased by 1.9% in Services.

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WageTatal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
293,306yen
(-0.1)
288,253yen
(-0.3)
270,172yen
( 0.2)
18,081yen
(-7.6)
5,053yen
( 3.8)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
160.8hr.
( 0.1)
151.2hr.
( 0.6)
9.6hr.
(-7.7)
20.7days
< 0.1>
12.2hr.
(-14.1)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
41,261tho.
(-0.4)
34,429tho.
(-1.0)
6,769tho.
(2.8)
1.73%
<-0.13>
1.89%
< 0.01>

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


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