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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
19th October 1999


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- August 1999-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in August 1999 were 312,851 yen decreased by 0.4% compared with a year earlier.

Contractual cash earnings were 280,327 yen increased by 0.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 262,951 yen increased by 0.2%.

Real wage index were decreased by 0.8%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in August 1999 were 149.7 hours increased by 0.9% compared with a year earlier .

Scheduled hours worked were 140.6 hours increased by 0.9%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 11.7 hours increased by 4.5% and the seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 2.4% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in August 1999 were decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 3.3%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows: decreased by 2.2% in Manufacturing, decreased by 1.3% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 2.1% in Services.

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Cash EarningsTotal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
312,851yen
(-0.4)
280,327yen
( 0.3)
262,951yen
( 0.2)
17,376yen
( 3.3)
32,524yen
(-6.5)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
149.7hr.
( 0.9)
140.6hr.
( 0.9)
9.1hr.
( 0.0)
19.4days
< 0.2>
11.7hr.
( 4.5)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,675tho.
(-0.2)
35,082tho.
(-1.0)
8,594tho.
( 3.3)
1.76%
<0.23>
1.87%
<-0.04>

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



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