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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
17th November 1999


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- September 1999-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in September 1999 were 285,460 yen increased by 0.6% compared with a year earlier.

Contractual cash earnings were 281,201 yen increased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 263,735 yen increased by 0.2%.

Real wage index was increased by 0.9%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in September 1999 were 153.9 hours decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier .

Scheduled hours worked were 144.5 hours decreased by 0.3%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 12.8 hours increased by 7.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 2.0% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in September 1999 were decreased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 0.9%, part-time employees were increased by 3.2%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows: decreased by 2.1% in Manufacturing, decreased by 1.4% 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
285,460yen
( 0.6)
281,201yen
( 0.5)
263,735yen
( 0.2)
17,466yen
( 4.1)
4,259yen
(19.4)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
153.9hr.
(-0.2)
144.5hr.
(-0.3)
9.4hr.
( 1.1)
20.0days
< 0.0>
12.8hr.
( 7.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,575tho.
(-0.1)
35,008tho.
(-0.9)
8,568tho.
( 3.2)
1.69%
<0.13>
1.94%
<0.13>

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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