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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
June 19, 2000


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- April 2000-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in April 2000 were 291,911 yen increased by 0.6% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 285,893 yen increased by 1.0% and scheduled cash earnings were 266,352 yen increased by 0.7%.

Real wage index was increased by 1.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in April 2000 were 159.8 hours increased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier.

Scheduled hours worked were 149.6 hours same as the same month of the previous year.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 14.0 hours increased by 14.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 1.3% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in April 2000 were decreased by 0.4% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.2%, part-time employees were increased by 3.5%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 1.9% in Manufacturing, decreased by 1.4% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 1.7% in Services.

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Note) Unless noted specifically, figures correspond to establishments with 5 or more regular employees.




Cash EarningsTatal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
291,911yen
(0.6)
285,893yen
(1.0)
266,352yen
(0.7)
19,541yen
(4.3)
6,018yen
(-11.1)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
159.8hr.
(0.2)
149.6hr.
( 0.0)
10.2hr.
(4.2)
20.6days
< 0.0>
14.0hr.
(14.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,512tho.
(-0.4)
34,859tho.
(-1.2)
8,653tho.
(3.5)
4.88%
<-0.23>
3.92%
<0.02>

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


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