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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
October 18,2000


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- August 2000-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in August 2000 were 315,901 yen increased by 1.0% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 283,094 yen increased by 1.1% and scheduled cash earnings were 264,861 yen increased by 0.7%.

Real wage index was increased by 2.0%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in August 2000 were 149.8 hours same as the same month of the previous year.

Scheduled hours worked were 140.4 hours decreased by 0.1%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 13.2 hours increased by 12.8% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 1.4% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in August 2000 were decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.1%, part-time employees were increased by 3.2%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 1.6% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.7% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 1.6% in Services.

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




Cash EarningsTotal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
315,901yen
(1.0)
283,094yen
(1.1)
264,861yen
(0.7)
18,233yen
(4.9)
32,807yen
(0.9)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
149.8hr.
( 0.0)
140.4hr.
(-0.1)
9.4hr.
(3.3)
19.4days
< 0.0>
13.2hr.
(12.8)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,567tho.
(-0.2)
34,701tho.
(-1.1)
8,866tho.
(3.2)
1.69%
<-0.07>
1.96%
<0.09>

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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