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Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
March 16,2001


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- January 2001-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in January 2001 were 309,009 yen increased by 1.3% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 279,867 yen decreased by 0.1% and scheduled cash earnings were 261,416 yen decreased by 0.3%.

Real wage index was increased by 1.3%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in January 2001 were 141.7 hours increased by 0.3% compared with a year earlier.

Scheduled hours worked were 132.3 hours increased by 0.2%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 12.4 hours increased by 4.2% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 1.7% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in January 2001 were decreased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.3%, part-time employees were increased by 5.0%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 1.0% in Manufacturing, decreased by 1.1% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 2.0% 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
309,009yen
(1.3)
279,867yen
(-0.1)
261,416yen
(-0.3)
18,451yen
(3.0)
29,142yen
(16.2)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
141.7hr.
(0.3)
132.3hr.
(0.2)
9.4hr.
(2.2)
18.4days
<0.1>
12.4hr.
(4.2)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,270tho.
(-0.1)
34,203tho.
(-1.3)
9,066tho.
(5.0)
1.40%
< 0.00>
2.04%
<0.06>

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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