Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
July 17,2001
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- May 2001-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in May 2001 were 286,430 yen decreased by 0.1%.

Contractual cash earnings were 280,949 yen decreased by 0.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 263,258 yen decreased by 0.1%.

Real wage index was increased by 0.5.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in May 2001 were 148.7 hours increased by 0.4% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 12.1 hours decreased by 4.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 0.8% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in May 2001 were decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.2%, part-time employees were increased by 3.8%.

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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
286,430yen
 (-0.1)
 280,949yen
 (-0.3)
 263,258yen
 (-0.1)
 17,691yen
 (-2.2)
 5,481yen
 (5.0)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
148.7hr.
 (0.4)
 139.5hr.
 (0.6)
 9.2hr.
 (-2.2)
 19.3days
 <0.1>
 12.1hr.
 (-4.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,459tho.
 (-0.2)
 34,483tho.
 (-1.2)
 8,976tho.
 (3.8)
 2.21%
 <0.08>
 2.23%
 <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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