Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
February 17,2003
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- December 2002-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in December 2002 were 630,414 yen decreased by 2.7%.

Contractual cash earnings were 280,697 yen decreased by 0.6% and scheduled cash earnings were 261,701 yen decreased by 1.0%.

Real wage index was decreased by 2.4%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in December 2002 were 153.2 hours decreased by 0.3% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 15.1 hours increased by 19.6% and its seasonally adjusted figure was same as the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in December 2002 were decreased by 0.7% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.9%, part-time employees were increased by 3.6%.

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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
630,414yen
 (-2.7)
 280,697yen
 (-0.6)
 261,701yen
 (-1.0)
 18,996yen
 ( 6.0)
 349,717yen
 (-4.3)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
153.2hr.
 (-0.3)
 143.0hr.
 (-0.7)
 10.2hr.
 ( 6.4)
 19.9days
 <0.0>
 15.1hr.
 (19.6)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,100tho.
 (-0.7)
 33,441tho.
 (-1.9)
 9,659tho.
 ( 3.6)
 1.71%
 <0.09>
 1.75%
 < 0.08>

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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