Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
December 15,2003


Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- October 2003-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2003 were 284,128 yen decreased by 0.2%.

Contractual cash earnings were 279,030 yen decreased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 260,136 yen decreased by 0.6%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.1%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2003 were 156.4 hours increased by 1.1% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 15.7 hours increased by 8.9% and its seasonally adjusted figure increased by 2.3% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2003 were decreased by 0.3% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.5%, part-time employees were increased by 3.9%.

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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
284,128yen
(-0.2)
279,030yen
(-0.5)
260,136yen
(-0.6)
18,894yen
( 3.3)
5,098yen
( 14.4)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
156.4hr.
( 1.1)
146.1hr.
( 0.9)
10.3hr.
( 5.1)
20.2days
< 0.1>
15.7hr.
( 8.9)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
42,938tho.
(-0.3)
33,087tho.
(-1.5)
9,851tho.
( 3.9)
2.10%
< 0.05>
2.04%
<-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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