Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
April 15,2004


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- February 2004-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in February 2004 were 274,599 yen decreased by 0.4%.

Contractual cash earnings were 271,733 yen decreased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 252,900 yen decreased by 0.8%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.4%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in February 2004 were 149.8 hours increased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 16.1 hours increased by 9.9% and its seasonally adjusted figure decreased by 0.7% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in February 2004 were decreased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.8%, part-time employees were increased by 7.0%.

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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
274,599yen
(-0.4)
271,733yen
(-0.5)
252,900yen
(-0.8)
18,833yen
( 2.9)
2,866yen
( 30.6)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
149.8hr.
( 0.2)
139.6hr.
( 0.0)
10.2hr.
( 3.0)
19.5days
< 0.0>
16.1hr.
( 9.9)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
42,478tho.
(-0.1)
31,833tho.
(-1.8)
10,645tho.
( 7.0)
1.81%
< 0.11>
2.05%
< 0.03>

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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