Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
May 19,2005


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- March 2005 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in March 2005 were 283,831 yen decreased by 0.4%.

Contractual cash earnings were 272,662 yen decreased by 0.2% and scheduled cash earnings were 253,241 yen decreased by 0.3%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.4%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in March 2005 were 151.4 hours decreased by 2.9%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 16.3 hours decreased by 1.3% and its seasonally adjusted figure increased by 0.4% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in March 2005 were increased by 0.5% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 0.2%, part-time employees were increased by 1.8%.

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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
283,831yen
(-0.4)
272,662yen
(-0.2)
253,241yen
(-0.3)
19,421yen
( 0.1)
11,169yen
(-1.4)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
151.4hr.
(-2.9)
140.8hr.
(-3.1)
10.6hr.
(-0.9)
19.6days
<-0.6>
16.3hr.
(-1.3)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
42,594thou
( 0.5)
31,760thou
( 0.2)
10,834thou
( 1.8)
2.03%
<-0.03>
2.41%
< 0.04>

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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