Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
June 15,2005
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- April 2005 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in April 2005 were 282,106 yen increased by 0.6%.

Contractual cash earnings were 275,876 yen increased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 255,888 yen increased by 0.4%.

Real wage index was increased by 0.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in April 2005 were 155.9 hours decreased by 1.5%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 16.1 hours decreased by 0.6% and its seasonally adjusted figure increased by 0.4% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in April 2005 were increased by 0.4% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 0.8%, part-time employees were decreased by 0.5%.

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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
282,106yen
 ( 0.6)
 275,876yen
 ( 0.5)
 255,888yen
 ( 0.4)
 19,988yen
 ( 2.3)
 6,230yen
 ( 5.2)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
155.9hr.
 (-1.5)
 145.1hr.
 (-1.7)
 10.8hr.
 ( 1.8)
 20.2days
 <-0.3>
 16.1hr.
 (-0.6)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,064thou
 ( 0.4)
 32,334thou
 ( 0.8)
 10,730thou
 (-0.5)
 5.53%
 < 0.01>
 4.47%
 < 0.16>

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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