Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
December 14,2005
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- October 2005 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2005 were 278,211 yen increased by 0.6%.

Contractual cash earnings were 273,593 yen increased by 0.6% and scheduled cash earnings were 254,049 yen increased by 0.5%.

Real wage index was increased by 1.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2005 were 150.4 hours increased by 0.1%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 16.3 hours increased by 0.6% and its seasonally adjusted figure increased by 1.3% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2005 were increased by 0.6% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 0.8%, part-time employees were increased by 0.4%.

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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
278,211yen
 ( 0.6)
 273,593yen
 ( 0.6)
 254,049yen
 ( 0.5)
 19,544yen
 ( 2.0)
 4,618yen
 ( 4.7)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
150.4hr.
 ( 0.1)
 139.9hr.
 ( 0.0)
 10.5hr.
 ( 1.9)
 19.5days
 <-0.1>
 16.3hr.
 ( 0.6)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,217thou
 ( 0.6)
 32,174thou
 ( 0.8)
 11,043thou
 ( 0.4)
 2.05%
 < 0.00>
 2.03%
 <-0.10>

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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