Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
December 15,2006


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 2006 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2006 were 278,061 yen same as the same month of the previous year.

Contractual cash earnings were 273,725 yen increased by 0.1% and scheduled cash earnings were 253,827 yen decreased by 0.1%.

Real wage index was decreased by 1.0%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2006 were 152.4 hours increased by 1.3%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 17.0 hours increased by 4.3% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 0.7% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2006 were increased by 1.4% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 1.4%, part-time employees were increased by 1.1%.

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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
278,061yen
( 0.0)
273,725yen
( 0.1)
253,827yen
(-0.1)
19,898yen
( 1.8)
4,336yen
(-6.1)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
152.4hr.
( 1.3)
141.6hr.
( 1.2)
10.8hr.
( 2.9)
19.7days
< 0.2>
17.0hr.
( 4.3)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,813thou
( 1.4)
32,645thou
( 1.4)
11,168thou
( 1.1)
2.08%
< 0.03>
2.07%
< 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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