Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
June 15,2007
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 2007 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in April 2007 were 279,395 yen decreased by 0.2%.

Contractual cash earnings were 272,153 yen decreased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 251,636 yen decreased by 0.7%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.2%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in April 2007 were 154.6 hours decreased by 1.0%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 17.1 hours increased by 0.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 0.7% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in April 2007 were increased by 1.6% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 0.8%, part-time employees were increased by 3.8%.

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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
279,395yen
 (-0.2)
 272,153yen
 (-0.5)
 251,636yen
 (-0.7)
 20,517yen
 ( 1.5)
 7,242yen
 ( 7.5)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
154.6hr.
 (-1.0)
 143.2hr.
 (-0.9)
 11.4hr.
 ( 0.7)
 19.9days
 <-0.1>
 17.1hr.
 ( 0.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
44,148thou
 ( 1.6)
 32,769thou
 ( 0.8)
 11,378thou
 ( 3.8)
 5.60%
 <-0.02>
 4.18%
 <-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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