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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
15th February 1998


Statistics and Information Department
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 5235, 5236

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- December 1998-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in December 1998 were 709,384 yen decreased by 4.2% from the same month of the previous year .

Contractual cash earnings were 289,292 yen increased by 0.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 270,682 yen increased by 0.3%.

Real wage indices were decreased by 4.7%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in December 1998 were 156.1 hours decreased by 1.0% from the same month of the previous year .

Scheduled hours worked were 146.2 hours decreased by 0.7%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in manufacturing were 9.9 hours decreased by 5.8%. And seasonally adjusted figures were increased by 0.5% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Average employment of regular employees of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in December 1998 were decreased by 0.4% from the same month of the previous year , full-time employees were decreased by 1.1%, part-time employees were increased by 3.1%.

Average employment of regular employees by main industries were decreased 2.4% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.7% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Place, and increased by 1.3% in Services.

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WageTatal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
709,384yen
(-4.2)
289,292yen
(-0.3)
270,682yen
( 0.3)
18,610yen
(-7.0)
420,092yen
(-6.7)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
156.1hr.
(-0.1)
146.2hr.
(-0.7)
9.9hr.
(-5.8)
20.1days
<-0.1>
12.3hr.
(-14.0)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
41,287tho.
(-0.4)
34,402tho.
(-1.1)
6,884tho.
( 3.1)
1.33%
<-0.05>
1.37%
<-0.21>

Note) ( ) means "Ratio to the Preceding year". < > means "Difference from the Preceding year".


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