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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
November 17,2000


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- September 2000-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in September 2000 were 288,119 yen increased by 0.9% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 283,960 yen increased by 1.0% and scheduled cash earnings were 265,456 yen increased by 0.6%.

Real wage index was increased by 1.9%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in September 2000 were 155.3 hours increased by 0.9% compared with a year earlier.

Scheduled hours worked were 145.5 hours increased by 0.7%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 14.2 hours increased by 10.9% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 0.5% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in September 2000 were decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.1%, part-time employees were increased by 3.6%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 1.5% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.6% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 1.6% in Services.

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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
288,119yen
(0.9)
283,960yen
(1.0)
265,456yen
(0.6)
18,504yen
(5.9)
4,159yen
(-2.3)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
155.3hr.
(0.9)
145.5hr.
(0.7)
9.8hr.
(4.2)
20.1days
<0.1>
14.2hr.
(10.9)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,489tho.
(-0.2)
34,608tho.
(-1.1)
8,881tho.
(3.6)
1.81%
<0.12>
2.00%
<0.06>

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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