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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
December 19,2000


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- October 2000-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2000 were 289,467 yen increased by 0.9% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 285,031 yen increased by 1.1% and scheduled cash earnings were 265,827 yen increased by 0.8%.

Real wage index was increased by 2.0%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2000 were 156.8 hours increased by 1.3% compared with a year earlier.

Scheduled hours worked were 146.8 hours increased by 1.3%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 10.0 hours increased by 3.1% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 0.2% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2000 were decreased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 0.9%, part-time employees were increased by 3.5%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 1.2% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.8% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 2.0% 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
289,467yen
(0.9)
285,031yen
(1.1)
265,827yen
(0.8)
19,204yen
(4.8)
4,436yen
(-3.9)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
156.8hr.
(1.3)
146.8hr.
(1.3)
10.0hr.
(3.1)
20.3days
<0.2>
14.5hr.
(11.5)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,452tho.
(-0.1)
34,560tho.
(-0.9)
8,892tho.
(3.5)
1.96%
<0.16>
2.10%
<0.07>

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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