Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey in December 2000 Labour Statistics / Home

Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
February 19,2001


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

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- December 2000-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in December 2000 were 671,716 yen decreased by 0.9% compared with a year earlier .

Contractual cash earnings were 285,032 yen increased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 265,263 yen increased by 0.2%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.6%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in December 2000 were 156.4 hours increased by 0.8% compared with a year earlier.

Scheduled hours worked were 146.0 hours increased by 0.6%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 14.8 hours increased by 8.0% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 0.8% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in December 2000 were decreased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 3.6%.

Regular employees of major industries were as follows:decreased by 1.0% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.8% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Places, and increased by 2.2% 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
671,716yen
(-0.9)
285,032yen
(0.5)
265,263yen
(0.2)
19,769yen
(4.2)
386,684yen
(-1.8)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
156.4hr.
(0.8)
146.0hr.
(0.6)
10.4hr.
(3.0)
20.2days
<0.1>
14.8hr.
(8.0)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,538tho.
(-0.1)
34,505tho.
(-1.0)
9,033tho.
(3.6)
1.60%
<0.01>
1.64%
<0.12>

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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