Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
October 31,2001
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Provisional Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- September 2001-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in September 2001 were 284,608 yen decreased by 1.2%.

Contractual cash earnings were 280,784 yen decreased by 1.2% and scheduled cash earnings were 263,759 yen decreased by 0.6%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.4.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in September 2001 were 152.7 hours decreased by 1.6% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 12.1 hours decreased by 14.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 3.2% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in September 2001 were decreased by 0.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 0.8%, part-time employees were increased by 2.4%.

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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
284,608yen
 (-1.2)
 280,784yen
 (-1.2)
 263,759yen
 (-0.6)
 17,025yen
 (-8.0)
 3,824yen
 (-8.1)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
152.7hr.
 (-1.6)
 143.7hr.
 (-1.2)
 9.0hr.
 (-8.1)
 19.9days
 <-0.2>
 12.1hr.
 (-14.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,427tho.
 (-0.2)
 34,326tho.
 (-0.8)
 9,101tho.
 (2.4)
 1.79%
 <-0.02>
 2.02%
 <0.02>

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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