Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
December 17,2001
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- October 2001-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2001 were 285,861 yen decreased by 1.2%.

Contractual cash earnings were 281,669 yen decreased by 1.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 263,904 yen decreased by 0.8%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.4%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2001 were 155.4 hours decreased by 0.8% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 12.2 hours decreased by 15.9% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 1.9% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2001 were decreased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 0.9%, part-time employees were increased by 2.8%.

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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
285,861yen
 (-1.2)
 281,669yen
 (-1.3)
 263,904yen
 (-0.8)
 17,765yen
 (-7.5)
 4,192yen
 (-5.5)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
155.4hr.
 (-0.8)
 146.2hr.
 (-0.4)
 9.2hr.
 (-8.1)
 20.2days
 <-0.1>
 12.2hr.
 (-15.9)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,403tho.
 (-0.1)
 34,272tho.
 (-0.9)
 9,131tho.
 (2.8)
 1.99%
 <0.03>
 2.08%
 <-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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