Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
May 16,2002
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- March 2002-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in March 2002 were 301,921 yen decreased by 0.7%.

Contractual cash earnings were 278,969 yen decreased by 1.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 260,799 yen decreased by 1.3%.

Real wage index was increased by 0.8%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in March 2002 were 150.5 hours decreased by 1.6% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 13.2 hours decreased by 8.1% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 1.9% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in March 2002 were decreased by 0.4% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.6%, part-time employees were increased by 3.8%.

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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
301,921yen
 (-0.7)
 278,969yen
 (-1.5)
 260,799yen
 (-1.3)
 18,170yen
 (-4.6)
 22,952yen
 ( 11.0)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
150.5hr.
 (-1.6)
 140.7hr.
 (-1.3)
 9.8hr.
 (-5.3)
 19.5days
 < -0.2>
 13.2hr.
 (-8.1)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
42,839tho.
 (-0.4)
 33,504tho.
 (-1.6)
 9,335tho.
 ( 3.8)
 2.02%
 <-0.02>
 2.48%
 < 0.14>

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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