Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
December 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
- October 2002-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2002 were 284,708 yen decreased by 0.5%.

Contractual cash earnings were 280,253 yen decreased by 0.6% and scheduled cash earnings were 261,959 yen decreased by 0.9%.

Real wage index was increased by 0.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2002 were 154.7 hours decreased by 0.8% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 14.4 hours increased by 14.2% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 0.6% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2002 were decreased by 0.8% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.9%, 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
284,708yen
 (-0.5)
 280,253yen
 (-0.6)
 261,959yen
 (-0.9)
 18,294yen
 ( 2.8)
 4,455yen
 ( 6.1)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
154.7hr.
 (-0.8)
 144.9hr.
 (-1.2)
 9.8hr.
 ( 4.7)
 20.1days
 <-0.1>
 14.4hr.
 (14.2)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,074tho.
 (-0.8)
 33,591tho.
 (-1.9)
 9,483tho.
 ( 3.8)
 2.05%
 <0.06>
 2.13%
 < 0.05>

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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