Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
June 16,2003


Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- April 2003-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in April 2003 were 285,476 yen decreased by 0.6%.

Contractual cash earnings were 280,057 yen decreased by 0.4% and scheduled cash earnings were 261,004 yen decreased by 0.6%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.6%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in April 2003 were 156.4 hours decreased by 0.4% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 14.9 hours increased by 10.4% and its seasonally adjusted figure was same as the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in April 2003 were decreased by 0.8% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 1.5%, part-time employees were increased by 1.7%.

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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
285,476yen
(-0.6)
280,057yen
(-0.4)
261,004yen
(-0.6)
19,053yen
( 2.8)
5,419yen
(-14.7)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
156.4hr.
(-0.4)
146.2hr.
(-0.7)
10.2hr.
( 4.0)
20.3days
<-0.1>
14.9hr.
( 10.4)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
42,894tho.
(-0.8)
33,332tho.
(-1.5)
9,563tho.
( 1.7)
5.10%
<-0.11>
4.35%
< 0.04>

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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