Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
December 15,2004


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 2004 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2004 were 276,543 yen decreased by 0.5%.

Contractual cash earnings were 272,090 yen decreased by 0.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 252,945 yen decreased by 0.6%.

Real wage index was decreased by 1.1%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in October 2004 were 150.3 hours decreased by 3.1% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 16.2 hours increased by 3.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure decreased by 0.2% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in October 2004 were increased by 0.5% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 0.5%, part-time employees were increased by 4.0%.

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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
276,543yen
(-0.5)
272,090yen
(-0.3)
252,945yen
(-0.6)
19,145yen
( 3.5)
4,453yen
(-10.8)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
150.3hr.
(-3.1)
140.0hr.
(-3.4)
10.3hr.
( 0.0)
19.6days
<-0.6>
16.2hr.
( 3.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
42,924tho.
( 0.5)
31,954tho.
(-0.5)
10,970tho.
( 4.0)
2.05%
<-0.05>
2.13%
< 0.09>

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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