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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