Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
January 18,2007
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- November 2006 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in November 2006 were 292,867 yen increased by 0.2%.

Contractual cash earnings were 272,880 yen decreased by 0.5% and scheduled cash earnings were 252,330 yen decreased by 0.8%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.6%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in November 2006 were 153.2 hours increased by 0.2%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 17.4 hours increased by 4.8% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 0.8% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in November 2006 were increased by 1.3% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 1.3%, part-time employees were increased by 1.5%.

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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
292,867yen
 ( 0.2)
 272,880yen
 (-0.5)
 252,330yen
 (-0.8)
 20,550yen
 ( 3.2)
 19,987yen
 ( 12.1)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
153.2hr.
 ( 0.2)
 142.1hr.
 ( 0.0)
 11.1hr.
 ( 3.8)
 19.8days
 < 0.0>
 17.4hr.
 ( 4.8)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
43,804thou
 ( 1.3)
 32,601thou
 ( 1.3)
 11,203thou
 ( 1.5)
 1.72%
 <-0.06>
 1.79%
 <-0.01>

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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