Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
November 16,2007
Statistics and Information Department,Minister`s Secretariat
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 7609, 7610

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- September 2007 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in September 2007 were 273,008 yen decreased by 0.6% compared with a year earlier.

Contractual cash earnings were 268,991 yen decreased by 0.3% and scheduled cash earnings were 249,620 yen decreased by 0.4%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in September 2007 were 148.6 hours decreased by 2.6% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 16.5 hours decreased by 1.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 0.5%.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in September 2007 were increased by 1.7% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 0.5%, part-time employees were increased by 4.8%.

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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
273,008yen
 (-0.6)
 268,991yen
 (-0.3)
 249,620yen
 (-0.4)
 19,371yen
 ( 1.3)
 4,017yen
 (-10.3)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
148.6hr.
 (-2.6)
 137.8hr.
 (-2.6)
 10.8hr.
 ( 1.0)
 19.2days
 <-0.4>
 16.5hr.
 (-1.7)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
44,499thou
 ( 1.7)
 32,823thou
 ( 0.5)
 11,676thou
 ( 4.8)
 1.96%
 < 0.09>
 1.93%
 < 0.00>

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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