Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
January 18,2008
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 2007 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in November 2007 were 290,302 yen increased by 0.1% compared with a year earlier.

Contractual cash earnings were 270,942 yen increased by 0.2% and scheduled cash earnings were 250,504 yen increased by 0.2%.

Real wage index was decreased by 0.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in November 2007 were 156.0 hours increased by 1.4% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 17.5 hours increased by 0.1% and its seasonally adjusted figure was increased by 1.2%.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in November 2007 were increased by 2.2% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 5.2%.

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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
290,302yen
 ( 0.1)
 270,942yen
 ( 0.2)
 250,504yen
 ( 0.2)
 20,438yen
 ( 0.4)
 19,360yen
 (-2.2)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
156.0hr.
 ( 1.4)
 144.7hr.
 ( 1.7)
 11.3hr.
 (-0.2)
 20.1days
 < 0.3>
 17.5hr.
 ( 0.1)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
44,715thou
 ( 2.2)
 32,929thou
 ( 1.0)
 11,786thou
 ( 5.2)
 1.78%
 < 0.06>
 1.58%
 <-0.21>

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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