Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare
February 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
- December 2007 -


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in December 2007 were 597,546 yen decreased by 1.7% compared with a year earlier.

Contractual cash earnings were 271,348 yen increased by 0.2% and scheduled cash earnings were 250,793 yen increased by 0.4%.

Real wage index was decreased by 2.6%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in December 2007 were 150.2 hours decreased by 1.8% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 17.3 hours decreased by 0.5% and its seasonally adjusted figure was decreased by 0.9%.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in December 2007 were increased by 2.0% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were increased by 1.4%, part-time employees were increased by 3.7%.

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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
597,546yen
 (-1.7)
 271,348yen
 ( 0.2)
 250,793yen
 ( 0.4)
 20,555yen
 (-0.5)
 326,198yen
 (-3.3)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
150.2hr.
 (-1.8)
 138.8hr.
 (-1.7)
 11.4hr.
 (-0.2)
 19.4days
 <-0.2>
 17.3hr.
 (-0.5)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
44,722thou
 ( 2.0)
 32,949thou
 ( 1.4)
 11,773thou
 ( 3.7)
 1.55%
 <-0.09>
 1.66%
 < 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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