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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
16th September 1998


Statistics and Information Department
Employment Statistics Division
Tel +81-3-5253-1111 Ext. 5235, 5236

Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey
- July 1998-


1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in July 1998 were 456,368 yen decreased by 2.5% from the same month of the previous year .

Contractual cash earnings were 287,994 yen decreased by 0.6% and scheduled cash earnings were 270,393 yen same as the previous year.

Real wage indices were decreased by 2.2%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per a regular employee of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in July 1998 were 161.0 hours decreased by 1.3% from the same month of the previous year .

Scheduled hours worked were 151.6 hours decreased by 0.7%.

Non-scheduled hours worked in manufacturing were 11.7 hours decreased by 18.2%. And seasonally adjusted figures were same as the previous month.

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3 Employment

Average employment of regular employees of establishments with 5 or more regular employees in July 1998 were decreased by 0.1% from the same month of the previous year , full-time employees were decreased by 1.0%, part-time employees were increased by 5.3%.

Average employment of regular employees by main industries were decreased by 1.5% in Manufacturing, decreased by 0.5% in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Eating and Drinking Place, and increased by 2.0% in Services.

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WageTotal Cash Earnings Contractual
Cash Earnings
Scheduled Non-scheduled Special
Cash Earnings
456,368yen
(-2.5)
287,994yen
(-0.6)
270,393yen
(0.0)
17,601yen
(-8.8)
168,374yen
(-5.6)
Hours WorkedTotal Hours Scheduled Non-scheduled Days Worked Non-scheduled
(Manufacturing)
161.0hr.
(-1.3)
151.6hr.
(-0.7)
9.4hr.
(-8.8)
20.7days
<-0.2>
11.7hr.
(-18.2)
Regular employmentRegular employees Full-time Part-time Accession Rate Separation Rate
41,543tho.
(-0.1)
34,755tho.
(-1.0)
6,788tho.
(5.3)
1.55%
<-0.09>
1.70%
<-0.03>

Note) ( ) means "Ratio to the Preceding year". < > means "Difference from the Preceding year".


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