1 Cash Earnings

Average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in August 2004 were 290,053 yen increased by 0.2%.

Contractual cash earnings were 270,462 yen decreased by 0.4% and scheduled cash earnings were 252,030 yen decreased by 0.8%.

Real wage index was increased by 0.5%.

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2 Hours Worked

Average monthly total hours worked per regular employee in August 2004 were 148.0 hours increased by 1.7% compared with a year earlier.

Non-scheduled hours worked in Manufacturing were 15.3 hours increased by 6.7% and its seasonally adjusted figure increased by 1.0% from the previous month.

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3 Employment

Regular employees in August 2004 were increased by 0.6% compared with a year earlier, full-time employees were decreased by 0.5%, part-time employees were increased by 4.6%.

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Note) Unless noted specifically, figures correspond to establishments with 5 or more regular employees.




290,053yen
( 0.2)
270,462yen
(-0.4)
252,030yen
(-0.8)
18,432yen
( 4.4)
19,591yen
( 9.5)
148.0hr.
( 1.7)
138.2hr.
( 1.8)
9.8hr.
( 2.1)
19.3days
< 0.3>
15.3hr.
( 6.7)
42,998tho.
( 0.6)
32,154tho.
(-0.5)
10,844tho.
( 4.6)
1.81%
< 0.07>
1.91%
<-0.04>