Spring wage increase Monthly wage Major answer is 1,000 yen less than last year by 1,000 yen 18:41 on May 21

It turned out that the average amount of monthly wage increase answered by a major company in this spring battle was 7200 yen, which was about 1000 yen lower than last year. There is concern that the worsening of business performance due to the spread of the new coronavirus may greatly affect bonuses in the summer.

The Keidanren has compiled and released the responses of 86 major companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange with more than 500 employees regarding the Spring Battle of Koshino.

According to it, the monthly wage increase amount which added the regular raise to the base increase was 7297 yen, and the rate was 2.17%, which was 1013 yen lower than the first year's aggregate.

This is believed to be due to a series of difficult performances among companies due to the US-China trade friction and the increase of the consumption tax rate.


Keidanren believes that the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus has not been largely reflected in this response, as the intensive response date for the spring fight was in the middle of March. The summer bonuses that are decided may be affected by the spread of infection. "