A Keidanren survey found that this winter's bonuses for large corporations have fallen by more than 5% from last year, the second consecutive year.
Due to the effects of the new coronavirus, non-manufacturing industries such as railways and construction decreased by more than 18%, the largest decline since 1997.
Keidanren investigated the amount of bonus payments for this winter for companies with more than 500 employees listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and released a total of 164 companies in 21 industries that responded.
According to this, the average amount per employee was 820,955 yen, which was 44,666 yen, a decrease of more than 5% compared to last year.
This is the second consecutive year that winter bonuses have been reduced.
Of these, in the non-manufacturing industry, the amount of payment fell due to the construction of railways that were greatly affected by the self-restraint of going out and the construction that the demand for the Tokyo Olympics had run its course, and the average per capita was 710,2019 yen, a decrease of more than 18%. did.
The rate of decline is the largest decline since 1997, when we began investigating in its current format.
Regarding the future outlook, Keidanren said, "There is uncertainty about the future of business results due to the mutant virus of the new corona and the high price of raw materials, but if economic activities are normalized, salaries and bonuses may improve." ..