This year's wage increase: survey of 100 major domestic companies, momentum maintained

When NHK conducted a survey of 100 major domestic companies regarding this year's wage increases, 45 companies answered that they would ``increase'' or ``there is a high possibility of raising wages.''

With the exception of those who are "under consideration," most respondents said that the level of wage increases would be either "more than the previous year" or "the same as the previous year," indicating that the momentum of wage increases is expected to be maintained to a certain degree.

NHK conducted a survey of 100 major domestic companies from the 20th of last month to the 15th of this month, and received responses from all companies.

When asked if they would raise wages,

18 companies said they would raise wages

, and 27 companies said they were "likely to raise",

for a total of 45 companies, compared to 42 companies in the previous survey one year ago. It turns out that it has increased more than that.

On the other hand

, 40 companies were "under consideration."

We then asked the 45 companies that answered that they would "raise" or "likely to raise" their wage levels. ▼

14 companies said it would be ``more than the previous year''

▼ 9 companies said it would be ``same as last year'' ▼ `

`We are considering it'' ” totaled 21 companies.

With the exception of those who are "under consideration," most respondents said they would either "exceed last year's figure" or "stay at the same level as last year," indicating that the momentum of wage increases is expected to be maintained to a certain degree.

When we asked 45 companies that answered that they would "raise" or "likely to raise",

20 companies said they would implement a "base increase" that would uniformly raise basic salaries.

In the survey conducted a year ago, 25 companies responded that they would "upgrade their base", but this time there were 5 fewer companies.

However, in a survey conducted two years ago, five companies responded that they would "upgrade their base," which is a significant increase compared to this.

In addition, we often hear from companies that their reasons for raising wages include "in response to rising prices" and "in order to secure human resources."

Increased to 72 companies due to economic expansion

When asked about the outlook for the domestic economy this year, a total of 72 companies answered ``expansion'' or ``moderate expansion''.

When asked about the outlook for the domestic economy this year,

1 company said they expected it to "expand"

and 71 companies said they expected it to "expand moderately." A total of 72 companies said they expected it to "expand." Ta.

In the survey conducted a year ago,

▼2 companies responded that they were “expanding”

and 54 companies responded that they were “expanding moderately,” which is an increase of 16 companies this time.

When we asked companies that answered "expansion" or "moderate expansion" for multiple reasons,

58 companies said "recovery in personal consumption" 46 companies

said "recovery in inbound consumption"

▽ "increase in capital investment" There are 43 companies, etc.

Additionally, 33 companies responded that wages would increase, a significant increase from 7 companies in the survey a year ago.

In response to last year's spring labor union, which resulted in the wage increase rate reaching the highest level in 30 years, an increasing number of companies appear to be believing that ``increases in wages'' are linked to economic expansion.

Regarding the outlook for the domestic economy, in addition to ``expansion'' and ``moderate expansion,''

20 companies said they

expected it to remain the same, and 3 companies said they expected it to ``slowly decline.''

On the other hand, regarding the impact of the Noto Peninsula earthquake on the future economy, some companies said they would "continue to monitor the situation" and others said, "We are concerned that the impact on tourism and service industries in the Hokuriku region will be prolonged." Some companies responded that.

67 companies implemented price pass-through

When asked about price pass-through over the past year, 67 companies answered that they had done so "sufficiently" or "to a certain extent."

When asked about their progress in passing on the price of their services and products over the past year,

9 companies answered that they had passed on the price to a sufficient

extent. A total of 58 companies answered that they are implementing "price pass-through," and a total of 67 companies answered that they are implementing "price pass-through."

On the other hand

, 8 companies said they "almost do not pass on their costs to prices."

Although it appears that the movement to pass on costs to prices is spreading to a certain extent, there are many companies that are unable to pass on costs such as raw material costs and labor costs.

Furthermore, when asked if they would pass on price changes this year

, 39 companies said they were "considering", which was the second highest number.17

companies answered

that they were at the same level as last year or higher.Four

companies said they were at a lower level than last year. was.

On the other hand,

▼4 companies said ``there is no need to pass on price''

and 3 companies said ``it is difficult to pass on price.''

On the other hand, when asked, ``Have you accepted price increase requests from your business partners in the past year?''

40 companies answered ``

Yes,'' and 35 companies

answered ``Partially.'' In total, there were 75 companies.

▼There were 23 companies that did not respond.

(Responding companies, in alphabetical order)

IHI

Iris

Ohyama Asahi

Kasei Asahi Group Holdings

Ajinomoto

Aeon

Isuzu Motors

Itochu Corporation

Internet Initiative

AGC

ANA Holdings

SG Holdings

ENEOS Holdings

Oji Holdings

Osaka Gas

Kao

Kashima Construction

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Canon

Kyocera

Kirin Holdings

KDDI, Komatsu Ltd.

Cyber ​​Agent

Suntory Holdings

JFE Holdings

JTB

J.Front Retailing

Shionogi

& Co.

Shiseido Shimizu Construction

O.S.K. Lines Mitsui Skylark

Holdings

Suzuki

SUBARU

Sumitomo Chemical Sumitomo

Metal Mining

Sumitomo Corporation

Sumitomo

Electric Industries Seibu Holdings

Seven & i

Holdings Zensho Holdings Daiwa

Securities Group Headquarters

Chubu Electric

Power Tsuruha

TSI Holdings

D. NADENSO

Tokai

Railway

Tokyo Electron Tokio Marine

Holdings Tokyo

Gas Tokyo

Electric Power Company Holdings

Toshiba

Toray TOPPAN

Holdings

Toyota Motors Nissan Motors

Nippon Paper

Industries

Nippon Steel Nippon

Electric Nippon

Telegraph Telephone

Nidek Japan

Airlines

Nippon Life Insurance

Nintendo

Nomura Holdings

Hakuhodo DY

Holdings Panasonic Holdings

East Japan Passenger Company Railway

Hitachi

Construction Machinery Hitachi Ltd.

Bic Camera

BIPROGY

Fujitsu

Fujifilm Holdings Bridgestone

Mazda

Marubeni

Mizuho Financial Group

Sumitomo

Mitsui Financial Group Mitsui

Fudosan Mitsukoshi

Isetan Holdings Mitsubishi

Chemical Group Mitsubishi Motors

Corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mitsubishi Corporation

Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi

UFJ Financial Group

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Meiji

Mercari

Moss Food Service

Yamato Holdings

Yamaha Motor, Unicharm

LINE Yahoo, Rakuten Group

Recruit Holdings

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