Last year's total salary averaged over 318,000 yen per worker per month, down 1.2% from the previous year, the largest decrease since 2009, which was affected by the Lehman shock.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The total salary has decreased because overtime has decreased significantly due to the influence of the new coronavirus."
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is conducting a "monthly labor statistics survey" targeting more than 30,000 business establishments nationwide with five or more employees, and released preliminary figures for the last year on the 9th.
According to this, the total monthly cash salary including basic salary, overtime pay, bonuses, etc. was 318,299 yen per worker per month, a decrease of 1.2% from the previous year, the second consecutive year of decrease. I did.
This is the largest decrease since 2009, when it decreased by 3.8% due to the impact of the Lehman shock.
Of this amount, overtime pay and other overtime pay decreased significantly, and the monthly average was 17,352 yen, a decrease of 12.1% from the previous year.
By employment type, last year's total salary was 417,330 yen for full-time workers, 1.7% of the previous year, and 99,390 yen for part-time workers, 0.4% of the previous year. Also decreased.
Real wages, which reflect fluctuations in prices, fell 1.2% from the previous year, marking the second consecutive year of negative growth.
On the other hand, the number of part-time workers decreased by 0.3% from the previous year, the first decrease since 1990 when the survey was started.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The total salary has decreased due to the significant decrease in overtime due to the influence of the new coronavirus. ".
In addition, the average total salary per worker in December last year was 546,607 yen, a decrease of 3.2% from the same month of the previous year, and has been negative for 9 consecutive months.