The average salary per worker in January was about 272,000 yen, down 0.8% from the same month of the previous year, and has been negative for 10 consecutive months.
In the "accommodation and food service industry," overtime pay and other overtime pay decreased by more than 47% from the same month of the previous year, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare states that "the state of emergency has been affected."
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is conducting a "Monthly Labor Statistics Survey" for more than 30,000 business establishments nationwide with five or more employees, and announced the preliminary figures for January on the 9th.
According to this, the average total cash salary per worker in January, including basic salary and overtime pay, was 272,972 yen.
This is a 0.8% decrease from the same month of the previous year, and has been negative compared to the same month of the previous year for 10 consecutive months.
Of this amount, overtime pay and other overtime pay were 17,673 yen, a decrease of 6.6% from the same month of the previous year.
Looking at the rate of decrease in overtime salary by industry compared to the same month of the previous year, ▽ "accommodation / restaurant service" was 47.7%, ▽ "life-related service / entertainment" was 24.5%, ▽ " "Transportation / Postal" accounted for 10.7%, and "Wholesale / Retail" accounted for 9.9%.
Real wages, which reflect price fluctuations, fell 0.1% from the same month of the previous year, and have been negative for 11 consecutive months.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The impact of the state of emergency has come out. Overall, the negative range of overtime pay has become smaller, but the impact of the new coronavirus is still continuing."