With prices continuing to rise, the real wage per worker in January this year decreased by 4.1% compared to the same month of the previous year, and the consumption tax rate hike led to a significant drop in real wages in May 2014. It has been the lowest since then.

According to the preliminary figures of the "Monthly Labor Statistics Survey" conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for more than 30,000 business establishments with 5 or more employees, the real wage in January this year reflected the price fluctuations. It decreased by 4.1% compared to the month.



The total cash earnings per worker, including basic wages and overtime pay, averaged 276,857 yen in January, an increase of 0.8% compared to January last year, but the rate of increase in prices has greatly contributed to this increase. because it surpassed



Real wages have been negative for 10 consecutive months, and the size of the decline is the largest in 8 years and 8 months since May 2014, immediately after the consumption tax rate was raised from 5% to 8%. .



Also, excluding the year of the consumption tax hike, it will be the lowest since December 2009, when the impact of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy remained at a negative 4.2%.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, ``The rise in total wages in January was at a low level recently, so the rise in prices caused a large decrease in real wages. I want to keep an eye on it."