The real wage per worker last year decreased by 2.5% compared to the previous year. Although total cash wages increased, they were unable to keep up with the rise in prices, and real wages were negative for the second consecutive year.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducts a ``Monthly Labor Statistics Survey'' targeting more than 30,000 establishments with five or more employees, and on the 6th, they released preliminary figures for the past year.
According to the report, the average monthly cash salary per worker, including basic salary, overtime pay, bonuses, etc., was 329,859 yen, an increase of 1.2% compared to the previous year, and a positive figure for the third consecutive year. became.
The breakdown is 436,849 yen for full-time workers and 104,570 yen for part-time workers, both of which are the highest since 1993, when statistics began being collected.
However, the rate of increase in prices was 3.8%, the highest level in 42 years, and real wages, which reflect price changes, decreased by 2.5% compared to the previous year.
This is the second year in a row that real wages have been lower than the previous year.
Preliminary figures for December of last year were also released, and total cash salaries increased by 1% compared to the same month last year, making it the 24th consecutive month of positive growth, the longest on record.
However, real wages declined by 1.9%, marking the 21st consecutive month of decline.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, ``It seems that the total salary has been raised due to last year's spring labor union, which resulted in the first wage increase in 30 years, and the labor shortage, but it continues to not keep up with the rise in prices. I would like to pay attention to how much the bearish level will be raised."