TOKYO –
The common annual wage for workers at private-sector firms in Japan rose 1.9% to a document 4.87 million yen final yr, marking the fifth consecutive annual improve, in accordance with the National Tax Agency.
The determine was the best for the reason that company started compiling the statistics in 1949, in accordance with its annual survey of private-sector salaries.
By business, electrical energy, gasoline, warmth provide and water companies recorded the best common wage at 8.54 million yen. Accommodation and meals companies had the bottom common at 2.76 million yen.
Average annual pay for males elevated 1.7% to five.97 million yen, whereas pay for girls rose 2.6% to three.42 million yen.
Although salaries continued to extend for each women and men, the tempo of development slowed significantly, with the respective development charges roughly half these recorded the earlier yr.
Source: TBS