Summer bonuses increased 64,000 yen

Average amount of summer bonuses received by Japanese workers are 559,000 yen, 64,000 yen increase from the last summer Nippon Life Insurance Company(Nissay) revealed.
The research was done on the internet acquired 10,386 participants.
According to the result, the ratio of people who responded that their bonus was increased was 51.7 percent in twenties and was 35.1 percent in fifties. On the other hand, the people who said that it decreased was 6.0 percent in twenties and was 15.3 percent in fifties.
It is assumed that the fact that more percentages of people are working as a temporary employee or a contracted employee whose compensation structure is apt to reflect corporate performances of company in twenties compared to older generations affected the result.


夏のボーナス６万４０００円増　日生調　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/130703/fnc13070316560015-n1.htm


630,000 are "NEET" among the Japanese young

One out of five workers is over 60

Japanese salary in 2012 was the lowest in 22 years

Educational expenses of Japanese family is 1.91M yen

Annual income of Japanese keeps dropping

Japanese salary in 2012 was the lowest in 22 years

Average monthly salary of Japanese including overtime payment and bonuses was 314,236 yen($3,423.92) in 2012 marking the lowest since 1990. It is decreased by 0.6 percent from 2011. Average amount of bonus usually paid twice a year was 52,586 yen($572.98) decreased by 3.1 percent from 2011. Average working hours was 147.1 hours per month increased by 0.5 percent from the year before nevertheless.
The research was conducted by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to 33,000 enterprises with more than 5 workers.


12年の給与が過去最低　賞与減で月31万4236円　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFS31005_R30C13A1MM0000/


Educational expenses of Japanese family is 1.91M yen

Annual income of Japanese keeps dropping

Japanese educational expenses outside schools

Japanese 20s lose over 20M yen by subscribing for the Welfare Pension

Annual income of Japanese keeps dropping

Average annual income of Japanese workers was 4.09 million yen last year dropped 30,000 yen from the year before.
It was 4.67 million yen in 1997 when peaked.
Number of workers whose annual income was less than 2 million yen was 10.69 million or 23.4 percent increased 0.4 percent. Number of workers who received annual income of more than 10 million yen was 1.78 million or 3.9 percent also increased.
National Tax Agency researched 45.66 million Japanese who work for a private company.


サラリーマン 平均年収下がる　―NHKニュース
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20120927/k10015333821000.html