Real Earnings Including Bonuses in Japan decreased by 0.10 percent in December from -1.60 percent in November of 2025. Real Earnings Including Bonuses in Japan averaged -0.37 Percent from 1991 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 6.59 Percent in June of 1994 and a record low of -5.46 Percent in June of 2009. source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Employed Persons	68170.00	68460.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Employment Rate	61.90	62.40	percent	Jan 2026
Full Time Employment	23571.00	23503.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Job Vacancies	807.89	789.86	Thousand	Dec 2025
Jobs/applications ratio	1.18	1.20		Jan 2026
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.50	63.90	percent	Jan 2026
Minimum Wages	1064.00	1121.00	JPY/Hour	Oct 2026
Overtime Pay YoY	0.90	1.20	percent	Dec 2025
Part Time Employment	7868.00	7924.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Population	123.80	124.35	Million	Dec 2024
Productivity	106.70	98.40	points	Dec 2025
Real Earnings Including Bonuses	-0.10	-1.60	Percent	Dec 2025
Retirement Age Men	65.00	64.00	Years	Dec 2025
Retirement Age Women	65.00	64.00	Years	Dec 2025
Unemployed Persons	1910.00	1850.00	Thousand	Jan 2026
Unemployment Rate	2.70	2.60	percent	Jan 2026
Average Cash Earnings YoY	2.40	1.70	percent	Dec 2025
Wages	756978.00	351701.00	JPY/Month	Dec 2025
Wages in Manufacturing	931434.00	397159.00	JPY/Month	Dec 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	4.30	2.70	percent	Jan 2026