Average wages post year-on-year gain in July

Monday 01st September, 10:41 AM JST

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tkoind2 at 12:30 PM JST - 1st September

Does this average include bonus or before bonus?

How do families with single incomes manage in Japan on this? 4.6-5.0 mil is not a lot for an average family of 3-4 people.
Notginger at 12:54 PM JST - 1st September

Well, I'm the head of a family of four, and I get by on a lot less than this, and I don't get any bonus or prospect of a raise because I'm a foreigner.
Altria at 01:06 PM JST - 1st September

These figures include overtime and bonus pay - I'd hate to think what the hourly wage works out to.

I'd say you'd need around 8 mil to comfortably support a family in Tokyo.
Freespeech at 03:01 PM JST - 1st September

Thank you Altria ! Since you seem to know about the origin and the meaning of the figures : is this a gross income figure, or the "net pay" i.e. after the contributions for shakai hoken and the provision for income tax have been deducted ?
Altria at 03:23 PM JST - 1st September

Freespeech: The Japanese article didn't mention it, but I'm assuming the figures are for gross pay before tax, health insurance and pension.
Dogdog at 10:15 PM JST - 1st September

Can't see it myself, by no stretch of the imagination. With the dankai generation gone, wages must be much lower, even if there was a slight rise in the salaries of workers in the 25-50 age group.

Someone's playing with statistics,
imgold at 12:15 AM JST - 2nd September

BFD ! Food and fuel prices have jumped a good 15%-20% ! Why is a measly 0.3% increase in salary "news" ? Maybe of the gloomy sort I guess ! Like we've said before, Japan is in deep doo doo ! The economy is a mess and Fukuda just bailed the sinking ship ! Can't wait for the chinese to move, take over, enslave the locals... who will gladly abide, and eventually lead Japan back to the promised land, how bizarre !