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Lesson 8

Average Salaries

平均給与

Ideally, wages should increase over time, but this is not always the case. During a recession, workers may actually see their wages decrease, as bonuses and overtime are reduced. The following newspaper excerpt describes just such as situation:

“Last year, the average annual salary received by employees in private firms declined against the previous year by 0.1% (3000¥ ), marking the third consecutive annual decrease. This information was contained in the “Survey of Private Sector Salary Data”, released by the Ministry of Taxation on the 26^th. The recession, and the severe employment circumstances contributed to this situation.”

 

 

Vocabulary Notes

 

民間企業                   "private sector companies"

^{みんかんきぎょう}

従業員                      "employees"

^{じゅうぎょういん}

平均給与                   "average wage"

^{へいきんきゅうよ}     

国税庁                      "Ministry of Taxation"

^{こくぜいちょう}     

統計                          "statistics; statistical data"

^とうけい

経済成長率                "economic growth rate"

^{けいざいせいちょうりつ}

三年連続                   "three consecutive years"

^{さんねん れんぞく}

雇用状況                   "employment conditions"

^{こ よう  じょうきょう} 

 

 

Read the following passage, and identify the methods by which the salaries of federal employees are determined in Japan. Vocabulary notes are provided below:

 

Vocabulary Notes

 

国家公務員                         "federal employees; civil servants"

^{こっか　　こうむいん}

法律に基づいて                     "based on the law"

^{ほうりつ　　もと}

職員の職務                         "duties of the personnel"

^{しょくいん    しょく　む}

責任の度                             "degree of responsibility"

^{せきにん　  　ど}

補完する                              "to compliment; to make complete"

 ^ほ　かん