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Japan’s real wages rise 2.2% in September for ninth straight month
Japan’s real wages rose 2.2% in September compared with the same month a year earlier.
This was the ninth consecutive month of increases.
Real wages account for changes in prices, so they indicate how workers’ earnings compare with the cost of living.
The figures cover workers in Japan.
The continued rise means real wages have increased year on year for nine months in a row.
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Japan’s real wages rose 2.2 percent in September from a year earlier, marking a ninth consecutive month of growth.
Nominal wages, including base and overtime pay, increased 4.6 percent to 311,409 yen per worker.
The nominal wage increase above 3 percent continued for an eighth month, the longest such run in more than 34 years.
Consumer prices used to calculate real wages rose 2.4 percent, down from 3.4 percent a year earlier.
The recent gains followed 12 consecutive months of declining real wages from January to December 2025.
- Who
- Japanese workers. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare reported the figures.
- What
- Real wages rose 2.2 percent year on year in September, their ninth consecutive monthly increase.
- When
- September 2026; the data were reported Friday.
- Where
- Japan.
- Why
- Not stated
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Japan’s real wages declined for 12 consecutive months.
Real wages rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier, marking their ninth consecutive monthly increase.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s wage data were reported.
- Real wage increase
- 2.2 percent year on year in September
- Real wage growth streak
- 9 consecutive months
- Nominal wages
- 311,409 yen per worker
- Nominal wage increase
- 4.6 percent
- Consumer price rise
- 2.4 percent in September