２４年度、７割がベア実施　賃上げ、中堅・中小に広がり―財務省調査

　財務省が２２日発表した企業の賃上げ動向調査によると、２０２４年度に基本給を底上げするベースアップ（ベア）を実施すると答えた企業は７０．７％と前年度比６．３ポイント上昇した。規模別では、中堅・中小が８．８ポイント上昇の６３．１％と、大企業の伸び（３．２ポイント）を上回った。同省は「賃上げの流れは中堅・中小にも広がっている」と分析する。（2024/04/22-15:49）

About 70 pct of companies in Japan will implement pay scale increases in fiscal 2024, a survey by the Finance Ministry showed Monday.
   According to the survey, the proportion of companies planning to raise their pay scales stood at 70.7 pct, up by 6.3 percentage points from the previous year.
   The proportion of such companies rose 8.8 points to 63.1 pct among small and medium-sized firms, outpacing a 3.2-point increase among large companies.
   Companies planning to implement pay scale increases of 3 pct or more accounted for 59.8 pct, up 23.4 points. Companies at which pay scale hikes and regular pay increases will total 5 pct or more came to 36.5 pct, nearly doubling from the previous year.
   "Raising employees' motivation to work, improving working conditions and preventing employees from quitting" was the most common reason for pay hikes, followed by "responding to rising prices" and "securing new employees."