民間給与、７年ぶり減少　平均４３６万円、１９年分―国税庁

　民間企業で働く人が２０１９年の１年間に得た平均給与は前年比１．０％減の４３６万４０００円で、７年ぶりに減少したことが２９日、国税庁の民間給与実態統計調査で分かった。従業員１００人未満の中小企業の平均給与が減少し、全体を押し下げたことが要因とみられる。
　調査は１９４９年に始まり、約１万８５００事業所の約２４万人の回答を基に、全体を推計した。１９年分を対象とした調査のため、新型コロナウイルスの影響は反映されていない。（2020/09/29-21:18）

The average annual wage for private-sector workers in Japan in 2019 went down 1.0 pct from the previous year to 4,364,000 yen, falling for the first time in seven years, the National Tax Agency said Tuesday.
   A decrease of wages at small companies with less than 100 employees contributed to the decline of the overall average wage, according to the agency.
   The survey started in 1949. The 2019 survey used replies from some 240,000 workers at some 18,500 businesses across the country to calculate the overall estimates.
   As the latest survey asked about wages in 2019, its findings do not reflect the impacts of the new coronavirus pandemic.
   By company size, the average annual wage decreased 4.9 pct to 3,403,000 yen for businesses with less than 10 employees, declined 3.9 pct to 4,041,000 yen for firms with 10-29 workers and went down 5.0 pct to 4,128,000 yen for companies with 30-99 staff members.