Business Operation and Labor's Share

  Total Sales Current Profit
to Sales Ratio
Ratio of Personnel Expenses to Sales Labor's Share
Annual percent
change
Fiscal year % % % %
2019 -3.5 4.8 13.6 71.0
2020 -8.1 4.6 14.3 74.2
2021 6.3 5.8 14.3 71.7
2022 9.0 6.0 13.6 70.7
2023 3.5 6.5 13.6 68.3
2024 3.6 6.8 13.6 69.5
2022 Apr-Jun 7.2 8.4 12.8 74.9
  Jul-Sep 8.3 5.7 12.5 71.0
  Oct-Dec 6.1 6.0 12.6 76.2
2023 Jan-Mar 5.0 6.3 11.8 60.4
  Apr-Jun 5.8 8.9 12.4 72.6
  Jul-Sep 5.0 6.5 12.4 66.7
  Oct-Dec 4.2 6.5 12.6 72.9
2024 Jan-Mar 2.3 7.1 12.0 60.5
  Apr-Jun 3.5 9.7 12.6 73.8
  Jul-Sep 2.6 6.1 12.6 63.0
  Oct-Dec 2.5 7.2 12.5 79.1
2025 Jan-Mar 4.3 7.0 11.9 61.9
  Apr-Jun 0.8 9.6 13.1 -
  Jul-Sep 0.5 7.3 13.1 -
Source MOF
“Financial Statements of Corporations by Industry”
CAO “SNA”
NOTES:
Labor's share = Compensation of employees / National income at factor cost × 100. Calculated by JILPT. Annual Report on National Accounts for 2024.
Ratio of Personnel Expenses to Sales (Fiscal year) = Calculated by JILPT
Line graph. Current Profit to Sales Ratio, Ratio of personnel expences to sales. See the table above for data.