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2014 April 23 - May 6 [LABOR]

Nursing-care workers earn Y90K/m less than workers in other industries

An interim report on the survey the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) released on April 23 shows that nursing-care workers, while finding their jobs worthwhile, receive significantly lower salaries than those in other industries do.

According to the survey, full-time nursing-care workers, as of October 2013, earn 207,795 yen a month on average, about 90,000 yen less than 297,700 yen, the average monthly income of workers in all industries.

Despite this fact, nearly 70% of staff working for nursing-care facilities answered “Yes” to the question, “Do you find your job rewarding?”

Meanwhile, regarding the question if they feel like leaving a nursing-care career, the answer “Yes, always” and “Yes, sometimes” accounted for 57.22% in total. For reasons for that, “low pay” comes at the top at 44.7% followed by “overworked” (39.6%).

Zenroren Vice President Nemoto Takashi commented, “Every care facility constantly has a labor shortage. Wage hikes to attract more workers are the only solution to this problem.”