民間の平均給与、487万円で過去最高に

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October first. Tonight: average pay in Japan just hit a record high. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

The average yearly pay of company workers last year reached four million, eight hundred seventy thousand yen.

It means average.

The National Tax Agency announced it on the twenty-ninth.

It means to announce.

It rose one point nine percent from the year before, the fifth year in a row.

It means to increase.

This survey started in nineteen forty-nine, and average pay is now the highest ever.

It means a survey or investigation.

The average bonus was seven hundred fifty thousand yen, up for the second year in a row.

It means a bonus.

Men averaged five point nine seven million yen, and women three point four two million.

It means men.

Full-time regular employees averaged five point five nine million yen, up two point six percent.

It means a regular, full-time employee.

Part-timers and other non-regular workers averaged two point one million yen.

It means a part-time job.

By type of work, the highest was electricity, gas, and water, at eight point five four million yen.

It means water supply.

Next highest was finance, like banks and insurance, at seven point two five million yen.

It means finance.

The lowest was work at hotels, restaurants, and similar places, at two point seven five million yen.

It means low.

The survey looked at the pay of about three hundred ten thousand people at about twenty-seven thousand companies nationwide.

It means the whole country.

Now the full news again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

Four million, eight hundred seventy thousand yen.

Five years in a row.

Electricity, gas, and water.

Work at hotels, restaurants, and similar places.

That's all for tonight. Thanks for listening. See you next time.