The monthly average wage per worker among businesses with one or more regular workers totaled 4,048,000 won (3,070 U.S. dollars) in the January-April period, up 2.3 percent compared to the same period of last year, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
The inflation-adjusted real wage declined 2.1 percent to 3,665,000 won (2,780 dollars) in the cited period.
Consumer prices advanced 4.5 percent for the first four months of this year from a year earlier.
The monthly average working hours for the businesses reached 156.8 hours during the January-April period, up 1.6 hours compared to the first four months of last year.
The manufacturing industry posted the longest monthly average working hours of 171.2 in the four-month period, while the construction industry logged the shortest 129.7 working hours.
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