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Table 9 Summary statistics of the Basic Survey of Wage Structure

From: Effects of increased elderly employment on other workers’ employment and elderly’s earnings in Japan

Sample size (total)

1,357,477

Annual earnings excluding bonus (thousand yen)

4984.0

Log annual earnings

8.42

Education

 

 Junior high school

19.8 %

 High school

55.6 %

 Tech/junior college (2 years)

3.7 %

 4-year college and more

20.9 %

Firm size

 

 Large (500 or more)

38.8 %

 Medium (100–499)

23.5 %

 Small (less than 100)

37.7 %

  1. Male regular employees 48–65 years old, born in 1943–1949