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. 2016 May 11;58(4):323–332. doi: 10.1539/joh.15-0179-OA

Table 1.

Basic information about workers, the cost estimation period, and the mean personnel costs per person per hour from three manufacturing workplaces (A, B, and C). Costs are shown in Japanese yen. One euro was equivalent to 125.20 Japanese yen and one U.S. dollar was equivalent to 93.38 Japanese yen in April 2010. JPY=Japanese yen.

Workplace A Workplace B Workplace C
Number of workers 1,370 1,080 223
Males (number/%) 1,200/87.6 1,026/95.0 215/96.4
Females (number/%) 170/12.4 54/5.0 8/3.6
Managers (number/%) 220/19.1 105/10.8 40/21.9
Non-managers (number/%) 1,150/80.9 975/89.2 183/78.1
Cost estimation period
From 1 April 2010 1 January 2010 1 April 2009
To 31 March 2011 31 December 2010 31 March 2010
Mean personnel cost per person per year (JPY) 9,400,000 6,004,720 7,461,883
Mean personnel cost per person per hour (JPY)
All employees 5,000 3,194 3,831
Managers 6,000 5,000 6,081
Rank-and-file employees 4,800 3,000 3,378