Average monthly pay in all industries in 2002 fell 2.4 percent from the previous year to 343,480 yen, the government said in a revised report Monday.

The percentage drop, the largest since comparable data were first taken in 1991, was revised from a 2.3 percent fall reported in a preliminary report released in early February, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.

Adjusted for changes in consumer prices, the real wage declined 1.3 percent, a revision from the preliminary 1.2 percent drop, according to the report, which covers companies employing five or more people. Both figures marked the second straight yearly fall.