人件費
Meanings
personnel expenses; labor costs
General term for costs related to employees, including salaries, benefits, and training. Used in business and economic contexts.
We reduced overtime to cut personnel expenses.
Labor costs for this project account for half of the budget.
indirect labor costs
Specifically refers to labor costs not directly tied to production, such as administrative staff salaries. A more technical accounting term.
Indirect labor costs are not included in the manufacturing cost.
Usage patterns
- 人件費を削減するto cut personnel expenses
The company cut personnel costs due to financial difficulties.
- 人件費がかさむpersonnel expenses to pile up/increase
Hiring more employees increases personnel costs.
- 人件費を抑えるto keep personnel costs down
Automation allowed the company to keep personnel costs down.
- 人件費が増加するpersonnel expenses to increase
Personnel expenses are rising due to increases in the minimum wage.
- 人件費がかかるto incur personnel costs
Creating a new department incurs personnel costs.