Japan Human Resources Salary Guide 2026

17 roles benchmarked against up to five published 2026 salary guides, with the typical agency fee beside every median.

Salary Consensus by Role

Median across published Japan salary guides, with the fee stacked on top

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Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
HR Director	￥22,875,000≈ $144,700	￥16,000,000 to ￥30,000,000≈ $101,200 to $189,800	4	￥8,006,250≈ $50,650	￥30,881,250≈ $195,400
Talent Acquisition Director	￥16,000,000≈ $101,200	￥14,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $88,570 to $126,500	2	￥5,600,000≈ $35,430	￥21,600,000≈ $136,700
DE&I Manager	￥14,500,000≈ $91,740	￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $50,610 to $126,500	2	￥5,075,000≈ $32,110	￥19,575,000≈ $123,800
Employee Relations Manager	￥14,250,000≈ $90,160	￥11,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $69,590 to $113,900	2	￥4,987,500≈ $31,550	￥19,237,500≈ $121,700
Talent Acquisition Manager	￥13,000,000≈ $82,250	￥10,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $63,270 to $107,600	3	￥4,550,000≈ $28,790	￥17,550,000≈ $111,000
HRIS Manager	￥12,500,000≈ $79,080	￥10,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $63,270 to $101,200	2	￥4,375,000≈ $27,680	￥16,875,000≈ $106,800
HR Manager	￥12,250,000≈ $77,500	￥8,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $50,610 to $113,900	4	￥4,287,500≈ $27,130	￥16,537,500≈ $104,600
Compensation & Benefits Manager	￥12,000,000≈ $75,920	￥8,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $50,610 to $101,200	3	￥4,200,000≈ $26,570	￥16,200,000≈ $102,500
Payroll Manager	￥12,000,000≈ $75,920	￥9,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $56,940 to $101,200	3	￥4,200,000≈ $26,570	￥16,200,000≈ $102,500
Learning & Development Manager	￥11,750,000≈ $74,340	￥9,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $56,940 to $101,200	4	￥4,112,500≈ $26,020	￥15,862,500≈ $100,400
HR Business Partner	￥11,000,000≈ $69,590	￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $50,610 to $126,500	3	￥3,850,000≈ $24,360	￥14,850,000≈ $93,950
Compensation & Benefits Specialist	￥9,000,000≈ $56,940	￥6,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $37,960 to $75,920	5	￥3,150,000≈ $19,930	￥12,150,000≈ $76,870
HR Generalist	￥8,500,000≈ $53,780	￥6,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $37,960 to $82,250	4	￥2,975,000≈ $18,820	￥11,475,000≈ $72,600
HRIS Specialist	￥7,750,000≈ $49,030	￥7,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $44,290 to $63,270	2	￥2,712,500≈ $17,160	￥10,462,500≈ $66,190
Talent Acquisition Specialist	￥7,500,000≈ $47,450	￥6,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $37,960 to $63,270	2	￥2,625,000≈ $16,610	￥10,125,000≈ $64,060
HR Specialist	￥7,125,000≈ $45,080	￥5,500,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $34,800 to $69,590	2	￥2,493,750≈ $15,780	￥9,618,750≈ $60,860
Payroll Specialist	￥7,000,000≈ $44,290	￥5,000,000 to ￥9,000,000≈ $31,630 to $56,940	2	￥2,450,000≈ $15,500	￥9,450,000≈ $59,790

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 1471 Human Resources postings we track, at 465 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
10%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
3%
No mention
87%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
4%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
10%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
4%
Mentioned, level not specified
5%
No mention
77%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Compensation & Benefits
59%
Recruiting
50%
Social Insurance
41%
HR Planning
25%
Stakeholder Management
22%
HR Business Partner
21%
Onboarding
20%
Excel
19%
Performance Management
19%
Organizational Development
18%

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Labor Management
17%
Training & Development
17%
Data Analysis
16%
Project Management
16%
Employee Engagement
15%
HR Systems
12%
PowerPoint
8%
Global HR
6%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

3-4 years of experience
20%
1-2 years of experience
16%
5-9 years of experience
15%
Management experience
15%
University degree
11%
Same-industry experience
3%

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