Japan Sales Salary Guide 2026

15 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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1 USD = ¥158.06, European Central Bank rate for Oct 29, 2026

Role	Segment	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Sales Director	Technology	￥33,750,000≈ $213,500	￥20,000,000 to ￥50,000,000≈ $126,500 to $316,300	2	￥11,812,500≈ $74,730	￥45,562,500≈ $288,300
Sales Manager	Technology	￥25,000,000≈ $158,200	￥15,000,000 to ￥30,000,000≈ $94,900 to $189,800	3	￥8,750,000≈ $55,360	￥33,750,000≈ $213,500
Sales Director	Industrial & Manufacturing	￥21,250,000≈ $134,400	￥10,000,000 to ￥30,000,000≈ $63,270 to $189,800	2	￥7,437,500≈ $47,060	￥28,687,500≈ $181,500
Sales Director	Cross-Industry	￥17,500,000≈ $110,700	￥15,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $94,900 to $158,200	2	￥6,125,000≈ $38,750	￥23,625,000≈ $149,500
Sales Manager	Life Sciences	￥17,190,273≈ $108,800	￥12,000,000 to ￥22,020,600≈ $75,920 to $139,300	2	￥6,016,596≈ $38,070	￥23,206,869≈ $146,800
Senior Business Development Manager	Cross-Industry	￥16,500,000≈ $104,400	￥13,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $82,250 to $158,200	2	￥5,775,000≈ $36,540	￥22,275,000≈ $140,900
Sales Manager	Industrial & Manufacturing	￥14,000,000≈ $88,570	￥9,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $56,940 to $113,900	2	￥4,900,000≈ $31,000	￥18,900,000≈ $119,600
Pre-Sales Engineer	Cross-Industry	￥14,000,000≈ $88,570	￥10,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $63,270 to $113,900	2	￥4,900,000≈ $31,000	￥18,900,000≈ $119,600
Customer Success Manager	Cross-Industry	￥13,000,000≈ $82,250	￥10,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $63,270 to $126,500	3	￥4,550,000≈ $28,790	￥17,550,000≈ $111,000
Business Development Manager	Cross-Industry	￥12,000,000≈ $75,920	￥9,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $56,940 to $94,900	2	￥4,200,000≈ $26,570	￥16,200,000≈ $102,500
Sales Representative	Life Sciences	￥11,948,805≈ $75,600	￥6,000,000 to ￥18,874,800≈ $37,960 to $119,400	2	￥4,182,082≈ $26,460	￥16,130,887≈ $102,100
Technical Account Manager	Cross-Industry	￥11,750,000≈ $74,340	￥9,500,000 to ￥13,500,000≈ $60,100 to $85,410	2	￥4,112,500≈ $26,020	￥15,862,500≈ $100,400
Account Manager	Cross-Industry	￥10,250,000≈ $64,850	￥9,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $56,940 to $75,920	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,700	￥13,837,500≈ $87,550
Aftersales Manager	Cross-Industry	￥10,250,000≈ $64,850	￥9,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $56,940 to $82,250	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,700	￥13,837,500≈ $87,550
Key Account Manager	Cross-Industry	￥10,250,000≈ $64,850	￥9,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $56,940 to $75,920	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,700	￥13,837,500≈ $87,550

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 1500 most recent Sales postings we track, at 266 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
6%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
1%
No mention
93%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
2%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
7%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
3%
Mentioned, level not specified
3%
No mention
86%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

New Business Development
34%
SaaS
28%
Solution Sales
19%
Stakeholder Management
19%
Account Management
19%
Customer Success
19%
Project Management
17%
Target Achievement
15%
CRM
14%
Excel
12%

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B2B Sales
11%
Data Analysis
11%
Presentation
10%
Inside Sales
10%
Field Sales
9%
Salesforce
6%
Partner / Channel Sales
6%
PowerPoint
6%
Negotiation
5%
Pipeline Management
4%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

1-2 years of experience
22%
3-4 years of experience
18%
Management experience
17%
5-9 years of experience
10%
University degree
5%
Same-industry experience
3%

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