Human Resources Careers in Japan: What 396 Job Postings Ask For
Every figure on this page summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, in aggregate, and is shown the same way to every reader. It is not a description of any individual’s career or prospects.
- 396
- 194
- 65%
- 37%
What Gets You In
1-2 years of experience
67
3-4 years of experience
90
5-9 years of experience
82
10+ years of experience
20
18%
31% day-to-day or above
Compensation & Benefits
59%
Recruiting
50%
HR Planning
40%
Social Insurance
33%
HR Business Partner
32%
Employee Engagement
30%
Onboarding
30%
Organizational Development
30%
396 postings
Levels by Experience
1–2 years
7%
19% day-to-day or above
67 postings
3–4 years
12%
24% day-to-day or above
Performance Management 30% (+15)
Compensation & Benefits 71% (+14)
Labor Management 29% (+14)
Social Insurance 42% (+11)
Recruiting 59% (+10)
90 postings
5–9 years
35%
40% day-to-day or above
Stakeholder Management 38% (+22)
Project Management 26% (+14)
Organizational Development 38% (+10)
82 postings
10+ years
25%
Recruiting 70% (+27)
Stakeholder Management 55% (+17)
HR Business Partner 50% (+15)
Global HR 25% (+12)
20 postings
Stated Pay
Median ¥6,500,000 · 148 postings state pay
¥5,300,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥8,500,000
Median ¥5,600,000 · 38 postings state pay
¥4,400,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥7,200,000
Median ¥6,500,000 · 43 postings state pay
¥5,700,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥8,400,000
Working Conditions
- 125 days
50 postings
- 28%
- 19%
Fully remote
8
Hybrid
72
On-site
11
389 postings
What Comes Next
People management
26
Senior leadership
17
Specialist track
9
Internal transfer or rotation
5
Employers naming each step, of 30 that name one
Levels by Job Title
Specialist track
Entry / new graduate
3
Junior / associate
10
Senior
17
Principal
1
Management track
Team lead
22
Manager
39
Director
10
Executive
2
Individual-contributor level
31 postings from 19 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Human Resources · individual-contributor level
English · 28 postings
Daily English
29%
Some English
57%
No English stated
14%
Japanese · 29 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
79%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
17%
No level stated
3%
3.5 years median (middle half 2 to 7.25)
over 20 postings stating a threshold
10% of postings (3)
Team-lead level
22 postings from 10 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Human Resources · team-lead level
English · 18 postings
Daily English
39%
Some English
33%
No English stated
28%
Japanese · 18 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
72%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
11%
No level stated
17%
3 years median (middle half 2.5 to 4)
over 15 postings stating a threshold
14% of postings (3)
Performance Management 50% (+27 pts over the level below)
Project Management 36% (+20 pts over the level below)
HR Systems 23% (+17 pts over the level below)
Compensation & Benefits 50% (+11 pts over the level below)
terms counted over 22 postings at this level
5 openings are titled as a candidate for this level
Manager level
39 postings from 26 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Human Resources · manager level
English · 38 postings
Daily English
29%
Some English
58%
No English stated
13%
Japanese · 38 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
63%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
21%
Limited Working Proficiency (JLPT N3)
3%
No level stated
13%
5 years median (middle half 4 to 7.5)
over 27 postings stating a threshold
41% of postings (16)
Training & Development 33% (+33 pts over the level below)
HR Planning 31% (+22 pts over the level below)
Onboarding 21% (+16 pts over the level below)
Organizational Development 28% (+14 pts over the level below)
Excel 23% (+14 pts over the level below)
terms counted over 39 postings at this level
12 openings are titled as a candidate for this level
Who Is Hiring
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Human Resources career ladder?
A level-by-level summary of what live Human Resources job postings tracked on AirTA ask for. Levels come from job titles (manager, director, senior and so on) and, separately, from the years of experience a posting states. Every figure is a statistic over those postings, refreshed daily.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the job postings AirTA collects from employer career sites and applicant tracking systems. Years of experience, certifications and management experience are read from the posting text; the level is read from the title; pay is the salary the employer stated on the posting. Nothing is estimated for an individual.
Why is there no pay figure at some levels?
A pay band publishes only when at least 30 postings at that level state a salary, and a median only from 10. Senior-level pay is rarely published in Japan, so the honest answer at some levels is no figure rather than a figure borrowed from another level.
What does "candidate for" mean?
Some postings are titled 「マネージャー候補」 or "Manager Candidate": the employer states in the title that the opening is for someone who will grow into that level. The ladder counts those titles as the employer wrote them. It does not predict anyone’s promotion.
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