Japan Financial Services Salary Guide 2026

19 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 = ¥154.04, European Central Bank rate for Sep 11, 2026

Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Credit Risk Managing Director	￥31,750,000≈ $206,100	￥25,000,000 to ￥45,000,000≈ $162,300 to $292,100	2	￥11,112,500≈ $72,140	￥42,862,500≈ $278,300
Market Risk Managing Director	￥29,250,000≈ $189,900	￥25,000,000 to ￥35,000,000≈ $162,300 to $227,200	2	￥10,237,500≈ $66,460	￥39,487,500≈ $256,400
Operational Risk Managing Director	￥27,000,000≈ $175,300	￥22,000,000 to ￥32,000,000≈ $142,800 to $207,700	2	￥9,450,000≈ $61,350	￥36,450,000≈ $236,600
Credit Risk Director	￥24,000,000≈ $155,800	￥20,000,000 to ￥32,000,000≈ $129,800 to $207,700	2	￥8,400,000≈ $54,530	￥32,400,000≈ $210,300
Market Risk Director	￥22,000,000≈ $142,800	￥18,000,000 to ￥29,000,000≈ $116,900 to $188,300	2	￥7,700,000≈ $49,990	￥29,700,000≈ $192,800
Operational Risk Director	￥21,750,000≈ $141,200	￥18,000,000 to ￥28,000,000≈ $116,900 to $181,800	2	￥7,612,500≈ $49,420	￥29,362,500≈ $190,600
Financial Control Director	￥20,750,000≈ $134,700	￥15,000,000 to ￥28,000,000≈ $97,380 to $181,800	2	￥7,262,500≈ $47,150	￥28,012,500≈ $181,900
Credit Risk Vice President	￥17,625,000≈ $114,400	￥14,000,000 to ￥24,000,000≈ $90,890 to $155,800	2	￥6,168,750≈ $40,050	￥23,793,750≈ $154,500
Market Risk Vice President	￥16,375,000≈ $106,300	￥13,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $84,400 to $129,800	2	￥5,731,250≈ $37,210	￥22,106,250≈ $143,500
Operational Risk Vice President	￥15,625,000≈ $101,400	￥12,000,000 to ￥19,000,000≈ $77,900 to $123,300	2	￥5,468,750≈ $35,500	￥21,093,750≈ $136,900
Financial Control Vice President	￥15,125,000≈ $98,190	￥10,000,000 to ￥18,500,000≈ $64,920 to $120,100	2	￥5,293,750≈ $34,370	￥20,418,750≈ $132,600
Credit Risk Associate	￥11,375,000≈ $73,850	￥8,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $51,940 to $90,890	2	￥3,981,250≈ $25,850	￥15,356,250≈ $99,690
Market Risk Associate	￥11,250,000≈ $73,030	￥8,500,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $55,180 to $90,890	2	￥3,937,500≈ $25,560	￥15,187,500≈ $98,600
Financial Control Associate	￥10,375,000≈ $67,350	￥7,000,000 to ￥13,500,000≈ $45,440 to $87,640	2	￥3,631,250≈ $23,570	￥14,006,250≈ $90,930
Operational Risk Associate	￥10,250,000≈ $66,540	￥7,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $45,440 to $84,400	2	￥3,587,500≈ $23,290	￥13,837,500≈ $89,830
Credit Risk Analyst	￥7,750,000≈ $50,310	￥5,500,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $35,710 to $71,410	2	￥2,712,500≈ $17,610	￥10,462,500≈ $67,920
Market Risk Analyst	￥7,375,000≈ $47,880	￥5,500,000 to ￥9,000,000≈ $35,710 to $58,430	2	￥2,581,250≈ $16,760	￥9,956,250≈ $64,640
Financial Control Analyst	￥7,250,000≈ $47,070	￥6,000,000 to ￥8,500,000≈ $38,950 to $55,180	2	￥2,537,500≈ $16,470	￥9,787,500≈ $63,540
Operational Risk Analyst	￥6,875,000≈ $44,630	￥5,500,000 to ￥8,000,000≈ $35,710 to $51,940	2	￥2,406,250≈ $15,620	￥9,281,250≈ $60,250

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 444 Financial Services postings we track, at 108 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
9%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
4%
No mention
87%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
2%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
24%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
7%
Mentioned, level not specified
10%
No mention
57%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Asset Management
35%
Risk Management
34%
Excel
19%
Compliance
18%
Investment Banking / M&A
18%
Stakeholder Management
16%
Data Analysis
13%
Project Management
12%
Derivatives
10%
PowerPoint
10%

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Private Equity
6%
Regulatory Reporting
6%
Portfolio Management
5%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

3-4 years of experience
18%
University degree
13%
5-9 years of experience
12%
Management experience
8%
10+ years of experience
8%
Master's degree
7%
1-2 years of experience
6%
Same-industry experience
3%

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