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

Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
HR Director	￥22,875,000≈ $148,500	￥16,000,000 to ￥30,000,000≈ $103,900 to $194,800	4	￥8,006,250≈ $51,980	￥30,881,250≈ $200,500
Talent Acquisition Director	￥16,000,000≈ $103,900	￥14,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $90,890 to $129,800	2	￥5,600,000≈ $36,350	￥21,600,000≈ $140,200
DE&I Manager	￥14,500,000≈ $94,130	￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $51,940 to $129,800	2	￥5,075,000≈ $32,950	￥19,575,000≈ $127,100
Employee Relations Manager	￥14,250,000≈ $92,510	￥11,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $71,410 to $116,900	2	￥4,987,500≈ $32,380	￥19,237,500≈ $124,900
Talent Acquisition Manager	￥13,000,000≈ $84,400	￥10,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $64,920 to $110,400	3	￥4,550,000≈ $29,540	￥17,550,000≈ $113,900
HRIS Manager	￥12,500,000≈ $81,150	￥10,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $64,920 to $103,900	2	￥4,375,000≈ $28,400	￥16,875,000≈ $109,600
HR Manager	￥12,250,000≈ $79,530	￥8,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $51,940 to $116,900	4	￥4,287,500≈ $27,830	￥16,537,500≈ $107,400
Compensation & Benefits Manager	￥12,000,000≈ $77,900	￥8,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $51,940 to $103,900	3	￥4,200,000≈ $27,270	￥16,200,000≈ $105,200
Payroll Manager	￥12,000,000≈ $77,900	￥9,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $58,430 to $103,900	3	￥4,200,000≈ $27,270	￥16,200,000≈ $105,200
Learning & Development Manager	￥11,750,000≈ $76,280	￥9,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $58,430 to $103,900	4	￥4,112,500≈ $26,700	￥15,862,500≈ $103,000
HR Business Partner	￥11,000,000≈ $71,410	￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $51,940 to $129,800	3	￥3,850,000≈ $24,990	￥14,850,000≈ $96,410
Compensation & Benefits Specialist	￥9,000,000≈ $58,430	￥6,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $38,950 to $77,900	5	￥3,150,000≈ $20,450	￥12,150,000≈ $78,880
HR Generalist	￥8,500,000≈ $55,180	￥6,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $38,950 to $84,400	4	￥2,975,000≈ $19,310	￥11,475,000≈ $74,490
HRIS Specialist	￥7,750,000≈ $50,310	￥7,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $45,440 to $64,920	2	￥2,712,500≈ $17,610	￥10,462,500≈ $67,920
Talent Acquisition Specialist	￥7,500,000≈ $48,690	￥6,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $38,950 to $64,920	2	￥2,625,000≈ $17,040	￥10,125,000≈ $65,730
HR Specialist	￥7,125,000≈ $46,260	￥5,500,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $35,710 to $71,410	2	￥2,493,750≈ $16,190	￥9,618,750≈ $62,440
Payroll Specialist	￥7,000,000≈ $45,440	￥5,000,000 to ￥9,000,000≈ $32,460 to $58,430	2	￥2,450,000≈ $15,910	￥9,450,000≈ $61,350

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 1262 Human Resources postings we track, at 404 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
10%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
4%
No mention
87%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
3%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
10%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
3%
Mentioned, level not specified
5%
No mention
78%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Compensation & Benefits
59%
Recruiting
46%
Social Insurance
44%
HR Planning
22%
Stakeholder Management
21%
Onboarding
20%
HR Business Partner
19%
Excel
18%
Project Management
18%
Labor Management
17%

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Organizational Development
17%
Training & Development
17%
Performance Management
17%
Data Analysis
16%
Employee Engagement
13%
HR Systems
11%
PowerPoint
8%
Global HR
5%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

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

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