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 = ¥157.96, European Central Bank rate for Oct 28, 2026

Role	Segment	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Sales Director	Technology	￥33,750,000≈ $213,700	￥20,000,000 to ￥50,000,000≈ $126,600 to $316,500	2	￥11,812,500≈ $74,780	￥45,562,500≈ $288,400
Sales Manager	Technology	￥25,000,000≈ $158,300	￥15,000,000 to ￥30,000,000≈ $94,960 to $189,900	3	￥8,750,000≈ $55,390	￥33,750,000≈ $213,700
Sales Director	Industrial & Manufacturing	￥21,250,000≈ $134,500	￥10,000,000 to ￥30,000,000≈ $63,310 to $189,900	2	￥7,437,500≈ $47,080	￥28,687,500≈ $181,600
Sales Director	Cross-Industry	￥17,500,000≈ $110,800	￥15,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $94,960 to $158,300	2	￥6,125,000≈ $38,770	￥23,625,000≈ $149,600
Sales Manager	Life Sciences	￥17,190,273≈ $108,800	￥12,000,000 to ￥22,020,600≈ $75,970 to $139,400	2	￥6,016,596≈ $38,090	￥23,206,869≈ $146,900
Senior Business Development Manager	Cross-Industry	￥16,500,000≈ $104,500	￥13,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $82,300 to $158,300	2	￥5,775,000≈ $36,560	￥22,275,000≈ $141,000
Sales Manager	Industrial & Manufacturing	￥14,000,000≈ $88,630	￥9,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $56,980 to $114,000	2	￥4,900,000≈ $31,020	￥18,900,000≈ $119,600
Pre-Sales Engineer	Cross-Industry	￥14,000,000≈ $88,630	￥10,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $63,310 to $114,000	2	￥4,900,000≈ $31,020	￥18,900,000≈ $119,600
Customer Success Manager	Cross-Industry	￥13,000,000≈ $82,300	￥10,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $63,310 to $126,600	3	￥4,550,000≈ $28,800	￥17,550,000≈ $111,100
Business Development Manager	Cross-Industry	￥12,000,000≈ $75,970	￥9,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $56,980 to $94,960	2	￥4,200,000≈ $26,590	￥16,200,000≈ $102,600
Sales Representative	Life Sciences	￥11,948,805≈ $75,640	￥6,000,000 to ￥18,874,800≈ $37,980 to $119,500	2	￥4,182,082≈ $26,480	￥16,130,887≈ $102,100
Technical Account Manager	Cross-Industry	￥11,750,000≈ $74,380	￥9,500,000 to ￥13,500,000≈ $60,140 to $85,460	2	￥4,112,500≈ $26,030	￥15,862,500≈ $100,400
Account Manager	Cross-Industry	￥10,250,000≈ $64,890	￥9,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $56,980 to $75,970	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,710	￥13,837,500≈ $87,600
Aftersales Manager	Cross-Industry	￥10,250,000≈ $64,890	￥9,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $56,980 to $82,300	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,710	￥13,837,500≈ $87,600
Key Account Manager	Cross-Industry	￥10,250,000≈ $64,890	￥9,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $56,980 to $75,970	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,710	￥13,837,500≈ $87,600

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 1500 most recent Sales postings we track, at 287 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
8%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
2%
No mention
91%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
3%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
8%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
2%
Mentioned, level not specified
3%
No mention
84%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

New Business Development
30%
SaaS
24%
Solution Sales
21%
Stakeholder Management
19%
Account Management
18%
Customer Success
17%
Project Management
16%
CRM
14%
Target Achievement
14%
Excel
13%

Show all 20 terms

Presentation
11%
B2B Sales
10%
Data Analysis
10%
Field Sales
8%
Inside Sales
8%
PowerPoint
7%
Negotiation
6%
Partner / Channel Sales
6%
Pipeline Management
5%
Salesforce
5%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

1-2 years of experience
19%
3-4 years of experience
19%
Management experience
16%
5-9 years of experience
11%
University degree
6%
Same-industry experience
3%

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