What is the median advertised salary in Tokyo?
¥8.3M a year — the median midpoint of 3,729 complete advertised ranges; 57% of live jobs publish pay (as of October 8, 2026).
Median advertised salary¥8.3M3,729 complete salary ranges
Average advertised salary¥8.5M3,729 complete salary ranges
Salary transparency57%3,982 jobs publish pay
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Quick answers
Which job category pays the most in Tokyo?
Software & IT, with a median advertised salary of ¥9.0M across 1,340 salary ranges (as of October 8, 2026).
Which tech skills pay the most in Tokyo?
Jobs asking for Kubernetes have the highest median advertised salary, ¥10.0M (105 salary ranges). This is an association, not proof the skill causes the difference (as of October 8, 2026).
Salary statistics
Typical advertised floor¥6.0M
Typical advertised ceiling¥10.0M
Median salary by job category
| Job category | Live jobs | Median salary | Salary sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business & Corporate Roles | 3,201 | ¥8.0M | 1,599 ranges |
| Software & IT | 2,416 | ¥9.0M | 1,340 ranges |
| Creative & Media | 571 | ¥7.2M | 355 ranges |
| Engineering & Infrastructure (Physical) | 506 | ¥8.0M | 303 ranges |
| Customer Support & Service | 213 | ¥6.5M | 98 ranges |
| Other | 61 | ¥5.8M | 27 ranges |
| Education & Teaching | 21 | ¥6.5M | 7 ranges |
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Which skills are associated with higher salaries?
| Skill | Live jobs | Median salary | Salary sample | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 178 | ¥10.0M | 105 ranges | +¥1.8M vs market |
| Next.js | 126 | ¥10.0M | 85 ranges | +¥1.8M vs market |
| Kotlin | 89 | ¥10.0M | 55 ranges | +¥1.8M vs market |
| Terraform | 284 | ¥9.8M | 175 ranges | +¥1.6M vs market |
| Go | 198 | ¥9.8M | 120 ranges | +¥1.5M vs market |
| Generative AI / LLM | 719 | ¥9.5M | 414 ranges | +¥1.3M vs market |
| Google Cloud | 426 | ¥9.5M | 249 ranges | +¥1.3M vs market |
| TypeScript | 355 | ¥9.5M | 215 ranges | +¥1.3M vs market |
| PostgreSQL | 146 | ¥9.5M | 104 ranges | +¥1.3M vs market |
| Node.js | 99 | ¥9.5M | 63 ranges | +¥1.3M vs market |
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Salary, language and visa signals
Original posting language
| Signal | Live jobs | Median salary | Published ranges | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese posting | 5,857 | ¥8.3M | 3,608 | 62% |
| English posting | 775 | ¥10.5M | 39 | 5% |
| Mixed-language posting | 357 | ¥9.6M | 82 | 23% |
Estimated visa-support signal
| Signal | Live jobs | Median salary | Published ranges | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visa maybe | 2,405 | ¥9.3M | 951 | 40% |
| No visa signal | 4,547 | ¥8.0M | 2,773 | 61% |
Explicit Japanese requirement
| Signal | Live jobs | Median salary | Published ranges | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLPT N2 | 130 | ¥8.0M | 56 | 43% |
| JLPT N1 | 188 | ¥9.3M | 68 | 36% |
| Native Japanese | 201 | ¥10.0M | 62 | 31% |
Method and caveats
Annual base salary in millions of yen. Each job is represented by the midpoint of its published range.
Skills ranked by median salary, with at least 8 complete published salary ranges. Association does not prove the skill caused the difference.
How advertised salary differs alongside posting language and estimated visa support. These are unadjusted associations—not evidence that language ability or sponsorship caused the salary difference.
Read the sample before the median.
Only groups with at least 20 complete salary ranges are published. Coverage can differ sharply because many employers do not advertise pay, and the mix of occupations, seniority and employers differs between groups.
Posting language is observable, but it is not the same as a spoken-language requirement. English postings currently publish salary much less often, so their median may not represent the wider English-friendly market.
Visa likely means the listing has a strong AI-extracted or corroborated sponsorship signal; Visa maybe is weaker evidence. Neither is an employer guarantee, and “No visa signal” does not mean sponsorship is unavailable.
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Methodology and limitations
How to read these numbers responsibly.
What is included?
6,989 live employer job pages explicitly located in Tokyo or a named Tokyo ward/neighborhood. Duplicate IDs and expired listings are removed; 2,216 Japan-wide or non-Tokyo listings are excluded.
How is demand measured?
A skill counts when the posting's structured vector is at least 70% confident. This includes explicit requests and strong deterministic implications such as React implying JavaScript.
How are salaries calculated?
Only valid ranges with both a minimum and maximum are used. We take each range midpoint, then calculate the median or mean across jobs. The complete-range coverage is 53%.
What does “now” mean?
The current snapshot refreshes after the job crawl. Daily aggregate snapshots are retained, and trend comparisons appear after 14 comparable days. Skill, language and visa-support fields are AI-assisted estimates; verify details on the employer's original posting.