60% of Working Women Had No Raise in the Past Year. Most Common Reason for Not Negotiating is 'Don't Think It Will Go Up' / 'Woman's Job Change type' Survey on Working Women [Vol. 126]
A survey of 295 working women by 'Woman's Job Change type' revealed that the most common take-home pay is 200,000-250,000 yen. About 60% had no salary increase in the past year, primarily because their companies lack a raise system.
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Career Design Center Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Chairman: Hiromi Tada), which operates the job-hunting site 'Woman's Job Change type' dedicated to women, conducted a 'Salary Situation' survey among 295 working women.
'Woman's Job Change type', a job-hunting site for women wanting to work long-term as regular employees, regularly conducts ['Women and Work' Understood Through Data] to investigate women's realistic perspectives on work and publishes the actual conditions of women's working environments.
▼Please see here for details.
https://woman-type.jp/academia/discover-career/data/vol-126/
■ Excerpt of Survey Results
★ #1 Monthly take-home pay is '200,000 to under 250,000 yen', ideal is '250,000 to under 300,000 yen'
★ #1 Reason for raise is 'Base salary increase'
★ #1 Reason for no raise is 'No raise system'
★ About 20% have experience negotiating salary, and of those, about 70% got a raise
[Q.1 What is your take-home pay?]
*Currently employed individuals only
*Excluding part-time workers
When asked about their monthly take-home pay, '200,000 to under 250,000 yen' ranked first at 31.7%, followed by '150,000 to under 200,000 yen' at 26.7%, and '250,000 to under 300,000 yen' at 21.7%. Overall, the results showed a large segment taking home around 200,000 yen.
[Q.2 Has your salary increased in the past year?]
*Currently employed individuals only
*Excluding part-time workers
*Excluding those who joined their current company less than a year ago
When asked if they received a raise in their take-home pay over the past year, 'Received a raise' and 'Did not receive a raise (no change)' were tied at 43.6%. While nearly half saw an increase, 12.7% reported that it 'Actually decreased', meaning more than half did not get a raise.
[Q.3 If you got a raise, how much did it increase per month?]
*Only those who received a raise
When those who answered 'Received a raise' in Q.2 were asked how much their monthly take-home pay increased, 'Under 4,000 yen' was the most common at 33.3%. This was followed by '10,000 to under 30,000 yen' at 25.0% and '6,000 to under 10,000 yen' at 18.8%. Although raise amounts varied from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen, about 60% had an increase of less than 10,000 yen.
[Q.4 What was the reason for the raise?]
*Only those who received a raise
*Multiple answers allowed
Regarding the reason for the raise, 'Base salary increased' was the most common at 39.6%, followed by 'Regular raise' at 27.1%, and 'High individual performance or evaluation' at 22.9%. This suggests that many raises are due to institutional factors like base-ups or regular raises, not just individual evaluations.
Other comments included 'Moved from temp to contract employee' and 'So the company could get a subsidy'.
[Q.5 What was the reason for not getting a raise?]
*Only those who did not receive a raise
*Multiple answers allowed
When those who answered 'Did not receive a raise' in Q.2 were asked why, the top reason was 'The company has no raise system to begin with' at 27.1%, followed by 'Scope of work/responsibilities did not change' at 22.9%, and 'Did not get promoted' and 'Company's performance was bad' tied at 20.8%. This shows that many workplaces lack a raise system, and often, a change in roles or responsibilities is a condition for a raise.
Furthermore, 14.6% answered 'I don't know', indicating that many workplaces do not adequately share their raise mechanisms or evaluation criteria.
Other comments included 'Not yet eligible for evaluation', while some cited work constraints such as 'Due to a leave of absence', 'Working fully remote on reduced hours', and 'Working reduced hours after returning from maternity leave'.
[Q.6 What is your ideal monthly take-home pay?]
*Currently employed individuals only
*Excluding part-time workers
When asked about their ideal monthly take-home pay, the most common answer was '250,000 to under 300,000 yen' at 37.5%. This was followed by '300,000 to under 400,000 yen' at 33.3%. Since the most common actual take-home pay was '200,000 to under 250,000 yen', it can be inferred that many people desire a salary level about 50,000 to 100,000 yen higher than what they currently earn.
'Woman's Job Change type', a job-hunting site for women wanting to work long-term as regular employees, regularly conducts ['Women and Work' Understood Through Data] to investigate women's realistic perspectives on work and publishes the actual conditions of women's working environments.
▼Please see here for details.
https://woman-type.jp/academia/discover-career/data/vol-126/
■ Excerpt of Survey Results
★ #1 Monthly take-home pay is '200,000 to under 250,000 yen', ideal is '250,000 to under 300,000 yen'
★ #1 Reason for raise is 'Base salary increase'
★ #1 Reason for no raise is 'No raise system'
★ About 20% have experience negotiating salary, and of those, about 70% got a raise
[Q.1 What is your take-home pay?]
*Currently employed individuals only
*Excluding part-time workers
When asked about their monthly take-home pay, '200,000 to under 250,000 yen' ranked first at 31.7%, followed by '150,000 to under 200,000 yen' at 26.7%, and '250,000 to under 300,000 yen' at 21.7%. Overall, the results showed a large segment taking home around 200,000 yen.
[Q.2 Has your salary increased in the past year?]
*Currently employed individuals only
*Excluding part-time workers
*Excluding those who joined their current company less than a year ago
When asked if they received a raise in their take-home pay over the past year, 'Received a raise' and 'Did not receive a raise (no change)' were tied at 43.6%. While nearly half saw an increase, 12.7% reported that it 'Actually decreased', meaning more than half did not get a raise.
[Q.3 If you got a raise, how much did it increase per month?]
*Only those who received a raise
When those who answered 'Received a raise' in Q.2 were asked how much their monthly take-home pay increased, 'Under 4,000 yen' was the most common at 33.3%. This was followed by '10,000 to under 30,000 yen' at 25.0% and '6,000 to under 10,000 yen' at 18.8%. Although raise amounts varied from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen, about 60% had an increase of less than 10,000 yen.
[Q.4 What was the reason for the raise?]
*Only those who received a raise
*Multiple answers allowed
Regarding the reason for the raise, 'Base salary increased' was the most common at 39.6%, followed by 'Regular raise' at 27.1%, and 'High individual performance or evaluation' at 22.9%. This suggests that many raises are due to institutional factors like base-ups or regular raises, not just individual evaluations.
Other comments included 'Moved from temp to contract employee' and 'So the company could get a subsidy'.
[Q.5 What was the reason for not getting a raise?]
*Only those who did not receive a raise
*Multiple answers allowed
When those who answered 'Did not receive a raise' in Q.2 were asked why, the top reason was 'The company has no raise system to begin with' at 27.1%, followed by 'Scope of work/responsibilities did not change' at 22.9%, and 'Did not get promoted' and 'Company's performance was bad' tied at 20.8%. This shows that many workplaces lack a raise system, and often, a change in roles or responsibilities is a condition for a raise.
Furthermore, 14.6% answered 'I don't know', indicating that many workplaces do not adequately share their raise mechanisms or evaluation criteria.
Other comments included 'Not yet eligible for evaluation', while some cited work constraints such as 'Due to a leave of absence', 'Working fully remote on reduced hours', and 'Working reduced hours after returning from maternity leave'.
[Q.6 What is your ideal monthly take-home pay?]
*Currently employed individuals only
*Excluding part-time workers
When asked about their ideal monthly take-home pay, the most common answer was '250,000 to under 300,000 yen' at 37.5%. This was followed by '300,000 to under 400,000 yen' at 33.3%. Since the most common actual take-home pay was '200,000 to under 250,000 yen', it can be inferred that many people desire a salary level about 50,000 to 100,000 yen higher than what they currently earn.