National Average Hourly Wage for Part-time Workers Reaches "1,244 Yen", Up 3.93% from Same Month Last Year [April 2026 Part-time and Temporary Worker Average Hourly Wage and Job Opening Report]

Frog Co., Ltd. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kyoko Sakano; hereinafter "the Company"), which provides job big data for analysis, has announced the "April 2026 Part-time and Temporary Worker Average Hourly Wage and Job Opening Report."

*This survey collected and aggregated job information published on the job media 'Mynavi Baito,' 'Baitoru,' and 'E-aidem' using the job big data analysis tool 'HRog Chart.'

*The scope of aggregation was changed to the above three media from April 2025.

*Survey conditions have been changed from April 2026.

April 2026 Topics

The national average hourly wage for part-time and temporary workers in April was 1,244 yen (down 3 yen from the previous month, up 47 yen from the same month last year). The number of national part-time and temporary job openings was 558,942 (up 26,104 from the previous month, down 43,074 from the same month last year).

National Job Opening Count and Average Hourly Wage Survey

The national average hourly wage for part-time and temporary workers in April was 1,244 yen (down 3 yen from the previous month, up 47 yen from the same month last year), a decrease of 0.24% from the previous month and an increase of 3.93% from the same month last year. [Figure 1]

[Figure 1] Trend of National Average Hourly Wage Over the Past 25 Months

The national number of part-time and temporary job openings in April was 558,942 (up 26,104 from the previous month, down 43,074 from the same month last year), an increase of 4.90% from the previous month and a decrease of 7.15% from the same month last year. [Figure 2]

[Figure 2] Trend of National Job Opening Count Over the Past 25 Months

Average Hourly Wage and Job Opening Count Survey by Job Category

Top 3 job categories by average hourly wage growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st place Creative (non-Web) (increase of +25 yen, growth rate +2.02%), 2nd place Amusement (increase of +21 yen, growth rate +1.66%), and 3rd place Video/Event/Entertainment/Campaign (increase of +21 yen, growth rate +1.61%).

The lowest ranked was Manufacturing/Factory/Chemical/Food (decrease of -40 yen, decrease rate -3.12%). [Figure 3]

[Figure 3] Average Hourly Wage Growth Rate by Job Category

Top 3 job categories by job opening growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st place Beauty/Esthetics/Nail (increase of +1,569, growth rate +39.63%), 2nd place Hotel/Ryokan/Bridal (increase of +1,121, growth rate +19.64%), and 3rd place Fashion/Apparel/Interior (increase of +1,881, growth rate +18.06%).

The lowest ranked was Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries related (decrease of -40, decrease rate -11.87%). [Figure 4]

[Figure 4] Job Opening Growth Rate by Job Category

Average Hourly Wage and Job Opening Count Survey by Prefecture

Top 3 prefectures by average hourly wage growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st place Hiroshima Prefecture (increase of +41 yen, growth rate +3.50%), 2nd place Nagasaki Prefecture (increase of +19 yen, growth rate +1.70%), and 3rd place Akita Prefecture (increase of +18 yen, growth rate +1.66%).

The bottom 3 were: 45th place Osaka Prefecture (decrease of -26 yen, decrease rate -2.01%), 46th place Okayama Prefecture (decrease of -24 yen, decrease rate -2.05%), and the lowest was Ehime Prefecture (decrease of -39 yen, decrease rate -3.35%). [Figure 5]

[Figure 5] Average Hourly Wage Growth Rate by Prefecture

Top 3 prefectures by job opening growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st place Nagano Prefecture (increase of +989, growth rate +16.33%), 2nd place Aichi Prefecture (increase of +4,597, growth rate +14.65%), and 3rd place Oita Prefecture (increase of +359, growth rate +12.16%).

The bottom 3 were: 45th place Ehime Prefecture (increase of +75, growth rate +2.06%), 46th place Tokyo (increase of +1,865, growth rate +1.68%), and the lowest was Saitama Prefecture (increase of +637, growth rate +1.62%). [Figure 6]

[Figure 6] Job Opening Growth Rate by Prefecture

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Survey Overview

This survey extracted job information for "part-time" and "temporary" recruitment from job postings on 'Mynavi Baito,' 'Baitoru,' and 'E-aidem,' which are collected by 'HRog Chart,' a job big data analysis tool provided by the Company, and aggregated the number of postings and the average hourly wage at the time of recruitment.

<Number of aggregated targets>

April 2026: 558,942 cases

<Method of calculating average hourly wage>

Salary information in the job posting's salary section was converted into numerical values, and the lower limit amounts were summed and averaged.

<About aggregated prefectures>

Working location information from job postings was acquired and aggregated. If a single job posting was linked to two or more prefectures of work location, the first listed prefecture was adopted.

<About aggregated job categories>

'HRog Chart' aggregates information across multiple job media, so it does not use the industry/job category listed in the media; instead, it uses 'HRog.'

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