38% of Workers Willing to Accept Salary Cuts for Full-Remote Jobs; Experienced Remote Workers 18 Times More Likely to Accept Over 20% Cut
LASSIC's Telework/Remote Work Research Institute surveyed 1,005 remote-experienced workers on salary trade-offs. 38.0% would accept a salary cut for a full-remote job. Full-remote workers are 18 times more likely to accept a 20%+ pay cut compared to office-based workers.
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The Telework/Remote Work Research Institute (Tele-Remote Research Institute), operated by LASSIC, conducted a survey on the trade-off between remote work and annual income, targeting 1,005 working professionals with remote work experience.
When asked, "If you could switch to a job that allows full-remote work, what level of salary reduction would you be willing to accept from your current income?" 38.0% of respondents expressed willingness to accept a pay cut. Notably, 2.6% stated they would choose remote work even with a salary reduction exceeding 20%, indicating that a segment of the workforce is willing to accept a loss equivalent to 1 million yen for a 5-million-yen salary.
By work style, the percentage of those willing to choose remote work despite a "more than 20% reduction" was 9.0% among the full-remote group, compared to only 0.5% in the full-office group—an 18-fold difference. This highlights a significant disparity in preference for remote work based on current work habits.
When asked the same question about acceptable salary reduction, "I would not change jobs if my salary decreases" was the largest category at 51.4%. Meanwhile, 38.0% of respondents were willing to accept some reduction.
Among those willing to accept a reduction, 18.6% would accept a cut of "within 5%," followed by 11.6% for "within 10%," 3.3% for "within 15%," and 1.9% for "within 20%." The group choosing to "choose remote even with a more than 20% cut" accounted for 2.6%.
When asked, "If you could switch to a job that allows full-remote work, what level of salary reduction would you be willing to accept from your current income?" 38.0% of respondents expressed willingness to accept a pay cut. Notably, 2.6% stated they would choose remote work even with a salary reduction exceeding 20%, indicating that a segment of the workforce is willing to accept a loss equivalent to 1 million yen for a 5-million-yen salary.
By work style, the percentage of those willing to choose remote work despite a "more than 20% reduction" was 9.0% among the full-remote group, compared to only 0.5% in the full-office group—an 18-fold difference. This highlights a significant disparity in preference for remote work based on current work habits.
When asked the same question about acceptable salary reduction, "I would not change jobs if my salary decreases" was the largest category at 51.4%. Meanwhile, 38.0% of respondents were willing to accept some reduction.
Among those willing to accept a reduction, 18.6% would accept a cut of "within 5%," followed by 11.6% for "within 10%," 3.3% for "within 15%," and 1.9% for "within 20%." The group choosing to "choose remote even with a more than 20% cut" accounted for 2.6%.
FAQ
リモートワークへの転職において、年収の減額を許容する層はどの程度いますか？
調査対象者の38.0％が、フルリモートで働ける仕事であれば現年収からの減額を許容すると回答しました。
フルリモート勤務群とフル出社群では、年収減額への許容度にどのような違いがありますか？
「20％超の減額でもリモートを選ぶ」と答えた割合は、フルリモート勤務群が9.0％であるのに対し、フル出社群は0.5％にとどまり、約18倍の開きがありました。
最も多かった回答カテゴリーは何ですか？
「年収が下がるなら転職しない」が51.4％で最大となりました。
調査の対象者はどのような人たちですか？
20歳から65歳の、テレワークやリモートワークを経験したことがあるワーキングパーソン男女1,005名を対象としています。
この調査を実施したのはどこですか？
株式会社LASSICが運営するWEBメディア「テレワーク・リモートワーク総合研究所（テレリモ総研）」です。