Results of the National Tax Agency’s Survey on Private-Sector Wages in 2022
According to the results of a survey of private-sector wages released by the National Tax Agency in September, the number of private-sector wage earners employed throughout the whole of 2022 was 59.67 million, down 1.5% from the previous year.
The number of employees who worked throughout the year was 50.78 million, down 1.2% from the previous year. By gender, there were 29.27 million men, down 1.9%, and 21.51 million women, down 0.15%. The total number of regular wage earners was 33.91 million, down 3.4% from the previous year. The total number of non-regular wage earners was 12.44 million, down 1.8%.
The average annual wage for employees who worked throughout the year was 4.58 million yen, 2.7% up over the previous year, which marks the second consecutive year of growth. When broken down by gender, the average wage for men was 5.63 million yen, up 2.5%, and for women, 3.14 million yen, up 3.9%.
By regular and non-regular status, the average annual wage was 5.23 million yen for regular workers (full-time workers), up 1.5% over the previous year, and 2.01 million yen for non-regular workers, up 2.8%.
The breakdown of average annual wages consisted of an average salary and various allowances, which were 3.86 million yen, up 2.4% over the previous year, and the average bonus was 720,000 yen, up 4.2% over the previous year. When looking at this data by gender, the average salary and allowances for men were 4.72 million yen, up 2.3%, and for women, 2.7 million yen, up 3.4%. The average bonus for men was 920,000 yen, up 3.5%, and for women, 440,000 yen, up 7.6%.
Average annual wages and average bonus by industry
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Industry classification |
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| Average annual wages | Average bonus | |||
| (thousand yen) | Percent change from the previous year
(%) |
(thousand yen) | Percent change from the previous year (%) | |
| Construction | 5,291 | 1.7 | 782 | 4.1 |
| Manufacturing | 5,327 | 1.4 | 1,061 | 7.6 |
| Wholesale trade, retail trade | 3,840 | 2.7 | 527 | 3.3 |
| Accommodation, food services | 2,682 | 5.5 | 174 | 12.3 |
| Finance, insurance | 6,557 | ▲3.7 | 1,556 | ▲4.1 |
| Real estate, goods rental and leasing | 4,569 | 7.1 | 538 | 12.8 |
| Transportation, postal services | 4,771 | 11.3 | 488 | ▲3.2 |
| Electricity, gas, heat supply, and water supply | 7,472 | ▲5.2 | 1,470 | ▲3.7 |
| Information and communication | 6,324 | 2.1 | 1,218 | 1.2 |
| Academic research, professional and technical services education, learning support | 5,441 | 3.6 | 1,016 | 8.0 |
| Medical, welfare | 4,085 | 1.3 | 558 | 3.7 |
| Mixed services | 5,062 | ▲5.3 | 1,096 | ▲4.0 |
| Service industry | 3,765 | 2.5 | 443 | 2.1 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and mining | 3,366 | 9.1 | 379 | 8.9 |
| Industry average | 4,576 | 2.7 | 716 | 4.2 |
Source: Compiled from “Results of Survey on Private-Sector Wages,” National Tax Agency.