Application Engineer Salary in Tokyo

patio11 · on April 3, 2015

That sounds like roughly market for Tokyo. You can do better, but you'll probably need to get a job at a foreign corporation in Tokyo. Remote is, of course, an option.

What about other compensation?

Japanese companies are great about compensating you with internal social status and decent at providing pecuniary benefits which are, for tax purposes, not counted as "salary" (but that's like a 20% multiplier, not a 300% multiplier), but if you were thinking equity, historically, companies here do not award meaningful amounts of it.

brd · on April 3, 2015

This obviously depends on what you were making before but 40-60k is the norm in Japan from what I understand. Certainly a huge difference compared to the US market.

mattmurdog · on April 4, 2015

It's very different than what it's like here that's for sure. You're expected to work longer hours for little(r) pay. It's a cultural thing to slave and slave away and to be happy that you have a job and you're contributing to a greater good.

chrisBob · on April 3, 2015

You moved to Japan but it sounds like you still need to research Japaneese culture. Salaries in Japan are lower but jobs typically make up for it in stability.

laurieg · on April 3, 2015

I worked at a startup outside of Tokyo (Fukuoka) and got a little over 3million yen. Programming salaries are low.

kamphey · on April 3, 2015

Have you talked to Patio11? He might know.