General Management and Executive Leadership salaries in Japan

executive (Medium quality data)

P25

¥8,190,000

Median

¥10,100,000

P75

¥12,590,000

per month

¥841,667

About ¥841,667 per month at the median.

MHLW Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, by-position table (indefinite-contract regular workers, all industries): bucho-level (department head) contractual cash earnings 635.8k JPY/mo (mean age 53.1). The position table publishes no bonus figure, so annual = 635.8k x 12 + managerial-occupation mean annual bonus 2,471.2k (e-Stat Table 5) = 10,100.8k p50; n not stated in the overview table. p25/p75 via managerial percentile ratios (0.811/1.247). Excludes board-level executives, whose pay is outside the survey scope.

lead (Medium quality data)

P25

¥8,220,000

Median

¥10,140,000

P75

¥12,640,000

per month

¥845,000

About ¥845,000 per month at the median.

e-Stat 2025 Table 5, managerial occupations, age 50-54: 613.9k/mo x 12 + 2,770.1k bonus = 10,136.9k p50; n=478,880 in band. Percentile-ratio spread 0.811/1.247. Mix of kacho/bucho; MHLW by-position: kakaricho 399.2k/mo, kacho 529.2k/mo, bucho 635.8k/mo (all-industry monthly contractual, June 2025).

senior (Medium quality data)

P25

¥7,920,000

Median

¥9,760,000

P75

¥12,170,000

per month

¥813,333

About ¥813,333 per month at the median.

e-Stat 2025 Table 5, managerial-occupation workers (bucho/kacho/kakaricho levels combined), age 45-49: 605.0k/mo x 12 + 2,504.4k bonus = 9,764.4k p50; n=358,630 in band (occupation n=1,758,300). p25/p75 from Table 17 managerial percentiles (P25 446.9k / median 551.3k / P75 687.3k; ratios 0.811/1.247). At 45-49 most managers are kacho-level (MHLW by-position: kacho 529.2k/mo mean, age 49.5).