IT and Technology Executive salaries in Japan
The median executive IT and Technology Executive salary in Japan is ¥11,259,000 per year, with the market band from ¥9,130,000 to ¥14,040,000 (e-stat.go.jp, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- P25
- ¥9,130,000
- Median
- ¥11,259,000
- P75
- ¥14,040,000
- per month
- ¥938,250
About ¥938,250 per month at the median.
e-Stat Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 (Reiwa 7, surveyed June 2025, published 2026), Table 20: managerial-occupation workers in Information and Communications industry: contractual cash earnings 677.0k JPY/mo x 12 + annual special earnings (bonus) 3,134.5k = 11,258.5k p50; n=141,290 (firms 10+ employees, regular workers, all Japan). p25/p75 derived by applying official P25/median (0.811) and P75/median (1.247) dispersion ratios of managerial occupations from Table 17 (n=1,758,300). Cross-checks: MHLW by-position table bucho-level (dept head) 635.8k/mo = about 10.1M annualized with mean managerial bonus 2,471.2k; Daijob IT Director 12-25M (Tokyo/international skew); Robert Walters states IT leadership at global firms exceeds 20M. Recruiter bands sit above the national official mean as expected for foreign-capital/Tokyo roles.
Sources for these numbers
- https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040421137&fileKind=4
- https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040421132&fileKind=4
- https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/itiran/roudou/chingin/kouzou/z2025/dl/08.pdf
- https://www.daijob.com/en/guide/expat-essentials/2026-salary-benchmarks-in-japan/
- https://www.robertwalters.co.jp/en/expertise/technology-and-transformation/development-jobs.html
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