Japan average pay hike tops ¥10,000 for 1st time

The average monthly pay increase at Japanese businesses this year rose 2,524 yen from 2023 to a record 11,961 yen, a government survey showed Monday, exceeding the 10,000 yen mark for the first time amid rising prices.

can someone decipher this for me please:

monthly pay rose ¥2,524

or

monthly pay rose ¥11,961?

or is it all just statistical jiggery-pokery?

Means that the year before was whatever 11,961 minus 2,524 is, i.e. below 10,000 (for the year). Could have been clearer, JT.

This is just an infomercial. Nobody is getting rises just the salarymen at the top.

They also forgot to mention that a half of the population is on part time contracts, which will see no raises at all.

The results indicate that the recent wage hike trend is gaining traction in a country where companies were traditionally reluctant to raise pay following a long period of deflation.

*But the country's real wages fell for a record 26th straight month in May**. Although they turned higher in June and July, the figure declined in August, indicating that pay hikes still have not caught up with rising prices and households are struggling to make ends meet.*

Lovely how the stinger in the middle of the article just invalidates the headline.

Kyodo: We are going to keep reporting your wages are rising until you spend despite what you see on your pay slip.

Means that the year before was whatever 11,961 minus 2,524 is, i.e. below 10,000 (for the year). Could have been clearer, JT.

That's right.

https://www.nagoyatv.com/news/syakai.html?id=000380851

So, every year before 2024 monthly average wage increase data, always below 10,000 yen.

https://www.nippon.com/ja/news/kd1223499089003021306/

However in 2024 that monthly average wage increase data, become 11,961 Yen, while previous year was 9,437 Yen. Which 2,524 Yen more (4.1%), compared to 2023 data.

I got a raise this year, but it wasn't really a raise. My monthly salary went up. My transportation allowance - cut. My dependant family stipend - cut in half this year, gone completely next year. I'm actually taking home a little less despite the raise in salary. Bonus wasn't cut, though. So, yay?

Japan inc has had it .Gov is at record low support , no one knows what to do except to throw cash at a problem , which never works

I wonder if this years temporary income tax and residential tax has had any impact on these figures… my pay hasn’t risen in 3 years and I’ve asked 3 times and next year I am moving on. Voting with my feet.

I got a raise this year, but it wasn't really a raise. My monthly salary went up. My transportation allowance - cut. My dependant family stipend - cut in half this year, gone completely next year. I'm actually taking home a little less despite the raise in salary. Bonus wasn't cut, though. So, yay?

At least you're getting a bonus. I've been full time for the past few years, and I've never gotten any bonus during that time. However, I've learned to never depend on bonuses, anyway. My pay is okay, for the most part, and I do what I can to save for my future retirement. I did get a raise a couple of times, but very very minimal and it doesn't really keep up with inflation.

Wasn’t there an article recently saying people got 4% raises or something like that? How does 4%= 10,000 yen that means average salary is 250,000. Everyone in Japan is an English teacher?

"The average monthly pay increase at Japanese businesses this year rose 2,524 yen from 2023..."

The figure '2524' is not the outright amount of monthly pay increase; but rather, it represents the average increase this year (2024) compared with last year (2023).

Japan average food cost hike tops ¥30,000/a month for 1st time

Yes, per family member.

From the story

The figure, representing a 4.1 percent rise from last year,

and

But the country's real wages fell for a record 26th straight month in May

Is this an admission that inflation is actually higher than 4.1% and is not the published figure which is much lower? I find lots of published economic data in Japan subject to very limited definitions, e.g. inflation doesn't include food, average salaries is only seishain, so it gives a limited at best and at times quite misleading. The problem with this is that it encourages everyone to distrust the conventional media and head off to other sources which may be better but could be significantly worse.

Seems like a lot of hot air being blown! These so called salary rises are not happening. Most people don’t get a salary rise and the very few that do, have other benefits cut or adjusted somewhat so in reality there is not much ( if any ) rise in salary! Most probably the senior members and management take up most of these increases while the hardworking regular person get nothing at all!

a record 11,961 yen

Wow, the oyajis really let the moths out of their wallets there.

dmission that inflation is actually higher than 4.1% 

Perhaps after income taxes, union dues and all that jazz.

How about minimum wages for those who work at places like McDonald’s?

10,000 yen rise?

In whose world?

Could it get worse than this?

Here’s a concrete example from a 4 star Kyoto hotel:

The tourist trade is booming yet the front desk staff doing a Night Shift (40+ hours a week) over a month take home 150,000 Japanese yen.

The post requires fluency in both Japanese and another foreign language.

100,000 yen+ goes on living expenses.

The room cleaners in the hotel are all foreign and they earn even less…