Amount of compensation
The average starting salaries (actual amounts paid) for new graduates taking their first jobs (office work) in April, 1999 were ¥210,000 for men and ¥207,000 for women. By industry, salaries in the financial and insurance industries were somewhat higher than those in other industries.

Average standard salaries paid to workers who were hired as new graduates and are now 30 years old were ¥384,000 for men and ¥313,000 for women. By industry, the salaries were highest for both men and women in the financial and insurance industry. By foreign capital, the highest figures were salaries for men, ¥422,000, were paid at companies with between 50% and 100% foreign capital, and the highest salaries for women, ¥342,000, were paid at 100% foreign affiliated companies.

The average amount of annual bonuses, term-end allowances, and other special compensation for January 1 to December 31, 1999, was ¥1,288,000 for men and ¥1,166,000 for women.

(Source: Survey Results of Labor-Management Relations in Foreign Affiliated Companies in Japan(7th) (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)