Factbox: The top 10 Japanese companies with the highest average salaries

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01/03/2022 04:13

TOKYO, March 1 (Reuters) - Japanese workers have been stuck with little wage
growth for nearly three decades, putting the average salary at 4.33 million yen
in 2020, well below average levels of OECD countries. (For a related story on
pay in Japan, click on  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2V405A). 
    Salaries at the country's nearly 2,500 listed firms were better, averaging 6
million yen ($52,000) according to data from research firm Tokyo Shoko Research.
Yet that figure also represented the first decline in about a decade.
    The following are the top 10 listed firms, on a parent-only basis, with the
highest average salaries in the last financial year, according to Tokyo Shoko
Research. The rankings are based off the yen amount, which have been converted
by Reuters to U.S. dollars at the latest exchange rate. 
        
     1. HULIC CO LTD  3003.T ...............(Real estate)...............$148,000
     2. MITSUBISHI CORP  8058.T ............(Wholesale trade)...........$146,000
     3. ITOCHU CORP  8001.T ................(Wholesale trade)...........$141,000
     4. MITSUI & CO LTD  8031.T ............(Wholesale trade)...........$129,000
     5. SUMITOMO CORP  8053.T ..............(Wholesale trade)...........$118,000
     6. LASERTEC CORP  6921.T ..............(Electronic equipment)......$114,000
     7. MITSUI FUDOSAN CO LTD  8801.T ......(Real estate)...............$110,000
     8. MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO LTD  8802.T ...(Real estate)...............$110,000
     9. NIHON M&A CENTER HOLDINGS  2127.T ..(Services)..................$108,000
    10. NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE  4307.T ..(Information)...............$106,000
    
($1 = 115.3200 yen)

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