National Average Monthly Salary for Full-time Employees is '294,612 Yen', Up 2.68% Year-on-Year [May 2026 Full-time Employee Average Salary/Job Openings Report]

HRog Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kyoko Sakano), a provider of big data for recruitment analysis, has released the 'May 2026 Full-time Employee Average Monthly Salary and Job Openings Report.' *This survey collected and aggregated job information posted on recruitment media 'Mynavi Tenshoku,' 'En Tenshoku,' 'doda,' and 'type' using the recruitment big data analysis tool 'HRog Chart.' May 2026 Topics: ■ The national average monthly salary for full-time employees in May was 294,612 yen (+1,091 yen from the previous month, +7,702 yen year-on-year). The number of full-time job openings nationwide was 321,820 (+3,920 from the previous month, +41,096 year-on-year). National Job Openings and Average Monthly Salary Survey: ■ The national average monthly salary for full-time employees in May increased by 0.37% from the previous month and by 2.68% year-on-year to 294,612 yen. ■ The number of full-time job openings nationwide in May increased by 1.23% from the previous month and by 14.64% year-on-year to 321,820. Survey by Job Category: ■ The top 3 job categories for average monthly salary growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st: Video/Event/Entertainment/Campaign (+1.61%), 2nd: Creative (Web) (+1.18%), 3rd: IT Engineer/IT Specialist (+0.65%). The lowest was Civil Servant/Organization Staff (-3.81%). ■ The top 3 job categories for job opening growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st: Civil Servant/Organization Staff (+118.69%), 2nd: Manufacturing/Factory/Chemical/Food (+3.10%), 3rd: Electric/Electronic/Mechanical/Automotive (+2.60%). Survey by Prefecture: ■ The top 3 prefectures for average monthly salary growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st: Kochi (+1.64%), 2nd: Hiroshima (+0.79%), 3rd: Tochigi (+0.75%). ■ The top 3 prefectures for job opening growth rate (month-on-month) were: 1st: Ibaraki (+9.94%), 2nd: Niigata (+5.75%), 3rd: Fukushima (+5.40%). Survey Overview: We extracted job information for 'full-time' positions from the four recruitment media collected by our recruitment big data analysis tool 'HRog Chart' and aggregated the number of postings and the average monthly salary at the time of recruitment.