- A new report has ranked 20 companies by their employees’ average yearly pay in Japan.
- According to the report, Sony pays its employees the most in Japan.
- This is surprising as Nintendo is far more successful than Sony in the country.
It would be fair to say that Nintendo completely dominates when it comes to competition solely in Japan. Sony and Nintendo both have a strong presence in Japan, but the former can’t be compared to the latter in terms of popularity and success.
Overall, Sony is more successful than Nintendo, but when it comes to Japan, the story is entirely different. So, one would think that as Nintendo has established complete dominance in Japan, it would pay its employees the most, right? However, that isn’t the case as Sony pays its employees the most.
Why it matters: Despite Nintendo being way more powerful in the country, it is pretty surprising to see Sony treating its employees better.
This information comes from SalesNow, which covers the period of June 2024 to June 2025. The data from SalesNow DB is considered pretty accurate (of course, it won’t be precisely the same) as it is one of the largest corporate information databases in Japan.
According to the press release by the company, the company that pays the most to its employees in Japan is none other than Sony. Bandai Namco and Nintendo come in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.
Sony pays its employees an average yearly salary of $75k, which would be 11,132,231 in Yen. Bandai Namco is just $1k behind Sony, but Nintendo is a whopping $10k behind. As Sony is more successful than Nintendo worldwide, that would explain the massive gap in yearly pay.
However, that isn’t the most surprising bit from this report. What’s more surprising is that Square Enix is not in the top 20 list.
It should be noted that SalesNow pulls the data from official Japan’s government gazette, commercial and real estate registries, tax office disclosures, and, of course, from the data made public by government agencies and relevant companies.
So, this figure is not given by the official companies, which is why the actual salary may differ.
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Obaid is pursuing a Law degree while working as a content writer. He has worked as a gaming writer for over three years because of his passion for the medium and reporting the latest updates in the industry. Having played hundreds of games, Obaid finds himself coming back to Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and Red Dead Redemption 2, with these games being among his favorites. He has also been mentioned on highly regarded websites, such as Wccftech, Metro UK, PS Lifestyle, GamePressure, VGC, and Gamespot.
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