Employer budget tool · Rates reviewed August 2026

Japan Employee Cost Calculator

Estimate what a full-time employee costs a Japanese company in the first 12 months and in a typical ongoing year.

Designed for Japanese corporations enrolled in Kyokai Kenpo. Employer costs are the primary estimate. Take-home pay uses standard 2026 tax assumptions and is not a payslip.

Compensation
Who are you budgeting for?
Use Employee for a full-time worker covered by the normal employee rules.
How do you want to enter base salary?
Exclude bonuses. Include fixed cash and in-kind allowances, including commuting and housing allowances.
Enter zero if no bonus is planned.
Enter an annual bonus above to choose a payment schedule.
Age affects nursing-care, pension and health-insurance contributions.
Take-home pay assumptions
Optional. Leave blank to use the standard estimate. Enter zero or the annual amount on the municipal notice to override it.
Standard tax assumptions The estimate assumes a Japanese tax resident with one primary employer, no dependents, no other income or deductions, and fully taxable remuneration. First-year resident tax is assumed to be zero.
Workplace and timing
The result covers 12 full salary months from this date.
Use the prefecture of the enrolled workplace, which may differ from the employee's home address.
Choose the employer's actual business classification, not the employee's job title. Confirm uncertain classifications with the Labour Standards Inspection Office.

Workers' compensation insurance assumption

0.30% of wages ¥3.00 per ¥1,000

Automatically calculated from the selected business sector.

First-employee setup
Is this the company's first employee in Japan?
Optional first-year setup costs
Review the ¥12,000 health check and other one-off costs
¥12,000 is a current Tokyo clinic example. Replace it with an actual quote, or enter zero if the recent-examination exception applies.

Only the health examination has a sample amount. Enter your own quotes for any other costs you want to include.