A survey by the National Tax Agency found that the average salary of people working in private companies last year was more than 4.43 million yen, surpassing the previous year for the first time in three years and recovering to the level before the spread of the new corona infection.

According to the National Tax Agency's "Survey of Salaries in the Private Sector" released on the 28th, there were approximately 52.7 million company employees and part-time employees who worked at private companies throughout the year last year, with an average salary of 4,433,000 yen. .



This is an increase of 102,000 yen, or 2.4%, compared to the previous year, surpassing the previous year for the first time in three years and returning to the level before the spread of the new corona infection.



The average bonus was 666,000 yen, an increase of 20,000 yen from the previous year.



Comparing regular employees with non-regular employees, regular employees earned 5,084,000 yen and non-regular employees 1,976,000 yen, both of which surpassed the previous year. In terms of yen, both surpassed the previous year, and women exceeded 3 million yen for the first time since we began collecting statistics by gender in 1978.



Furthermore, by industry category, bonuses exceeded the previous year in 10 of the 14 industries surveyed, with 14.2% in the accommodation and food service industry affected by the new corona, and 13.1% in the service industry. and the growth rate is particularly large.