There is a strong tendency to increase annual income by changing jobs Some people are particular about their occupation and double their annual income

If you change jobs repeatedly in a short period of time, your personnel evaluation will go down

.

According to a company that operates a career change service, the median annual income of people who changed jobs last year increased by 70,000 yen compared to before they changed jobs.

After changing jobs, my annual income continued to decline, but it turned positive for the first time last year.

Some people have doubled their annual income by sticking to one job and changing jobs repeatedly.

Feeling uneasy about the future and changing jobs “Publicity was right”

Rena Nakamura (35), who works as a full-time employee at a venture company in Tokyo that develops AI.

As a Public Relations Officer, she does business such as corporate PR and website creation.

It's been 13 years since she started working after graduating from university.

She has changed jobs six times so far.

Mr. Nakamura

"I've been changing jobs while thinking that I want to join a company where the number of times I change jobs is seen as skill or experience."

Mr. Nakamura first got a job at a medical corporation and worked as a medical social worker.

The monthly income is about 200,000 yen, and the annual income is less than 3 million yen.

He said that he could not afford to live, and that his wages barely increased even when he was entrusted with positions of responsibility.

In order to overcome such a situation, I decided to change jobs after 5 years of employment.

When I changed jobs, I was assigned to work in public relations.

It is said that he realized that the work of public relations was a good fit for him after his work was evaluated and commended in the company.

Since then, I have repeatedly changed jobs to companies where I can improve my skills and experience with a focus on public relations.

Three years at the longest for one company.

It seems that the annual income is increasing every time I change jobs.

Mr. Nakamura : “I feel that my wages would not have increased even if I had continued working at my first employer. Compared to that

, my

annual income has roughly doubled.”

I continue to make efforts, and my boss who adopted such an attitude highly appreciates me.

Laboro.AI Takashi Wada, Executive Officer

“If you change jobs frequently, it can be negatively reflected from the hiring side, but in her case, she made a positive change of job, so she decided to hire her. I want you to use the skills and know-how you have cultivated while changing locations in your current job.”

Wage increases tend to increase due to job changes

The job change market is invigorating against the backdrop of labor shortages and other factors.

The number of people who changed jobs through three major human resource service companies exceeded 50,000 in the six months until September last year, a record high.

This is an increase of more than 30% compared to the same period last year.

In addition, there is a growing tendency for wages to rise through such job changes.

The figure below shows the change in annual income of those who used the service to change jobs before and after changing jobs.

In 2017, the median annual income after changing jobs decreased by 220,000 yen, but in 2022, it increased by 70,000 yen.

Although the data is only for those who changed jobs using the service, last year was the first time that the annual income after changing jobs exceeded the annual income before changing jobs.

By age group, the annual income after changing jobs turned positive for all in their 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Mr. Naoya Minezaki, Manager of Career Change Service

"The percentage of people whose salaries increase due to changing jobs is increasing. With the economic recovery from the corona disaster, companies are stepping on the accelerator, mainly in growth industries. It is thought that the background is the demand for human resources.”

Signs of change in companies 10% increase in monthly wages in 5 years

"We want to retain talented people with higher wages and continue to make good products,"

says a company in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture that designs and manufactures equipment for painting automobiles and mobile phones. I am Hiroshi Sekito, president.

For the past five years, this company has been raising base pay in addition to regular salary increases.

From January this year, we raised wages by about 3%, including base increases.

As a result, monthly wages per employee have increased by at least 10% over the past five years.

The reason for the wage increase was 8 years ago.

We made a capital investment and started to handle many of the operations we had previously outsourced in-house.

Since coating equipment is used for different purposes depending on the client, a high level of technical ability is required to propose and manufacture designs that meet the needs of the client.

As the number of tasks handled in-house has increased, it has become essential to utilize human resources with technical capabilities more than ever before.

Therefore, he said that he thought about keeping employees by raising wages, partly because profits were growing even in the corona crisis.

President Hiroshi Sekito

“If you want to make good things, I think it is important to have good people continuously working in the company. I thought about it.”

A 50-year-old employee, who has been with the company for eight years, is using her salary increase to send money to her university student children.

(Employee)

"There are many times when my salary doesn't increase as I get older, but the increase in my salary keeps me motivated to keep working hard."

The number of employees who have been with the company for more than one year and quit after the wage increase has been reduced to zero.

In the future, we would like to focus on the employment of young people.

For a company, a wage increase will lead to an increase in costs, but we believe that it is an essential expense for retaining excellent human resources.

Hiroshi Sekito, President

"In order for small and medium-sized enterprises to continue to make good products, it is important to hire people at appropriate wages, and we would like to continue to invest in people."

Is the tendency for wages to increase due to the mobility of human resources?

Workers actively changing jobs in search of higher wages, and companies working to raise wages to prevent the outflow of human resources.

The industry expects this trend to continue to grow in the future.

Mr. Naoya Minezaki, en-Japan

“More people are changing jobs in search of a better environment, and the mobility of human resources is progressing. On the other hand, in order for companies to attract excellent human resources, even if it is difficult to raise wages, it is necessary to motivate them so that they can feel rewarding and grow. effort will be required.”