Top 20 Japanese Game Companies Based on Average Yearly Income of...

Top 20 Japanese game companies based on average yearly income of...

Japanese software developer SalesNow recently released a ranking of domestic game companies based on the average yearly income of employees. Nintendo was the third highest ranked game developer on the list. Notably, Square Enix did not rank among the top 20. Covering the period from June 2024 to June 2025, the ranking is based on data from SalesNow DB, one of Japan’s largest corporate information databases, covering about 5.4 million companies.…

Top 20 Japanese Game Companies Revealed Based on Employee Salaries

Sony Group leads top 20 Japanese game companies by employee salary. Nintendo ranks 3rd while Square Enix surprisingly misses the list.

Sony leads the ranking of the most wage game companies in Japan

The company Salesnow Recently released a ranking with Japanese game developers that offer the highest annual average salary to their employees. At the top of the list is Sonywith an average of ¥ 11,132,231 per year (about R $ 418,791.26). Other remuneration highlights include the Bandai Namco and Nintendo. A remarkable absence also draws attention: the Square Enix It does not appear on the list. Check out the ranking of companies with the highes…

Nintendo has ranked third on list of top 20 Japanese companies for average yearly salary

In a new ranking of Japanese gaming companies posted by software developer SalesNow, Nintendo has ranked third among its peers for average yearly income. Based on data gathered between June 2024 and June 2025, Nintendo’s average pay for employees comes out to around $65K USD (or ¥9,626,857). While that might seem low for US standards, the general cost of living in Japan is significantly lower than in the United States, even if certain things lik…