{"id":28197,"date":"2024-03-06T18:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=28197"},"modified":"2024-03-06T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:37:07","slug":"20240306-28197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240306-28197\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom announces big starting salary increase, bonuses and raises to existing staff\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Capcom announced that they will be raising their starting monthly wages for new (freshly graduated) employees to 300,000 JPY starting fiscal year 2025. The company\u2019s current starting salary is 235,000 JPY, and the +65,000 increase will place them well above average entry wages in Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3011<br>\u300c\u65b0\u5352\u521d\u4efb\u7d66\u5f15\u304d\u4e0a\u3052\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u300d\u3092\u63b2\u8f09\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1yTQQ8zRhK\">https:\/\/t.co\/1yTQQ8zRhK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30ab\u30d7\u30b3\u30f3 \u5e83\u5831IR\u5ba4 (@CapcomIR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapcomIR\/status\/1765283029998833791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>(Press release) A notice on the increase of starting wages for new employees<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the announcement, by raising starting salaries, Capcom hopes to attract talented personnel and promote investment in human resources. In recent times, Japan\u2019s video game companies are having an increasingly hard time securing game development staff, so Capcom\u2019s decision is likely a means to compete for talent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conjunction with the increase of starting wages, Capcom will pay out special one-time bonuses to current staff. The company also plans to raise salaries by an average of 5%+ during fiscal year 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capcom&#8217;s performance in recent years has been very strong, as is evident from their financial results \u2013 in Capcom\u2019s financial report for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2023, the company reported 125.93 billion yen in sales and an operating income of 50.812 billion yen. Sales of their new titles as well as past titles have been stable, and the company has achieved significant growth by utilizing Steam and other new sales channels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also important to note that Capcom made similar revisions to wages in 2022, when they announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220331-11011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30% increase in annual salaries for full-time employees<\/a>. This was a period during which many Japanese game companies were improving conditions for their employees due to the increased demand for video games following the COVID19 pandemic. As the pandemic ceased, companies became divided in terms of performance, but Capcom&#8217;s momentum seems to have remained strong throughout.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20240306-284884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article\u2019s publication date: 2024-03-06 17:30 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom has announced an increase in starting salaries for fresh graduates, and will be giving raises to current staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-28197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Capcom announces big starting salary increase, bonuses and raises to existing staff\u00a0 - 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