{"id":172936,"date":"2025-09-04T17:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172936&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:22:53","slug":"fukuoka-proposes-biggest-city-worker-raise","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-proposes-biggest-city-worker-raise\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Proposes Biggest City Worker Raise In 34 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City\u2019s Personnel Commission has recommended raising municipal employee salaries by an average of \u00a513,000 per month\u2014a 3.41% increase\u2014citing widening disparities with private-sector wages. This marks the largest hike in 34 years. Bonuses would also rise by 0.05 months. If adopted, average annual pay would increase by \u00a5243,000 to \u00a56.59 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The private-sector comparison used to determine the raise was revised this year to include firms with 100 or more employees, aligning with national standards. Implementing the raise would cost the city an estimated \u00a53.02 billion.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/jinji-iinkai\/shinsa\/shisei\/reiwa07nensyokuinnokyuuyotounikannsuruhoukokuoyobikannkoku.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka City Hall\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-city-hall_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City\u2019s Personnel Commission has recommended raising municipal employee salaries by an average of \u00a513,000 per month&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172936","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}