Hey, all. I am in the running for a non-STEM humanities job in Tokyo and my next meeting with the company will be to negotiate salary. I want to go into the negotiation prepared and, more importantly, realistic. I'd hate to prematurely accept a salary offer without understanding how liveable it will actually be in practice, so I was hoping you fine folks might help me out with some advice.
I checked Numbeo to try figuring this out first, but the comparison information for my own city was not accurate so I assume it might not be super accurate for Tokyo, either. While I obviously hope to get some amazingly high offer, I'm looking to see what your opinions are for an "Absolutely No Lower Than This" amount so I know what is too little.
Factors:
- Couple
- I am the only one who will be able to work
- Partner will need some language schooling for several months
- Being able to take a trip back to the US once per year would be ideal
I know families "can" live on extremely low salaries, but I see inflation happening and I'd like to be able to weather it slightly by being somewhat above that frugal line.
Considering the price of Tokyo and maybe slightly-outside-of-Tokyo, what would you say would be the lowest salary you'd accept in these circumstances?
Extra: I will also mention that I haven't seen any other job postings like this, so it wouldn't be as easy as "pssh, less than Y10m? I'll look elsewhere" unfortunately
by taiyousea