Overview
- Okinawa’s personnel commission advised a 3.01% monthly pay increase, averaging ¥10,960, plus a 0.05‑month bonus boost.
- Oita’s commission recommended a 3.06% average monthly raise, about ¥11,058, and a 0.05‑month increase to bonuses, marking the first rise above 3% since 1991.
- The Okinawa plan targets young staff with higher starting pay, setting administrative entry salaries at ¥232,000 for university graduates and ¥200,300 for high‑school graduates.
- Annual personnel costs would increase by an estimated ¥41.27 billion in Okinawa and about ¥44 billion in Oita if the recommendations are enacted.
- Both commissions based their figures on comparisons with local private‑sector wages and cited recruitment and retention pressures, with formal approval by governors and assemblies still pending.