TokyoDev Developer Survey 2023

While 73.7% of respondents holding an Engineer status were satisifed with their visa situation, among permanent residents, that rose to 95%.

Higher compensation correlated with more professional satisfaction. While the median compensation of respondents reporting they were unsatisfied was ¥6.5 million, for those who were very satisfied it was ¥10.5 million.

Similarly, those who could work completely remotely were more sastified professionally. 49.9% of respondents who needed to attend an office at least part of the time were satisfied with their professional life, compared to 72.2% of those who had the option to work completely remotely.

Older respondents were more satisfied with their family life. While 21.7% of respondents in their twenties were very satisfied with their family life, 38.4% of respondents in their thirties were.

Respondents with lower salaries tended to be more satisfied with their social lives, with unsatsified respondents having a median salary of ¥9.5 million whereas very satisfied respondents had a median of ¥7.5 million. This was the only measure of satisfaction that was inversely correlated with salary.

Those with a higher Japanese ability were also more satisfied with their social life. While 42.2% of respondents with basic Japanese or below were satisfied with their social life, 59.9% of those with fluent or above were.

A higher degree of Japanese proficency correlated with a greater degree of cultural adjustment satisfaction. While 30.5% of respondents with at most basic Japanese reported that they were satisfied with their cultural adjustment, 81.3% of those who were fluent Japanese speakers were satisfied.

Respondents were satisfied with their quality of life in Japan, regardless of gender. 87.6% of male respondents and 90.3% of female respondents reported they were satisfied with it.

Respondents' salary did not appear to influence their satisfaction with housing. Those living outside the Greater Tokyo Area were more likely to be very satisfied with their housing, with 33% of them reporting that they were, compared to 21% of those living within it.

Respondents who reported they were very satisfied with their financial situation had a median salary of ¥12.5 million.

While 7.1% of respondents overall participated in Tokyo iOS Meetup, among mobile developers, that rose to 47.9% of respondents.

Of all the communities our respondents participated in, Creative Tokyo had the most balanced gender ratio, with women making up 56.6% of respondents.

The U.S. keyboard layout was used by the majority of respondents, even those who were native Japanese speakers.