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TOKYO, March 31, 2014 - Pasona N A, Inc. announces results of Salary Survey of Locally Hired Employees of Japanese Companies Doing Business in the United States. The annual survey contains data collected in reference to wage levels, bonuses, salary increases for 2013, and benefit trends per various industry and career level of locally hired employees working at Japanese companies operating in the United States. The summary of results is as follows.

Salary Survey of Locally Hired Employees of Japanese Companies
Doing Business in the United States

Outline of Survey

Period	September 3, 2013 to September 25, 2013
Target	Japanese companies in the United States
Method	Online Survey
Number of Participants	1,034 companies

1. Average Percentage of Salary Increases in 2013 and Estimated Increases for 2014

	2012	2013	2014
Percentage of salary increases	2.86%	2.88%	3.34%

The average percentage of salary increases in 2013 was 2.88%. This is a 0.02 points increase compared to 2.86% from last year. The expected average percentage of salary increases for 2014 is 3.34%.

2. Bonus

	2012	2013
Management level	13.32%	14.88%
Staff level	17.8%	10.8%

The average bonus rate in relation to base salary was 14.88% at the Management level and 9.19% at the Staff level. The average bonus rate increased 1.56 points for the management level and decreased 0.1 points for the staff level from last year.

3. Salary　
Median of Annual Salary (Randomly selected from 10 positions)

4. Medical Insurance　
Percentage of Insurance Premiums Paid by the Employer (for the Employee)

Percentage of Insurance Premiums Paid by the Employer (for the Family)