diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryController.java b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryController.java
index f6a7be1c6..2d3a15687 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryController.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import codezap.auth.configuration.AuthenticationPrinciple;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.CreateCategoryRequest;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.UpdateCategoryRequest;
+import codezap.category.dto.response.CreateCategoryResponse;
 import codezap.category.dto.response.FindAllCategoriesResponse;
 import codezap.category.service.CategoryService;
 import codezap.global.validation.ValidationSequence;
@@ -31,13 +32,13 @@ public class CategoryController implements SpringDocCategoryController {
     private final CategoryService categoryService;
 
     @PostMapping
-    public ResponseEntity<Void> createCategory(
+    public ResponseEntity<CreateCategoryResponse> createCategory(
             @AuthenticationPrinciple MemberDto memberDto,
             @Validated(ValidationSequence.class) @RequestBody CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest
     ) {
-        Long createdCategoryId = categoryService.create(memberDto, createCategoryRequest);
-        return ResponseEntity.created(URI.create("/categories/" + createdCategoryId))
-                .build();
+        CreateCategoryResponse response = categoryService.create(memberDto, createCategoryRequest);
+        return ResponseEntity.created(URI.create("/categories/" + response.id()))
+                .body(response);
     }
 
     @GetMapping
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/SpringDocCategoryController.java b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/SpringDocCategoryController.java
index 732fa5f9a..3608e4af5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/SpringDocCategoryController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/controller/SpringDocCategoryController.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import codezap.category.dto.request.CreateCategoryRequest;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.UpdateCategoryRequest;
+import codezap.category.dto.response.CreateCategoryResponse;
 import codezap.category.dto.response.FindAllCategoriesResponse;
 import codezap.global.swagger.error.ApiErrorResponse;
 import codezap.global.swagger.error.ErrorCase;
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ public interface SpringDocCategoryController {
             @ErrorCase(description = "카테고리 이름이 255자를 초과한 경우", exampleMessage = "카테고리 이름은 최대 255자까지 입력 가능합니다."),
             @ErrorCase(description = "동일한 이름의 카테고리가 존재하는 경우", exampleMessage = "이름이 Spring 인 카테고리가 이미 존재합니다."),
     })
-    ResponseEntity<Void> createCategory(MemberDto memberDto, CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest);
+    ResponseEntity<CreateCategoryResponse> createCategory(
+            MemberDto memberDto,
+            CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest
+    );
 
     @SecurityRequirement(name = "쿠키 인증 토큰")
     @Operation(summary = "카테고리 목록 조회", description = "생성된 모든 카테고리를 조회합니다.")
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/dto/response/CreateCategoryResponse.java b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/dto/response/CreateCategoryResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e35367014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/dto/response/CreateCategoryResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package codezap.category.dto.response;
+
+import codezap.category.domain.Category;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+
+public record CreateCategoryResponse(
+        @Schema(description = "카테고리 식별자", example = "1")
+        Long id,
+        @Schema(description = "카테고리 이름", example = "Spring")
+        String name
+) {
+    public static CreateCategoryResponse from(Category category) {
+        return new CreateCategoryResponse(category.getId(), category.getName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryService.java b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryService.java
index 80741cfe8..400bb18e2 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryService.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import codezap.category.domain.Category;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.CreateCategoryRequest;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.UpdateCategoryRequest;
+import codezap.category.dto.response.CreateCategoryResponse;
 import codezap.category.dto.response.FindAllCategoriesResponse;
 import codezap.category.repository.CategoryRepository;
 import codezap.global.exception.CodeZapException;
@@ -25,12 +26,12 @@ public class CategoryService {
     private final MemberRepository memberRepository;
 
     @Transactional
-    public Long create(MemberDto memberDto, CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest) {
+    public CreateCategoryResponse create(MemberDto memberDto, CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest) {
         String categoryName = createCategoryRequest.name();
         Member member = memberRepository.fetchById(memberDto.id());
         validateDuplicatedCategory(categoryName, member);
-        Category category = new Category(categoryName, member);
-        return categoryRepository.save(category).getId();
+        Category category = categoryRepository.save(new Category(categoryName, member));
+        return CreateCategoryResponse.from(category);
     }
 
     public FindAllCategoriesResponse findAllByMember(Long memberId) {
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryControllerTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryControllerTest.java
index 5c1a9107f..718169e15 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryControllerTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/controller/CategoryControllerTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import codezap.category.domain.Category;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.CreateCategoryRequest;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.UpdateCategoryRequest;
+import codezap.category.dto.response.CreateCategoryResponse;
 import codezap.category.dto.response.FindAllCategoriesResponse;
 import codezap.global.MockMvcTest;
 import codezap.global.exception.CodeZapException;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ void createCategorySuccess() throws Exception {
 
             when(categoryService.create(
                     MemberDto.from(MemberFixture.memberFixture()), createCategoryRequest))
-                    .thenReturn(categoryId);
+                    .thenReturn(new CreateCategoryResponse(1L, "category"));
 
             mvc.perform(post("/categories")
                             .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryServiceTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryServiceTest.java
index 1023a6473..0bbffbf42 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryServiceTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/codezap/category/service/CategoryServiceTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import codezap.category.domain.Category;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.CreateCategoryRequest;
 import codezap.category.dto.request.UpdateCategoryRequest;
+import codezap.category.dto.response.CreateCategoryResponse;
 import codezap.category.dto.response.FindAllCategoriesResponse;
 import codezap.category.repository.CategoryRepository;
 import codezap.category.repository.FakeCategoryRepository;
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ void createCategorySuccess() {
             Member member = memberRepository.save(MemberFixture.memberFixture());
             CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest = new CreateCategoryRequest("category1");
 
-            Long categoryId = categoryService.create(MemberDto.from(member), createCategoryRequest);
+            CreateCategoryResponse response = categoryService.create(MemberDto.from(member), createCategoryRequest);
 
-            assertThat(categoryId).isEqualTo(1L);
+            assertThat(response.id()).isEqualTo(1L);
         }
 
         @Test
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@ void createCategorySuccessWithOtherMemberAndSameName() {
 
             CreateCategoryRequest createCategoryRequest = new CreateCategoryRequest("category");
 
-            assertThat(categoryService.create(MemberDto.from(otherMember), createCategoryRequest)).isEqualTo(2L);
+            CreateCategoryResponse response = categoryService.create(MemberDto.from(otherMember),
+                    createCategoryRequest);
+            assertThat(response.id()).isEqualTo(2L);
         }
     }