The salary range of employees working in Japan is, by default, in the range of 234,336.00 JPY (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 722,611.00 JPY (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total monthly salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary significantly within individual job positions. If you are interested in salaries for a specific position, participate in the survey.
Distribution of employees in Japan into salary brackets in JPY.
Average salary and range in Japan by age in JPY.
Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Japan (JPY).
List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Japan (JPY).
1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management
2. IT Director Top Management
3. Call Centre Director Top Management
4. Leasing Director Leasing
5. Plant manager Top Management
6. Country Manager/Director Top Management
7. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics
8. Lead developer Information Technology
9. Managing Director Top Management
10. IT Architect Information Technology
11. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
12. Sales Director Top Management
13. Technical Director Top Management
14. IT Manager Management
15. Marketing Director Top Management
16. Publishing House Director Top Management
17. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics
18. Logistics Director Top Management
19. IC Design Engineer Information Technology
20. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry
List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Japan (JPY)
1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research
2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care
3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
4. Medical Records Clerk Medicine & Social Care
5. Porter, Information Staff General labour
6. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
7. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care
8. Housekeeper Service Industries
9. Cleaner General labour
10. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
11. Packer Production
12. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
13. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
14. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
15. General Labourer General labour
16. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
17. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
18. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
19. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
20. Security Guard Security & Protection
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