The salary range of employees working in Japan is, by default, in the range of 2,992,848 JPY (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 9,813,048 JPY (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).
This is the total annual 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. IT Architect Information Technology
9. Lead developer Information Technology
10. Managing Director Top Management
11. Head of product development Management
12. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management
13. Technical Director Top Management
14. Sales Director Top Management
15. IT Manager Management
16. Marketing Director Top Management
17. Publishing House Director Top Management
18. Air Traffic Controller Transport, Haulage, Logistics
19. Logistics Director Top Management
20. IC Design Engineer Information Technology
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. General Labourer General labour
11. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
12. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research
13. Packer Production
14. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics
15. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care
16. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care
17. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research
18. Clothing/textile technologist Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
19. Security Guard Security & Protection
20. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
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