Job Salaries in Japan
Average monthly pay and annual bonus across all major job categories in Japan. Click any job for detailed breakdowns
Showing 145 of 145 occupations
Aircraft Pilots
#1
Top 10%
💰¥1,380,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,224,400 annual bonus
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Physicians
#2
Top 10%
💰¥1,090,700 monthly pay
🎁¥1,276,300 annual bonus
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Legal Professionals
#3
Top 10%
💰¥770,800 monthly pay
🎁¥1,967,200 annual bonus
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Dentists
#4
Top 10%
💰¥695,800 monthly pay
🎁¥893,400 annual bonus
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University Professors (including Technical Colleges)
#5
Top 10%
💰¥666,300 monthly pay
🎁¥2,751,500 annual bonus
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Other Management, Finance, and Insurance Professionals
#6
Top 10%
💰¥618,000 monthly pay
🎁¥2,060,000 annual bonus
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Managers
#7
Top 10%
💰¥557,500 monthly pay
🎁¥2,162,900 annual bonus
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University Associate Professors (including Technical Colleges)
#8
Top 10%
💰¥547,200 monthly pay
🎁¥2,055,000 annual bonus
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Certified Public Accountants, Tax Accountants
#9
Top 10%
💰¥506,400 monthly pay
🎁¥1,390,500 annual bonus
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Veterinarians
#10
Top 10%
💰¥491,800 monthly pay
🎁¥955,500 annual bonus
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University Lecturers/Assistant Professors
#11
Top 10%
💰¥486,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,084,400 annual bonus
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System Consultants and Designers
#12
Top 10%
💰¥477,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,119,100 annual bonus
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Researchers
#13
Top 10%
💰¥466,300 monthly pay
🎁¥1,806,200 annual bonus
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High School Teachers
#14
Top 10%
💰¥443,300 monthly pay
🎁¥1,672,600 annual bonus
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Transport Equipment Engineers
#15
Top 25%
💰¥439,800 monthly pay
🎁¥1,842,600 annual bonus
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Electrical/Electronic/Telecommunications Engineers
#16
Top 25%
💰¥434,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,667,600 annual bonus
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Elementary and Junior High School Teachers
#17
Top 25%
💰¥424,900 monthly pay
🎁¥1,507,200 annual bonus
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Railway Operators
#18
Top 25%
💰¥419,000 monthly pay
🎁¥1,283,300 annual bonus
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Crane and Winch Operators
#19
Top 25%
💰¥418,300 monthly pay
🎁¥759,900 annual bonus
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Pharmacists
#20
Top 25%
💰¥417,500 monthly pay
🎁¥768,700 annual bonus
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Stevedores
#21
Top 25%
💰¥416,700 monthly pay
🎁¥1,056,200 annual bonus
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Architects
#22
Top 25%
💰¥416,400 monthly pay
🎁¥1,331,000 annual bonus
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Unknown/Unspecified
#23
Top 25%
💰¥415,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,400,800 annual bonus
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Planning Clerks
#24
Top 25%
💰¥409,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,540,800 annual bonus
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Musicians, Performing Artists
#25
Top 25%
💰¥408,000 monthly pay
🎁¥842,300 annual bonus
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Civil Engineers
#26
Top 25%
💰¥404,000 monthly pay
🎁¥1,191,200 annual bonus
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Writers, Journalists, Editors
#27
Top 25%
💰¥402,400 monthly pay
🎁¥888,200 annual bonus
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Machinery/Communication/System Sales Representatives
#28
Top 25%
💰¥400,000 monthly pay
🎁¥1,404,300 annual bonus
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Financial Sales Representatives
#28
Top 25%
💰¥400,000 monthly pay
🎁¥1,565,900 annual bonus
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Midwives
#30
Top 25%
💰¥395,800 monthly pay
🎁¥919,900 annual bonus
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Mechanical Engineers
#31
Top 25%
💰¥394,300 monthly pay
🎁¥1,392,800 annual bonus
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Power Plant Operators
#32
Top 25%
💰¥387,600 monthly pay
🎁¥1,152,500 annual bonus
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Flight Attendants
#33
Top 25%
💰¥386,400 monthly pay
🎁¥702,700 annual bonus
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Other Sales Representatives
#34
Top 25%
💰¥386,200 monthly pay
🎁¥1,160,100 annual bonus
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Software Developers
#35
Top 25%
💰¥385,400 monthly pay
🎁¥951,000 annual bonus
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Chemical Engineers
#36
Top 25%
💰¥379,800 monthly pay
🎁¥1,310,100 annual bonus
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Sales-Related Workers
#37
Top 50%
💰¥377,700 monthly pay
🎁¥1,110,600 annual bonus
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Other Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified)
#38
Top 50%
💰¥377,000 monthly pay
🎁¥989,600 annual bonus
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Other IT and Communication Engineers
#39
Top 50%
💰¥371,600 monthly pay
🎁¥1,123,300 annual bonus
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Artists, Photographers, Videographers
#40
Top 50%
💰¥371,500 monthly pay
🎁¥754,400 annual bonus
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Commercial Large Truck Drivers
#41
Top 50%
💰¥371,200 monthly pay
🎁¥398,400 annual bonus
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Metal Engineers
#42
Top 50%
💰¥368,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,351,300 annual bonus
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Radiology Technicians
#43
Top 50%
💰¥367,400 monthly pay
🎁¥960,900 annual bonus
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Electricians
#43
Top 50%
💰¥367,400 monthly pay
🎁¥1,100,600 annual bonus
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Conductors
#45
Top 50%
💰¥367,200 monthly pay
🎁¥1,200,900 annual bonus
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Automobile Assembly Workers
#46
Top 50%
💰¥365,300 monthly pay
🎁¥949,900 annual bonus
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Designers
#47
Top 50%
💰¥363,800 monthly pay
🎁¥727,500 annual bonus
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Other Engineers (Not Elsewhere Classified)
#48
Top 50%
💰¥362,600 monthly pay
🎁¥1,191,600 annual bonus
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Plumbers
#49
Top 50%
💰¥362,200 monthly pay
🎁¥779,000 annual bonus
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Other Machinery Maintenance Workers
#50
Top 50%
💰¥362,100 monthly pay
🎁¥1,711,900 annual bonus
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Automobile Sales Representatives
#51
Top 50%
💰¥360,300 monthly pay
🎁¥1,011,300 annual bonus
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Foundry and Forging Workers
#52
Top 50%
💰¥358,900 monthly pay
🎁¥857,300 annual bonus
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Iron, Steel, and Non-Ferrous Metal Smelting Workers
#53
Top 50%
💰¥358,500 monthly pay
🎁¥1,219,400 annual bonus
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Dam/Tunnel/Mining Workers
#54
Top 50%
💰¥355,000 monthly pay
🎁¥560,700 annual bonus
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Registered Nurses
#55
Top 50%
💰¥352,100 monthly pay
🎁¥856,500 annual bonus
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Other Retail Sales Workers
#56
Top 50%
💰¥351,800 monthly pay
🎁¥935,500 annual bonus
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Clinical Laboratory Technicians
#57
Top 50%
💰¥351,400 monthly pay
🎁¥868,100 annual bonus
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Construction and Well Drilling Machine Operators
#58
Top 50%
💰¥349,900 monthly pay
🎁¥548,600 annual bonus
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Religious Workers
#59
Top 50%
💰¥347,400 monthly pay
🎁¥974,500 annual bonus
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Building Frame Workers
#60
Top 50%
💰¥344,900 monthly pay
🎁¥461,700 annual bonus
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Machinery Maintenance and Repair Workers
#61
Top 50%
💰¥344,100 monthly pay
🎁¥990,400 annual bonus
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General Clerks
#62
Top 50%
💰¥341,700 monthly pay
🎁¥1,008,500 annual bonus
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Other Teachers
#63
Top 50%
💰¥340,300 monthly pay
🎁¥750,900 annual bonus
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Dental Technicians
#64
Top 50%
💰¥339,500 monthly pay
🎁¥574,600 annual bonus
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Taxi Drivers
#65
Top 50%
💰¥338,500 monthly pay
🎁¥127,900 annual bonus
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Insurance Sales Representatives
#66
Top 50%
💰¥337,800 monthly pay
🎁¥638,800 annual bonus
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Transport and Postal Clerks
#67
Top 50%
💰¥337,000 monthly pay
🎁¥866,600 annual bonus
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Carpenters
#68
Top 50%
💰¥336,800 monthly pay
🎁¥529,100 annual bonus
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Machinery Inspectors
#69
Top 50%
💰¥335,600 monthly pay
🎁¥1,024,000 annual bonus
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Commercial Truck Drivers (Excluding Large Trucks)
#70
Top 50%
💰¥334,200 monthly pay
🎁¥367,900 annual bonus
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Chemical Product Manufacturing Workers
#71
Top 50%
💰¥333,900 monthly pay
🎁¥1,080,700 annual bonus
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Painters and Sign Makers
#72
Top 50%
💰¥332,800 monthly pay
🎁¥626,300 annual bonus
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Other Construction Workers
#72
Top 50%
💰¥332,800 monthly pay
🎁¥532,800 annual bonus
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Sales and Sales Support Clerks
#74
Top 52%
💰¥330,900 monthly pay
🎁¥991,700 annual bonus
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Automobile Maintenance and Repair Workers
#75
Top 52%
💰¥330,700 monthly pay
🎁¥907,200 annual bonus
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Ironworkers and Boilermakers
#76
Top 53%
💰¥330,400 monthly pay
🎁¥767,900 annual bonus
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Surveyors
#77
Top 54%
💰¥328,500 monthly pay
🎁¥948,900 annual bonus
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General Affairs/HR Clerks
#78
Top 54%
💰¥327,100 monthly pay
🎁¥1,008,600 annual bonus
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Secretaries
#79
Top 55%
💰¥326,900 monthly pay
🎁¥835,700 annual bonus
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Production-Related Clerks
#80
Top 56%
💰¥325,900 monthly pay
🎁¥1,062,300 annual bonus
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Bus Drivers
#81
Top 56%
💰¥325,600 monthly pay
🎁¥624,700 annual bonus
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General/Production/Business Machinery Assembly Workers
#82
Top 57%
💰¥323,600 monthly pay
🎁¥957,700 annual bonus
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Accounting Clerks
#83
Top 58%
💰¥323,500 monthly pay
🎁¥963,500 annual bonus
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Other General Office Workers
#84
Top 58%
💰¥322,700 monthly pay
🎁¥910,500 annual bonus
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Metal Machine Tool Operators
#85
Top 59%
💰¥322,600 monthly pay
🎁¥825,700 annual bonus
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Other Transport Workers
#86
Top 60%
💰¥321,900 monthly pay
🎁¥705,000 annual bonus
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Other Vehicle Drivers
#87
Top 60%
💰¥320,400 monthly pay
🎁¥495,900 annual bonus
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Drafters and Production-Related Workers
#88
Top 61%
💰¥318,600 monthly pay
🎁¥697,200 annual bonus
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Other Healthcare Workers
#89
Top 62%
💰¥318,500 monthly pay
🎁¥770,600 annual bonus
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Printing and Bookbinding Workers
#90
Top 63%
💰¥316,600 monthly pay
🎁¥643,900 annual bonus
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Public Health Nurses
#91
Top 63%
💰¥312,900 monthly pay
🎁¥755,700 annual bonus
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Other Metal Product Manufacturing Workers
#92
Top 64%
💰¥311,300 monthly pay
🎁¥824,400 annual bonus
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Other Stationary/Construction Machine Operators
#93
Top 65%
💰¥310,400 monthly pay
🎁¥695,700 annual bonus
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Welders and Flame Cutters
#94
Top 65%
💰¥309,900 monthly pay
🎁¥765,200 annual bonus
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Barbers and Beauticians
#95
Top 66%
💰¥309,400 monthly pay
🎁¥84,600 annual bonus
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Civil Engineering and Railway Workers
#96
Top 67%
💰¥306,400 monthly pay
🎁¥434,500 annual bonus
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Rubber and Plastic Product Workers
#97
Top 67%
💰¥303,500 monthly pay
🎁¥715,300 annual bonus
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Private Tutors
#98
Top 68%
💰¥302,800 monthly pay
🎁¥514,600 annual bonus
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Ceramics and Stone Product Workers
#99
Top 69%
💰¥302,400 monthly pay
🎁¥762,100 annual bonus
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Metal Engraving and Surface Treatment Workers
#100
Top 69%
💰¥302,100 monthly pay
🎁¥762,200 annual bonus
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Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists
#101
Top 70%
💰¥300,900 monthly pay
🎁¥714,400 annual bonus
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Private Cargo Vehicle Drivers
#102
Top 71%
💰¥300,200 monthly pay
🎁¥436,500 annual bonus
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Sheet Metal Workers
#103
Top 72%
💰¥298,500 monthly pay
🎁¥702,400 annual bonus
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Care Managers
#104
Top 72%
💰¥297,100 monthly pay
🎁¥651,000 annual bonus
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Dental Hygienists
#105
Top 73%
💰¥296,200 monthly pay
🎁¥488,800 annual bonus
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Other Machinery Assembly Workers
#106
Top 74%
💰¥295,500 monthly pay
🎁¥875,600 annual bonus
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Field Service Clerks
#107
Top 74%
💰¥295,200 monthly pay
🎁¥621,900 annual bonus
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Wood and Paper Product Workers
#108
Top 75%
💰¥293,800 monthly pay
🎁¥679,400 annual bonus
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Metal Product Inspectors
#109
Top 76%
💰¥292,300 monthly pay
🎁¥770,300 annual bonus
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Other Service Workers
#110
Top 76%
💰¥290,100 monthly pay
🎁¥461,400 annual bonus
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Other Social Welfare Workers
#111
Top 77%
💰¥289,300 monthly pay
🎁¥786,000 annual bonus
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Metal Press Workers
#112
Top 78%
💰¥289,000 monthly pay
🎁¥707,400 annual bonus
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Other Non-Metal Product Manufacturing Workers
#113
Top 78%
💰¥288,000 monthly pay
🎁¥691,600 annual bonus
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Licensed Practical Nurses
#114
Top 79%
💰¥286,800 monthly pay
🎁¥629,500 annual bonus
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Other Cargo Handling Workers
#115
Top 80%
💰¥285,400 monthly pay
🎁¥511,500 annual bonus
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Home Care Workers
#116
Top 80%
💰¥284,100 monthly pay
🎁¥490,300 annual bonus
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Electrical Machinery Assembly Workers
#117
Top 81%
💰¥281,300 monthly pay
🎁¥764,000 annual bonus
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Non-Metal Product Inspectors
#118
Top 82%
💰¥281,100 monthly pay
🎁¥701,500 annual bonus
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Cleaners and Waste Disposal Workers
#119
Top 83%
💰¥280,300 monthly pay
🎁¥500,800 annual bonus
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Security Guards
#120
Top 83%
💰¥279,800 monthly pay
🎁¥403,400 annual bonus
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Amusement Facility Attendants
#121
Top 84%
💰¥274,700 monthly pay
🎁¥328,700 annual bonus
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Telephone Operators
#122
Top 85%
💰¥273,800 monthly pay
🎁¥384,300 annual bonus
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Cooks
#123
Top 85%
💰¥272,500 monthly pay
🎁¥319,200 annual bonus
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Kindergarten Teachers
#124
Top 86%
💰¥272,300 monthly pay
🎁¥808,000 annual bonus
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Nursery School Teachers
#125
Top 87%
💰¥271,400 monthly pay
🎁¥712,200 annual bonus
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Office Machine Operators
#126
Top 87%
💰¥271,100 monthly pay
🎁¥166,100 annual bonus
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Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Workers
#127
Top 88%
💰¥269,000 monthly pay
🎁¥515,900 annual bonus
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Nutritionists
#128
Top 89%
💰¥268,100 monthly pay
🎁¥684,500 annual bonus
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Retail Salespersons
#129
Top 89%
💰¥267,000 monthly pay
🎁¥405,600 annual bonus
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Other Security Workers
#129
Top 89%
💰¥267,000 monthly pay
🎁¥298,000 annual bonus
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Building Managers/Superintendents
#131
Top 91%
💰¥266,500 monthly pay
🎁¥555,900 annual bonus
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Care Workers (Medical/Welfare Facilities)
#132
Top 92%
💰¥263,600 monthly pay
🎁¥550,600 annual bonus
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Beauty/Bath Service Workers
#133
Top 92%
💰¥255,300 monthly pay
🎁¥142,300 annual bonus
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Passenger Vehicle Drivers (Excluding Taxis)
#134
Top 93%
💰¥255,200 monthly pay
🎁¥320,500 annual bonus
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Food Service Workers
#135
Top 94%
💰¥254,300 monthly pay
🎁¥227,500 annual bonus
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Personal Care Workers
#135
Top 94%
💰¥254,300 monthly pay
🎁¥244,700 annual bonus
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Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Manufacturing Workers
#137
Top 95%
💰¥251,800 monthly pay
🎁¥396,100 annual bonus
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Other Transport/Cleaning/Packaging Workers
#138
Top 96%
💰¥251,500 monthly pay
🎁¥382,700 annual bonus
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Receptionists
#139
Top 96%
💰¥238,200 monthly pay
🎁¥357,400 annual bonus
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Other Healthcare Service Workers
#140
Top 97%
💰¥235,800 monthly pay
🎁¥339,900 annual bonus
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Packaging Workers
#141
Top 98%
💰¥231,500 monthly pay
🎁¥305,400 annual bonus
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Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Workers
#142
Top 98%
💰¥224,600 monthly pay
🎁¥332,600 annual bonus
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Dry Cleaning and Laundry Workers
#143
Top 99%
💰¥222,600 monthly pay
🎁¥198,800 annual bonus
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Nursing Assistants
#144
Top 100%
💰¥222,500 monthly pay
🎁¥513,600 annual bonus
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Building Cleaners
#145
Top 100%
💰¥215,900 monthly pay
🎁¥192,900 annual bonus
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