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Quick Facts

Salary Ranking

#13 of 145 occupations

Top 9%

Best Paying Region

Yamanashi: ¥561,800

Lowest: Akita (¥305,400)

Gender Pay Gap

Women earn 79% of male salary

Significant gap (¥385,400 vs ¥490,700)

Career Growth

+12% salary change

¥417,300 (2020) → ¥466,300 (2023)

Company Size Impact

Large companies pay +22% more

¥486,100 vs ¥399,600

Workforce

~15k workers nationwide

Mid-size field

National Average (2023, By Gender)

Total

Monthly Salary

¥466,300

Base Salary

¥439,600

Annual Bonus

¥1.81M

Average Age:41.6 yrs
Overtime Hours:9 hrs

Male

Monthly Salary

¥490,700

Base Salary

¥462,000

Annual Bonus

¥1.97M

Average Age:42.3 yrs
Overtime Hours:10 hrs

Female

Monthly Salary

¥385,400

Base Salary

¥365,000

Annual Bonus

¥1.27M

Average Age:39.2 yrs
Overtime Hours:8 hrs

By Prefecture (2023)

PrefectureMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
Yamanashi¥561,800¥5.04M34.637
Gunma¥537,200¥1.95M42.79
Kanagawa¥511,500¥2.09M43.19
Nagasaki¥505,700¥1.91M4023
Tokyo¥503,000¥1.73M41.36
Ibaraki¥500,900¥2.22M43.210
Miyagi¥496,400¥1.47M45.95
Mie¥490,700¥2.30M42.219
Kyoto¥489,100¥1.63M43.28
Kochi¥486,900¥1.01M45.79
Aichi¥481,200¥1.71M447
Hyogo¥479,100¥2.02M43.17
Shiga¥463,400¥1.80M40.59
Osaka¥460,900¥1.51M4010
Wakayama¥456,400¥1.89M38.226
Kumamoto¥436,800¥1.56M43.73
Chiba¥436,300¥1.60M40.212
Tochigi¥434,900¥1.75M41.114
Shizuoka¥433,900¥1.81M3812
Saitama¥431,600¥1.50M41.210
Shimane¥431,600¥1.83M45.213
Iwate¥428,000¥1.58M41.119
Hokkaido¥423,400¥1.34M43.95
Ehime¥418,700¥1.76M3717
Niigata¥414,500¥2.47M37.714
Yamaguchi¥413,800¥1.74M40.516
Tokushima¥413,000¥2.81M407
Miyazaki¥407,800¥1.39M44.213
Toyama¥400,600¥1.24M41.28
Fukui¥389,700¥1.59M39.59
Fukushima¥389,600¥1.47M38.711
Saga¥386,600¥1.82M44.110
Aomori¥385,300¥1.46M43.24
Okayama¥381,800¥1.49M42.28
Gifu¥379,200¥1.58M40.96
Oita¥376,800¥1.19M39.917
Nara¥376,400¥843,30038.210
Yamagata¥376,200¥680,00040.612
Nagano¥376,100¥1.62M422
Okinawa¥369,500¥1.10M42.66
Tottori¥363,100¥040.90
Kagoshima¥362,300¥1.12M39.617
Kagawa¥361,700¥1.04M45.17
Hiroshima¥356,200¥1.41M40.811
Ishikawa¥347,600¥1.04M42.33
Fukuoka¥325,700¥472,70041.33
Akita¥305,400¥884,90044.818

By Company Size (2023)

Company SizeMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
1000+ employees¥486,100¥1.98M41.99
100-999 employees¥430,100¥1.55M40.311
10-99 employees¥399,600¥955,40042.64

Trends (2020-2023)

2020

¥417,300

2021

¥452,900

2022

¥449,100

2023

¥466,300