Pharmacists

薬剤師

Quick Facts

Salary Ranking

#20 of 145 occupations

Top 14%

Best Paying Region

Okayama: ¥479,600

Lowest: Kochi (¥319,200)

Gender Pay Gap

Women earn 87% of male salary

Moderate gap (¥391,200 vs ¥451,000)

Career Growth

+6% salary change

¥394,200 (2020) → ¥417,500 (2023)

Company Size Impact

Large companies pay -16% more

¥403,400 vs ¥477,800

Workforce

~11k workers nationwide

Mid-size field

National Average (2023, By Gender)

Total

Monthly Salary

¥417,500

Base Salary

¥388,700

Annual Bonus

¥768,700

Average Age:40.3 yrs
Overtime Hours:10 hrs

Male

Monthly Salary

¥451,000

Base Salary

¥417,700

Annual Bonus

¥813,600

Average Age:41 yrs
Overtime Hours:11 hrs

Female

Monthly Salary

¥391,200

Base Salary

¥365,900

Annual Bonus

¥733,400

Average Age:39.7 yrs
Overtime Hours:9 hrs

By Prefecture (2023)

PrefectureMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
Okayama¥479,600¥284,50041.110
Akita¥478,300¥1.06M41.24
Hiroshima¥464,200¥1.49M46.57
Mie¥462,100¥728,30046.510
Miyagi¥461,000¥1.19M42.79
Aichi¥460,800¥586,30044.46
Ishikawa¥453,700¥487,3004512
Fukuoka¥448,400¥588,000419
Miyazaki¥446,100¥431,30044.34
Saga¥443,300¥807,30041.97
Kagoshima¥442,100¥1.14M45.76
Gunma¥437,800¥809,40044.811
Hyogo¥437,400¥701,60038.411
Kanagawa¥435,900¥752,80039.319
Toyama¥431,500¥654,60044.411
Ehime¥427,800¥753,20047.710
Osaka¥426,900¥944,30039.310
Yamanashi¥426,500¥1.01M34.228
Tokyo¥423,200¥809,40036.511
Shimane¥423,200¥921,70041.17
Yamagata¥419,600¥1.11M41.713
Yamaguchi¥417,400¥1.02M43.314
Chiba¥417,100¥909,20045.410
Kagawa¥413,300¥1.09M45.31
Fukui¥412,200¥1.04M44.316
Tottori¥411,100¥1.37M44.66
Okinawa¥406,500¥739,50039.59
Tochigi¥404,700¥1.01M38.48
Shizuoka¥404,700¥664,70037.87
Nagasaki¥399,500¥1.07M41.83
Shiga¥396,600¥762,50041.48
Nagano¥392,100¥777,50042.112
Gifu¥388,000¥947,80044.78
Hokkaido¥384,400¥632,70040.312
Ibaraki¥383,100¥610,30036.47
Saitama¥381,700¥588,10038.99
Wakayama¥379,300¥1.26M40.114
Fukushima¥377,600¥980,60039.77
Kumamoto¥374,800¥494,20034.83
Oita¥372,900¥1.15M42.85
Aomori¥372,100¥521,00035.85
Nara¥365,800¥900,70036.810
Kyoto¥365,500¥611,3003617
Iwate¥363,700¥814,70038.76
Niigata¥349,500¥901,50036.78
Tokushima¥339,500¥563,10040.211
Kochi¥319,200¥1.08M37.29

By Company Size (2023)

Company SizeMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
10-99 employees¥477,800¥591,30047.84
1000+ employees¥403,400¥858,80036.915
100-999 employees¥397,500¥779,10039.48

Trends (2020-2023)

2020

¥394,200

2021

¥403,600

2022

¥414,600

2023

¥417,500