Registered Nurses

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Quick Facts

Salary Ranking

#55 of 145 occupations

Top 38%

Best Paying Region

Yamanashi: ¥388,700

Lowest: Kumamoto (¥286,400)

Gender Pay Gap

Women earn 96% of male salary

Small gap (¥350,600 vs ¥365,100)

Career Growth

+4% salary change

¥338,400 (2020) → ¥352,100 (2023)

Company Size Impact

Large companies pay +17% more

¥376,500 vs ¥321,100

Workforce

~84k workers nationwide

Mid-size field

National Average (2023, By Gender)

Total

Monthly Salary

¥352,100

Base Salary

¥319,300

Annual Bonus

¥856,500

Average Age:41.9 yrs
Overtime Hours:6 hrs

Male

Monthly Salary

¥365,100

Base Salary

¥327,500

Annual Bonus

¥875,800

Average Age:38.8 yrs
Overtime Hours:6 hrs

Female

Monthly Salary

¥350,600

Base Salary

¥318,400

Annual Bonus

¥854,200

Average Age:42.2 yrs
Overtime Hours:6 hrs

By Prefecture (2023)

PrefectureMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
Yamanashi¥388,700¥784,30039.820
Osaka¥387,900¥1.03M42.46
Shizuoka¥387,600¥800,10039.98
Kanagawa¥385,200¥833,60043.27
Nara¥375,500¥693,400449
Tokyo¥372,300¥760,70042.56
Kyoto¥370,700¥872,40039.58
Toyama¥370,600¥943,30043.87
Wakayama¥366,900¥907,1004115
Miyagi¥365,800¥968,400406
Chiba¥365,400¥882,10041.67
Aichi¥364,700¥846,500403
Yamagata¥364,500¥1.02M41.411
Ibaraki¥361,100¥715,60040.511
Mie¥360,900¥857,70041.24
Saitama¥360,700¥844,00042.43
Yamaguchi¥360,700¥1.03M45.96
Okayama¥358,300¥1.06M41.25
Tochigi¥357,200¥847,90041.57
Hyogo¥356,800¥1.02M39.45
Gifu¥351,800¥1.03M42.710
Fukui¥350,900¥1.16M41.44
Nagano¥350,200¥819,30041.98
Hiroshima¥348,200¥908,10044.18
Akita¥345,200¥1.11M44.94
Gunma¥344,900¥841,60039.58
Niigata¥344,000¥863,70040.27
Ishikawa¥337,400¥883,70042.56
Shiga¥336,200¥722,70042.26
Hokkaido¥334,000¥781,000425
Fukushima¥333,500¥948,900447
Kagawa¥333,200¥747,40043.65
Shimane¥331,600¥891,10044.36
Ehime¥330,900¥742,200436
Okinawa¥328,200¥772,400426
Saga¥327,100¥811,80043.55
Fukuoka¥327,000¥738,50040.65
Kochi¥323,800¥845,00043.35
Tottori¥323,500¥810,70042.55
Tokushima¥320,200¥614,20038.15
Nagasaki¥312,700¥858,00040.76
Iwate¥310,600¥862,500463
Kagoshima¥305,400¥758,10045.17
Aomori¥301,600¥733,000425
Oita¥297,600¥761,30044.24
Miyazaki¥292,800¥649,300455
Kumamoto¥286,400¥748,50041.98

By Company Size (2023)

Company SizeMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
1000+ employees¥376,500¥1.05M37.78
100-999 employees¥342,300¥756,40043.65
10-99 employees¥321,100¥673,70047.15

Trends (2020-2023)

2020

¥338,400

2021

¥344,300

2022

¥351,600

2023

¥352,100