Licensed Practical Nurses

准看護師

Quick Facts

Salary Ranking

#114 of 145 occupations

Top 79%

Best Paying Region

Kanagawa: ¥350,000

Lowest: Hiroshima (¥228,900)

Gender Pay Gap

Women earn 92% of male salary

Moderate gap (¥284,200 vs ¥307,900)

Career Growth

+0% salary change

¥288,000 (2020) → ¥286,800 (2023)

Company Size Impact

Large companies pay +11% more

¥304,200 vs ¥274,200

Workforce

~14k workers nationwide

Mid-size field

National Average (2023, By Gender)

Total

Monthly Salary

¥286,800

Base Salary

¥266,900

Annual Bonus

¥629,500

Average Age:51.2 yrs
Overtime Hours:4 hrs

Male

Monthly Salary

¥307,900

Base Salary

¥282,300

Annual Bonus

¥689,000

Average Age:46.7 yrs
Overtime Hours:3 hrs

Female

Monthly Salary

¥284,200

Base Salary

¥265,000

Annual Bonus

¥622,200

Average Age:51.7 yrs
Overtime Hours:4 hrs

By Prefecture (2023)

PrefectureMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
Kanagawa¥350,000¥589,90055.45
Tokyo¥335,700¥779,800504
Chiba¥333,800¥728,50050.23
Nagano¥333,300¥541,90053.63
Gifu¥329,600¥714,20052.913
Nara¥328,300¥690,60052.62
Shiga¥321,700¥533,00052.42
Kagawa¥321,200¥788,80051.81
Okayama¥321,100¥804,80053.47
Tochigi¥318,800¥824,80045.74
Aichi¥317,200¥680,10049.14
Mie¥317,100¥736,80053.44
Kyoto¥314,800¥539,20055.94
Osaka¥310,900¥606,10052.94
Saitama¥309,900¥662,30051.22
Shizuoka¥306,500¥597,60047.86
Gunma¥303,500¥682,30049.49
Wakayama¥303,000¥770,80053.24
Yamagata¥295,600¥709,200524
Hyogo¥295,500¥579,40054.46
Ibaraki¥290,300¥624,80044.47
Toyama¥287,600¥591,80053.30
Okinawa¥284,200¥744,300543
Akita¥283,100¥1.03M53.91
Ehime¥283,000¥622,10055.65
Hokkaido¥279,300¥651,50050.93
Ishikawa¥277,400¥632,30057.84
Tottori¥275,000¥718,20051.26
Miyagi¥274,900¥566,50049.92
Tokushima¥274,200¥602,00054.12
Yamaguchi¥270,800¥634,90049.72
Niigata¥268,800¥719,90056.13
Iwate¥268,200¥767,60052.91
Fukui¥267,700¥763,80054.31
Kochi¥265,200¥600,30050.82
Saga¥262,900¥560,70051.63
Yamanashi¥261,900¥473,60056.21
Fukuoka¥261,000¥491,30050.33
Miyazaki¥258,000¥497,70046.79
Fukushima¥255,700¥412,00049.75
Shimane¥253,700¥605,40052.77
Kagoshima¥250,000¥663,50054.52
Oita¥249,700¥581,80052.83
Kumamoto¥248,100¥549,10047.86
Aomori¥236,500¥385,00046.84
Nagasaki¥235,600¥569,90056.83
Hiroshima¥228,900¥664,700464

By Company Size (2023)

Company SizeMonthly SalaryAnnual BonusAverage AgeOvertime Hours
1000+ employees¥304,200¥688,60052.74
100-999 employees¥290,800¥648,100513
10-99 employees¥274,200¥577,20051.25

Trends (2020-2023)

2020

¥288,000

2021

¥286,700

2022

¥296,200

2023

¥286,800