Average Annual Salary for Airline Pilots in Japan

Nationwide

Annual salary (est.)年収

¥16.32M

Monthly gross:¥1.23M

Monthly base excl. overtime:¥1.18M

Annual Bonus:¥1.60M

Age:39.7 yrs

Overtime Hours:5 hrs

Salary Ranking

#1 of 145 occupations

Top 1%

Best Paying Region

Chiba: ¥19.12M

Lowest: Kagawa (¥6.22M)

Career Growth

-5% salary change

¥17.25M (2020) → ¥16.32M (2025)

Company Size Impact

Large companies pay 3% above average

¥16.80M vs National Avg ¥16.32M

Workforce

~835 workers nationwide

Specialized field

Company Size	Annual salary (est.)	Monthly gross	Annual Bonus	Age	Overtime Hours
All Companies (10+ employees)	¥16.32M	¥1.23M	¥1.60M	39.7	5
10-99 employees	¥8.24M	¥597,200	¥1.07M	50.3	6
100-999 employees	¥15.05M	¥1.15M	¥1.20M	39.1	3
1000+ employees	¥16.80M	¥1.26M	¥1.69M	39.4	5

Prefecture	Annual salary (est.)	Monthly gross	Annual Bonus	Age	Overtime Hours
Chiba	¥19.12M	¥1.45M	¥1.75M	42.7	3
Hyogo	¥18.83M	¥1.52M	¥554,200	35.2	5
Tokyo	¥16.96M	¥1.27M	¥1.72M	39.4	5
Osaka	¥15.38M	¥1.16M	¥1.44M	36.4	4
Okinawa	¥14.82M	¥1.12M	¥1.33M	37.3	0
Miyagi	¥13.50M	¥995,300	¥1.55M	47.7	4
Nagasaki	¥12.89M	¥991,700	¥987,300	50.3	0
Fukuoka	¥12.71M	¥1.03M	¥350,000	28	4
Aichi	¥12.10M	¥952,000	¥672,200	41.8	3
Toyama	¥10.36M	¥687,800	¥2.10M	33.5	27
Shizuoka	¥8.69M	¥588,600	¥1.63M	54	7
Shiga	¥8.60M	¥702,400	¥175,000	50.5	2
Oita	¥8.17M	¥563,900	¥1.40M	51.3	11
Kagoshima	¥8.01M	¥667,900	¥0	50.7	0
Yamanashi	¥7.71M	¥536,800	¥1.26M	54.2	10
Saitama	¥7.55M	¥523,400	¥1.27M	53.1	5
Kumamoto	¥7.51M	¥583,400	¥508,900	41.7	5
Tochigi	¥7.15M	¥499,300	¥1.16M	36.9	0
Ibaraki	¥6.46M	¥459,400	¥950,900	46.9	5
Kagawa	¥6.22M	¥438,000	¥961,800	34.7	27

Showing data for 20 of 47 prefectures. Some prefectures excluded due to insufficient sample size in government survey.