Average Annual Salary for Waste & Sanitation Workers in Japan

Nationwide

Latest

Annual salary (est.)年収

¥3.99M

Monthly gross:¥286,600
Monthly base excl. overtime:¥268,400
Annual Bonus:¥546,800
Age:49.3 yrs
Overtime Hours:7 hrs

Trends

¥3.70M¥3.80M¥3.90M¥4M202020212022202320242025

Quick Facts

Salary Ranking

#120 of 145 occupations

Top 83%

Best Paying Region

Mie: ¥4.90M

Lowest: Okinawa (¥3.04M)

Gender Pay Gap

Women earn 72% of male salary

Significant gap (¥3.01M vs ¥4.16M)

Career Growth

+7% salary change

¥3.72M (2020) → ¥3.99M (2025)

Company Size Impact

Large companies pay 4% above average

¥4.13M vs National Avg ¥3.99M

Workforce

~14k workers nationwide

Mid-size field

By Gender

Male

Annual salary (est.)年収

¥4.16M

Monthly gross:¥298,700
Monthly base excl. overtime:¥278,300
Annual Bonus:¥575,200
Age:48.3 yrs
Overtime Hours:8 hrs

Female

Annual salary (est.)年収

¥3.01M

Monthly gross:¥218,500
Monthly base excl. overtime:¥212,800
Annual Bonus:¥386,800
Age:54.6 yrs
Overtime Hours:3 hrs

By Company Size

Company SizeAnnual salary (est.)Monthly grossAnnual BonusAgeOvertime Hours
All Companies (10+ employees)¥3.99M¥286,600¥546,80049.37
10-99 employees¥4.13M¥301,200¥518,70048.98
100-999 employees¥3.72M¥262,200¥576,20049.96
1000+ employees¥4.13M¥291,600¥628,50049.610

By Prefecture

PrefectureAnnual salary (est.)Monthly grossAnnual BonusAgeOvertime Hours
Mie¥4.90M¥353,400¥663,30047.58
Saitama¥4.75M¥339,300¥679,60050.310
Tochigi¥4.73M¥332,000¥748,80052.29
Yamaguchi¥4.64M¥328,800¥691,50050.65
Kagawa¥4.62M¥308,000¥922,20043.414
Shimane¥4.53M¥301,800¥905,80043.710
Ishikawa¥4.51M¥308,100¥810,70050.58
Fukui¥4.45M¥321,500¥587,50046.910
Gunma¥4.40M¥327,300¥474,80053.417
Kanagawa¥4.37M¥318,700¥550,40046.99
Aichi¥4.33M¥323,000¥457,10050.813
Hyogo¥4.30M¥301,700¥681,20051.48
Nara¥4.30M¥303,700¥655,00046.63
Fukushima¥4.29M¥299,500¥691,90048.24
Tottori¥4.26M¥302,600¥631,70048.47
Wakayama¥4.23M¥319,700¥392,30048.512
Okayama¥4.22M¥301,000¥607,60047.55
Saga¥4.17M¥285,200¥747,90046.13
Fukuoka¥4.14M¥297,300¥576,900496
Nagano¥4.11M¥303,400¥469,900488
Osaka¥4.11M¥313,700¥341,400449
Gifu¥4.08M¥289,300¥611,50046.65
Hiroshima¥4.06M¥290,500¥574,50047.46
Kyoto¥3.97M¥281,900¥587,400517
Tokushima¥3.95M¥293,600¥430,5004913
Ibaraki¥3.94M¥295,700¥391,10048.610
Toyama¥3.89M¥266,700¥691,70051.93
Shiga¥3.87M¥282,900¥470,90047.88
Tokyo¥3.86M¥285,600¥437,20049.17
Yamagata¥3.85M¥272,600¥578,000489
Ehime¥3.83M¥271,200¥575,20049.19
Miyazaki¥3.81M¥258,000¥715,40051.63
Miyagi¥3.81M¥277,600¥475,700479
Yamanashi¥3.75M¥280,300¥391,10051.45
Shizuoka¥3.69M¥274,200¥403,200527
Kagoshima¥3.64M¥265,400¥458,10049.67
Oita¥3.64M¥257,200¥556,20051.29
Kumamoto¥3.64M¥272,900¥367,40048.711
Niigata¥3.61M¥263,000¥455,70051.26
Chiba¥3.60M¥248,100¥618,00049.53
Hokkaido¥3.51M¥253,700¥467,80051.56
Akita¥3.50M¥245,000¥562,60055.26
Nagasaki¥3.46M¥259,000¥352,80052.89
Aomori¥3.42M¥244,500¥490,60049.87
Kochi¥3.21M¥234,500¥392,10052.65
Iwate¥3.17M¥240,400¥284,90047.89
Okinawa¥3.04M¥234,500¥227,80047.77