Chemical product manufacturing workers in Japan earn on average ¥319,900 a month in base pay and ¥365,800 including overtime and allowances, plus ¥1.11m in annual bonuses: about ¥5.50m a year (2025; all occupations ¥5.46m). Average age 41.7, average tenure 14.6 years. Women's base pay is 74.9% of men's.
By sex
| Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) | Age | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ¥334,300 | ¥5.82m | 41.6 | 15.2 |
| Women | ¥250,500 | ¥3.97m | 42.2 | 11.8 |
By company size
| Company size | Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000+ employees | ¥333,500 | ¥5.92m |
| 100–999 employees | ¥318,600 | ¥5.46m |
| 10–99 employees | ¥290,300 | ¥4.57m |
By age (monthly base pay)
| 19 and under | ¥218,700 |
| 20-24 | ¥238,200 |
| 25-29 | ¥267,700 |
| 30-34 | ¥303,700 |
| 35-39 | ¥330,400 |
| 40-44 | ¥332,700 |
| 45-49 | ¥366,700 |
| 50-54 | ¥368,200 |
| 55-59 | ¥369,000 |
| 60-64 | ¥296,500 |
| 65-69 | ¥271,300 |
| 70+ | ¥288,300 |
Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 (MHLW, published 2026-03-24). Full-time ("general") employees at private establishments of companies with 10 or more employees. Monthly pay is for June; bonuses are for the previous calendar year. Estimated annual pay = monthly contractual pay × 12 + annual bonus. Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), via e-Stat. Compiled and translated by The Hardest Market.
Other manufacturing process workers occupations: Pig-iron forging, steelmaking, non-ferrous metal smelting workers · Cast metal manufacturing and forging workers · Metal machine tools workers · Metal press workers · Ironworkers, boilermakers · Sheet metal workers · Metal engraving and surface treatment workers · Metal welding and fusion cutting workers