Other health care workers: pay in Japan

MHLW's Basic Survey on Wage Structure, 2025.

¥4.54mestimated annual pay
¥294,900monthly base pay
¥0.72mannual bonus and other special pay
37.6average age

Other health care workers in Japan earn on average ¥294,900 a month in base pay and ¥318,600 including overtime and allowances, plus ¥0.72m in annual bonuses: about ¥4.54m a year (2025; all occupations ¥5.46m). Average age 37.6, average tenure 8.4 years. Women's base pay is 84.6% of men's.

By sex

Monthly base payAnnual pay (est.)AgeTenure
Men¥313,700¥4.89m37.28.7
Women¥265,500¥3.99m38.18.0

By company size

Company sizeMonthly base payAnnual pay (est.)
1,000+ employees¥303,400¥4.94m
100–999 employees¥300,500¥4.55m
10–99 employees¥277,300¥4.05m

By age (monthly base pay)

20-24¥238,700
25-29¥265,900
30-34¥286,500
35-39¥310,600
40-44¥326,900
45-49¥344,200
50-54¥311,200
55-59¥341,200
60-64¥315,400
65-69¥306,600
70+¥223,900

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.

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