Other machine maintenance and repair workers in Japan earn on average ¥350,200 a month in base pay and ¥390,200 including overtime and allowances, plus ¥1.30m in annual bonuses: about ¥5.98m a year (2025; all occupations ¥5.46m). Average age 42.5, average tenure 15.1 years. Women's base pay is 78.7% of men's.
By sex
| Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) | Age | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ¥355,000 | ¥6.09m | 42.7 | 15.5 |
| Women | ¥279,500 | ¥4.41m | 38.9 | 9.8 |
By company size
| Company size | Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000+ employees | ¥384,200 | ¥6.74m |
| 100–999 employees | ¥319,700 | ¥5.49m |
| 10–99 employees | ¥308,100 | ¥4.75m |
By age (monthly base pay)
| 19 and under | ¥218,000 |
| 20-24 | ¥249,300 |
| 25-29 | ¥286,800 |
| 30-34 | ¥307,600 |
| 35-39 | ¥354,400 |
| 40-44 | ¥403,900 |
| 45-49 | ¥393,400 |
| 50-54 | ¥400,800 |
| 55-59 | ¥428,100 |
| 60-64 | ¥332,200 |
| 65-69 | ¥301,700 |
| 70+ | ¥248,100 |
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