Painters, coating and signboard workers in Japan earn on average ¥310,700 a month in base pay and ¥348,600 including overtime and allowances, plus ¥0.79m in annual bonuses: about ¥4.98m a year (2025; all occupations ¥5.46m). Average age 41.6, average tenure 11.2 years. Women's base pay is 74.8% of men's.
By sex
| Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) | Age | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ¥316,700 | ¥5.07m | 41.8 | 11.4 |
| Women | ¥236,800 | ¥3.79m | 39.5 | 9.6 |
By company size
| Company size | Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000+ employees | ¥330,000 | ¥6.91m |
| 100–999 employees | ¥287,400 | ¥4.69m |
| 10–99 employees | ¥311,000 | ¥4.39m |
By age (monthly base pay)
| 19 and under | ¥216,600 |
| 20-24 | ¥252,100 |
| 25-29 | ¥285,700 |
| 30-34 | ¥306,200 |
| 35-39 | ¥316,300 |
| 40-44 | ¥328,500 |
| 45-49 | ¥339,300 |
| 50-54 | ¥338,900 |
| 55-59 | ¥355,500 |
| 60-64 | ¥282,300 |
| 65-69 | ¥241,600 |
| 70+ | ¥250,600 |
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