Rubber, plastic product manufacturing workers in Japan earn on average ¥275,200 a month in base pay and ¥320,200 including overtime and allowances, plus ¥0.74m in annual bonuses: about ¥4.58m a year (2025; all occupations ¥5.46m). Average age 43.0, average tenure 13.5 years. Women's base pay is 73.3% of men's.
By sex
| Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) | Age | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ¥293,500 | ¥4.98m | 43.1 | 14.5 |
| Women | ¥215,000 | ¥3.27m | 42.8 | 10.3 |
By company size
| Company size | Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000+ employees | ¥311,400 | ¥5.65m |
| 100–999 employees | ¥270,500 | ¥4.55m |
| 10–99 employees | ¥259,600 | ¥3.97m |
By age (monthly base pay)
| 19 and under | ¥201,200 |
| 20-24 | ¥213,700 |
| 25-29 | ¥235,200 |
| 30-34 | ¥266,000 |
| 35-39 | ¥279,500 |
| 40-44 | ¥289,200 |
| 45-49 | ¥308,100 |
| 50-54 | ¥310,500 |
| 55-59 | ¥304,800 |
| 60-64 | ¥249,200 |
| 65-69 | ¥230,500 |
| 70+ | ¥226,100 |
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