Wooden and paper product manufacturing workers in Japan earn on average ¥269,700 a month in base pay and ¥309,000 including overtime and allowances, plus ¥0.63m in annual bonuses: about ¥4.34m a year (2025; all occupations ¥5.46m). Average age 44.9, average tenure 13.4 years. Women's base pay is 75.3% of men's.
By sex
| Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) | Age | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ¥280,400 | ¥4.57m | 44.8 | 13.9 |
| Women | ¥211,200 | ¥3.09m | 45.0 | 10.6 |
By company size
| Company size | Monthly base pay | Annual pay (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000+ employees | ¥301,600 | ¥5.36m |
| 100–999 employees | ¥272,000 | ¥4.66m |
| 10–99 employees | ¥261,400 | ¥3.88m |
By age (monthly base pay)
| 19 and under | ¥204,800 |
| 20-24 | ¥218,900 |
| 25-29 | ¥235,700 |
| 30-34 | ¥251,800 |
| 35-39 | ¥268,800 |
| 40-44 | ¥285,700 |
| 45-49 | ¥293,200 |
| 50-54 | ¥294,200 |
| 55-59 | ¥297,700 |
| 60-64 | ¥262,000 |
| 65-69 | ¥244,700 |
| 70+ | ¥224,100 |
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