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Average monthly salaries among full-time workers in Japan from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000 Japanese yen)

Characteristic	Average monthly wages in thousand Japanese yen
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March 2026

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Japan

Survey time period

2016 to 2025

Supplementary notes

Figures prior to 2018 exclude bar, cabaret, and night club workers.

From 2019 onwards, the estimation method was changed to take into account the valid response rate.

Figures show the amount of contractual cash earnings excluding overtime allowance and other allowances (scheduled cash earnings).

Before-tax, not after-tax, amount of cash wages paid of employees, for the surveyed month of June, based on paying conditions and calculating methods specified in advance in labour contract, labour agreement, and/or working rules of establishments.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.63 U.S. dollars or 0.54 euros as of April 2026.

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The average monthly wage of full-time workers in Japan amounted to around ** Japanese yen in 2024. This represented an increase of *** percent compared to the previous year.

Japan’s gender pay gap

Japan’s gender pay gap remains one of the highest in the world. At ** percent, the earnings gap between men and women in 2023 was almost as high as the OECD average. This is in part due to structural reasons, such as the fact that a larger share of female workers are in non-regular employment. In 2025, the average wage of women working full-time was ** yen, compared to an average of ** yen earned by male full-timers.

Minimum wages in Japan

Japan has a decentralized system that determines the minimum wage per hour by region and industry. In 2025, was the prefecture with the highest hourly minimum wage at yen, while Prefecture, *** Prefecture, and ** Prefecture had the lowest at yen. As of 2025, the average minimum wage across all prefectures in Japan �ɲ�� yen per hour. The government aims to increase the average minimum wage to yen by 2030.