Average salary in Japan 2026
In Japan, the average salary comes to ¥5,185,703 gross a year (2025, OECD), which leaves ¥4,072,404 net after tax and contributions, or ¥339,367 a month. In dollars, this net ranks 25 of our 31 countries. National marker: mean scheduled pay, regular workers, without bonus or overtime, ¥340,600 a month (June 2025). Share kept: 79% of gross. Japanese pay comes in two parts, and the ministry’s monthly figure leaves out the second: bonuses, often paid twice a year, are why the OECD annual figure is far above twelve months of scheduled pay. Women earn 76.6 for every 100 earned by men on this measure, and it rose 3.1% in a year. The calculator below puts your own salary next to this reference and shows what you would keep. A national average hides wide gaps by sector, region and age, so read it as a marker rather than a target for one job.
Your salary, as a multiple of the reference
1.00 ×
| Your net a year | ¥4,072,404 |
|---|---|
| Your net a month | ¥339,367 |
| Share kept | 79% |
| Reference, gross | ¥5,185,703 |
| Reference, net | ¥4,072,404 |
From gross to net, around the average salary
| Gross salary | Net a year | A month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¥2,592,8520.50 × the average | ¥2,101,016 | ¥175,085 | 81% |
| ¥3,889,2770.75 × the average | ¥3,094,316 | ¥257,860 | 80% |
| ¥5,185,7031.00 × the average | ¥4,072,404 | ¥339,367 | 79% |
| ¥7,778,5551.50 × the average | ¥5,802,284 | ¥483,524 | 75% |
| ¥10,371,4062.00 × the average | ¥7,516,813 | ¥626,401 | 72% |
| ¥15,557,1093.00 × the average | ¥10,542,255 | ¥878,521 | 68% |
This site’s calculation: Tokyo: resident tax at 10% and Kyokai Kenpo Tokyo health insurance. Single person; social insurance is approximate, at about 14.7% of pay (pension 9.15% up to ¥650,000 a month, health 5.04% up to ¥1,390,000 a month, employment 0.5%), ignoring standard pay grades and bonus rules; resident tax is shown on the same year's income though it is billed the next year, and the steps in the basic deduction can lower net by a small amount just above a threshold.
The national office’s figures
| Mean scheduled pay, regular workers, without bonus or overtimeJune 2025 | ¥340,600 a month |
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By gender, June 2025
| Men | ¥373,400 a month |
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| Women | ¥285,900 a month |
Ten years of the average wage, OECD
| 2015 | ¥4,511,583 |
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| 2017 | ¥4,522,013 |
| 2019 | ¥4,684,562 |
| 2021 | ¥4,748,714 |
| 2023 | ¥4,892,403 |
| 2025 | ¥5,185,703 |
Gross a year in current money, not adjusted for inflation.
The average salary in Japan over ten years
The OECD series gains 15% in 10 years, starting at ¥4,511,583 and ending at ¥5,185,703, in each year's money.
Going further
Questions
What is the average salary in Japan?
¥5,185,703 gross a year in 2025 according to the OECD, or ¥432,142 a month. That is ¥339,367 net a month on this site's table. Two official sources can differ, since they do not cover the same employees or the same bonuses.
How much is the average salary in Japan after tax?
¥4,072,404 a year, or ¥339,367 a month, for a single person with no children on the 2026 table. Tax and contributions take ¥1,113,299. At twice this salary, the share kept falls to 72%. A different family situation or optional saving would change this result.
Why does the Japanese monthly figure look so low?
Because the ministry's 340,600 yen counts only regular June pay, without bonuses or overtime. Twelve months give about 4.1 million yen, against 5.19 million for the OECD. Twice-yearly bonuses fill much of the gap, so a Japanese offer should always be read in months of bonus.
Sources
Figures 2026, checked on