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Average salary in Japan (2026)
$83,700 a year is the median base pay in 430 job postings with a pay range in Japan, in US dollars, updated Nov 14, 2026.
- Median base pay$83,700a year
- Typical range$49,900–$124,600Middle half of postings
- Top 10%$171,600and above
- Postings439with a pay range
Posted base pay ranges from job listings, not total compensation. Figures are in USD. How these figures are made
Average hourly pay in Japan
The median posting in Japan pays $40.24 an hour: $83,700 a year over 2,080 hours (40 hours a week for 52 weeks). The middle half pays $23.99–$59.90 an hour.
Average monthly salary in Japan
The median posting in Japan pays $6,975 a month ($83,700 a year ÷ 12), and the middle half $4,158–$10,383 a month. These are base pay before tax, in US dollars (USD).
Pay by role
Companies
- U.S. Marine Corps · $41.6K median, 49 postings
- Terumo Medical · $71.8K median, 44 postings
- KomatsuLive · $88.5K median, 35 postings
- Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases · $108K median, 27 postings
- Pacific Air Forces · $40.6K median, 21 postings
- Booz Allen Hamilton · $127K median, 18 postings
- Mercor · $161K median, 15 postings
- Department of War Education Activity · $41.7K median, 14 postings
- Commander, Navy Installations Command · $40.4K median, 12 postings
- Kyocera · $61K median, 11 postings
States and cities
- Tokyo, Japan · $90K median, 165 postings
- Okinawa, Japan · $80.6K median, 36 postings
- Kanagawa, Japan · $52.5K median, 34 postings
- Aomori, Japan · $69K median, 25 postings
- Yamaguchi, Japan · $68.8K median, 20 postings
- Osaka, Japan · $57.6K median, 12 postings
- Chiba, Japan · $290K median, 4 postings
- Hokkaido, Japan · $325K median, 4 postings
- Nagasaki, Japan · $52K median, 4 postings
Pay transparency
56% of the 135,774 open job postings in Japan list a pay range. See every state and country
Newest postings in Japan
- At Home Video Recorder (Japan) - RemoteYO AI Labs · Remote · $12.00–$21.00/hr · Posted Nov 14, 2026
- Project Sceptrum - Multilingual AI Coding Evaluation Specialist - JapaneseWelo Global · Remote · $75.00–$90.00/hr · Posted Nov 14, 2026
- SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION & RESPONSE SPECIALISTPacific Air Forces · Yokota, Japan · $76.5K–$99.4K/yr · Posted Nov 13, 2026
- UNIT DEPLOYMENT MANAGERPacific Air Forces · Misawa, Japan · $52.7K–$68.5K/yr · Posted Nov 13, 2026
- Deployment Lead, PACOMAnduril Industries · Okinawa, Japan · $106K–$140K/yr · Posted Nov 13, 2026Apply
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