カフェ店員 salaryaverage ¥3.85M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥3.85M
≈ $24,468
Top pay (est.)
¥6.27M
Top 10% ¥5.46M
Pay in 5 years
¥4.51Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥5.29Mest.
¥4.55M–¥6.15M
Outlook score
53/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
34%
Low
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 1.79x

カフェ店員 salary

The average annual pay for カフェ店員 in Japan is ¥3.85M (≈ $24,468; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥3.58M, the typical range is ¥2.77M–¥6.27M and the top 10% earn about ¥5.46M.

Average pay
¥3.85M
≈ $24,468
Median (est.)
¥3.58M
≈ $22,766
Low end (est.)
¥2.77M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥5.46M
≈ $34,722
Top pay (est.)
¥6.27M
≈ $39,873
Hourly wage
¥1,897
1.6× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥243,000
vs. last year +¥11,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥2.98M
30s
¥3.47M
40s
¥3.88M
50s
¥4.25M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (43.6) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥2.92M
1–3 yrs
¥3.23M
3–5 yrs
¥3.54M
5–10 yrs
¥3.94M
10+ yrs
¥4.40M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥3.85MPart-time ¥1.62MFreelance / self-employed ¥4.04MContract / temp ¥3.00M

The average hourly wage of ¥1,897 is 1.6× Japan's national average minimum wage of ¥1,177 (fiscal 2026). Minimum wage by prefecture →

Japanese pay is shown in yen (¥5.57M = 5.57 million yen ≈ 557万円). Dollar figures use the current rate of 157.25 yen per dollar and are for reference only; purchasing power differs.

Pay over time

YearAverage payEmploymentOpenings ratio
2021¥3.55M——
2022¥3.58M——
2023¥3.61M—1.96x
2024¥3.69M—1.95x
2025¥3.85M—1.79x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for カフェ店員 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥3.85M → in 3 years ¥4.23M → in 5 years ¥4.51M → in 10 years ¥5.29M (10-year range ¥4.55M–¥6.15M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.2% per year.

¥3.85M
Now
2026
¥4.23M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥3.91M–¥4.61M
¥4.51M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥4.07M–¥5.03M
¥5.29M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥4.55M–¥6.15M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.3%Wage momentum +1.03%AI impact +0.12%Total +3.2% / yr

Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (the job-openings-to-applicants ratio), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →

The same job in the United States

カフェ店員
Japan
Fast Food and Counter Workers
United States
Median / average pay¥3.85M
≈ $24,468
$31,200
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥5.29M$42,900
Outlook score5357
AI replacement risk34% Low30% Low
Workers—3.9M

Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.

Pay and employment figures are national statistics. Projected pay, outlook scores and AI replacement risk are estimates from the Shigoto Zukan model, not guarantees. To request a correction, use the contact form. How to read the data
Sources: Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), Population Census and Hello Work employment statistics as published on the MHLW job tag site (retrieved Nov 1, 2026); Occupational Information Database (JILPT). Pay ranges, projections and scores are Shigoto Zukan estimates.