児童相談所相談員 児童相談所相談員

Japan Social Services 分類:08_049-02 Confidence ★★★☆☆

Average annual pay
¥4.42M
≈ $28,086
Top pay (est.)
¥7.30M
Top 10% ¥6.34M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.25Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥6.23Mest.
¥5.36M–¥7.23M
Outlook score
75/100
★★★★☆ Good
AI replacement risk
7%
Very low
Labor demand
Very high
Openings-to-applicants 2.65x

What 児童相談所相談員 do

An English description is being prepared. Japanese description:

心理学や社会福祉などの専門的な立場から、児童相談所において子どもとその家庭が抱える問題の相談に応じ、解決のための調査や助言、援助を行う。
 児童相談所相談員には「児童心理司」と「児童福祉司」がいる。自治体が設置する児童相談所には「児童福祉司」を置かなければならない。また、児童心理司は配置することが標準とされている。
 児童心理司は子どもと面接したり、行動を観察したり、心理検査を実施したりして、子どもの心の状態や知能、生活能力などを調査、診断する。児童福祉司は保護者との面接や家庭訪問などを行い、家庭環境や生育歴等を調査、診断し、問題の原因を探る。児童相談所では把握した問題の他、必要に応じて医学、心理、行動等の面から診断し、児童相談所相談員、医師、保育士など、関係する専門職が援助方針会議で話し合い、子どもにとって最も適切と思われる指導や援助の方法を検討し、児童相談所として処遇を決定する。
 0歳から18歳未満の児童を対象とし、相談内容は心身の障害の問題から、子育ての悩みやしつけ、不登校やいじめの問題、保護者の病気・離婚による養育の問題、虐待、非行といった問題まで様々である。
 なお、児童相談所が行う処遇には、児童福祉施設入所や里親への委託、児童福祉司指導などがある。児童福祉司は施設や保護者を訪問したりしながら指導・援助を続けることになる。児童心理司は子どもや保護者に対して、通所させたり、キャンプを実施するなどして心理療法などの指導・援助を行っている。
 なお、児童福祉司は児童福祉法第13条に定められている法令職である。児童心理司は「児童相談所運営指針」で心理診断や心理療法を行うことが定められている。

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児童相談所相談員 salary

The average annual pay for 児童相談所相談員 in Japan is ¥4.42M (≈ $28,086; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥4.11M, the typical range is ¥3.13M–¥7.30M and the top 10% earn about ¥6.34M.

Average pay
¥4.42M
≈ $28,086
Median (est.)
¥4.11M
≈ $26,137
Low end (est.)
¥3.13M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥6.34M
≈ $40,318
Top pay (est.)
¥7.30M
≈ $46,423
Hourly wage
¥2,217
1.9× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥252,000
vs. last year +¥9,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

Your numbers are not sent or stored. The distribution is estimated from Japan's national wage statistics, including pay differences by age.

Pay by ageest.

20s
¥3.29M
30s
¥3.86M
40s
¥4.35M
50s
¥4.78M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (46.0) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥3.34M
1–3 yrs
¥3.70M
3–5 yrs
¥4.06M
5–10 yrs
¥4.52M
10+ yrs
¥5.06M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥4.42MPart-time ¥1.85MFreelance / self-employed ¥4.64MContract / temp ¥3.44M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,217 is 1.9× 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¥4.04M——
2022¥4.16M——
2023¥4.26M—2.79x
2024¥4.41M—2.72x
2025¥4.42M—2.65x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 児童相談所相談員 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥4.42M → in 3 years ¥4.90M → in 5 years ¥5.25M → in 10 years ¥6.23M (10-year range ¥5.36M–¥7.23M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.5% per year.

¥4.42M
Now
2026
¥4.90M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥4.52M–¥5.33M
¥5.25M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥4.73M–¥5.84M
¥6.23M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥5.36M–¥7.23M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.72%Wage momentum +0.67%AI impact +0.32%Total +3.5% / 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 →

Outlook score for 児童相談所相談員

75/100
★★★★☆
Good · ranked #2 of all Japanese occupations
AI resistance
93 pts
Entry barrier
79 pts
Pay level
31 pts
Labor demand
84 pts
Wage momentum
67 pts
Aging workforce
81 pts

Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.

Will AI replace 児童相談所相談員? AI replacement risk

7%
Very low
Ranked #10 safest from AI among all Japanese occupations
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

How AI is changing this job

A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.

AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using the MHLW job tag survey on work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →

Labor demand for 児童相談所相談員

Openings-to-applicants ratio
2.65x
ranked #82 of all Japanese jobs
Demand score
Very high
80/100
Advertised monthly wage
¥252,000
Hello Work postings
Workers
—
Population Census
Average age
46.0
Hours per month
161
Openings in 5 years
+18.6%
est.
Openings in 10 years
+33.6%
est.

A ratio above 1.0 means there are more job openings than applicants (a labor shortage). The 5- and 10-year figures are estimates from the openings ratio, wage momentum and AI replacement risk.

The same job in the United States

児童相談所相談員
Japan
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
United States
Median / average pay¥4.42M
≈ $28,086
$59,550
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥6.23M$80,600
Outlook score7558
AI replacement risk7% Very low43% Moderate
Workers—393K

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.

Skills, education and requirements for 児童相談所相談員

Key skills

Active Listening
6.3
Social Perceptiveness
5.7
Service Orientation
5.7
Persuasion
5.4
Coordination
5.4
Negotiation
5.3
Speaking
5.2
Complex Problem Solving
5.1

Skill levels from the MHLW job tag worker survey.

Key knowledge areas

Psychology
3.5
Therapy and Counseling
3.5
Sociology and Anthropology
3.4
Education and Training
3.0
Medicine and Dentistry
2.4
Administrative
2.4
Law and Government
2.4
English Language
2.2

Licenses and certifications (Japan)

No specific license or certification is required.

Education of workers

Training before entry

Related work experience

Difficulty of entry: ★★★☆☆ Moderate (from education, training, experience, licenses)

How to become 児童相談所相談員

The typical path in Japan is shown by the education, training and experience of current workers above and in the Japanese guidance below. A detailed English guide for this occupation is being prepared.

Guidance from job tag (Japanese)
児童相談所相談員として働く場合は、地方公務員試験に合格することが必要である。大学卒業程度の学力と心理学や社会学の専門知識、ケースワークやカウンセリングの技法を身につける必要がある。
 都道府県によって異なるが、児童心理司の場合は、精神保健の専門知識・経験を持つ医師や、大学で心理学を専攻していることが条件となる。
 児童福祉司に任用される要件としては、福祉専門職員を養成する学校の卒業者、一定の講習の修了者、大学で心理学、社会学、教育学を専攻した者、医師、社会福祉主事の経験者などである。また、任用後も研修を受けなければならない。5年以上の児童福祉司の経験があると、「主任児童福祉司」になることもできる。
 子どもに対する強い関心、問題を解決する熱意と積極性が求められる。また、ほかの専門スタッフと協力し合って援助を行うため、協調性や、情報を集めてまとめる能力、それを総合的に判断する能力が求められる。個人の秘密を厳守することも必要となる。

Career path and how to earn more as 児童相談所相談員

Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by experience is shown in the Pay section.

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.