栄養士 栄養士

Japan Healthcare 分類:04_025-01 Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥4.04M
≈ $25,693
Top pay (est.)
¥6.59M
Top 10% ¥5.74M
Pay in 5 years
¥4.60Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥5.25Mest.
¥4.51M–¥6.09M
Outlook score
49/100
★★☆☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
37%
Low
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 1.88x

What 栄養士 do

An English description is being prepared. Japanese description:

病院、社会福祉施設、企業、学校、行政機関などで、栄養に関する指導・助言や食事の管理などを行う。
 栄養指導については、病院、保健所、学校、社会福祉施設などで個人の特性や環境に合わせて、栄養や食生活、食事と健康との関係についてアドバイスする。
 食事の管理については病院や学校などの施設で、対象となる患者や生徒の健康や栄養状態、材料の種類、予算を考えながら献立を作成する。献立には季節感を取り入れ、給食調理員の協力を得て食事の用意も行う。また、栄養価の計算や材料の発注も行う。
 特に病状が変わりやすい入院患者に対する場合、それぞれの病状に合わせた栄養補給のための食事が必要となるので、医師の発行する「食事せん」によって食事を調製することが重要な仕事となる。
 このほか健康や栄養について国や自治体が行う広報活動や調査研究にかかわる仕事をしたり、食品を取り扱う企業で、消費者を対象とする広報や調査、相談などに携わることもある。
 栄養士のうち、特に高度な専門知識が必要な仕事に従事する人について、「管理栄養士」の資格が設けられている。また、小・中学校において児童・生徒に食に関する指導を行う「栄養教諭」がある。この資格は管理栄養士又は栄養士の資格を持っている者が、教諭資格に必要な科目を修得し、教育実習を経て取得できる。

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Employment type of workers

栄養士 salary

The average annual pay for 栄養士 in Japan is ¥4.04M (≈ $25,693; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥3.76M, the typical range is ¥2.90M–¥6.59M and the top 10% earn about ¥5.74M.

Average pay
¥4.04M
≈ $25,693
Median (est.)
¥3.76M
≈ $23,911
Low end (est.)
¥2.90M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥5.74M
≈ $36,502
Top pay (est.)
¥6.59M
≈ $41,908
Hourly wage
¥2,004
1.7× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥243,000
vs. last year +¥7,000

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
¥3.28M
30s
¥3.83M
40s
¥4.29M
50s
¥4.71M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (38.9) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥3.07M
1–3 yrs
¥3.39M
3–5 yrs
¥3.72M
5–10 yrs
¥4.14M
10+ yrs
¥4.62M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥4.04MPart-time ¥1.70MFreelance / self-employed ¥4.24MContract / temp ¥3.15M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,004 is 1.7× 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¥3.68M——
2022¥3.79M——
2023¥3.90M—1.88x
2024¥3.94M—1.98x
2025¥4.04M—1.88x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 栄養士 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥4.04M → in 3 years ¥4.37M → in 5 years ¥4.60M → in 10 years ¥5.25M (10-year range ¥4.51M–¥6.09M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.6% per year.

¥4.04M
Now
2026
¥4.37M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥4.03M–¥4.75M
¥4.60M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥4.15M–¥5.13M
¥5.25M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥4.51M–¥6.09M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.34%Wage momentum +0.41%AI impact +0.1%Total +2.6% / 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 栄養士

49/100
★★☆☆☆
Average · ranked #307 of all Japanese occupations
AI resistance
63 pts
Entry barrier
65 pts
Pay level
23 pts
Labor demand
68 pts
Wage momentum
37 pts
Aging workforce
9 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 栄養士? AI replacement risk

37%
Low
Ranked #199 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 栄養士

Openings-to-applicants ratio
1.88x
ranked #165 of all Japanese jobs
Demand score
High
61/100
Advertised monthly wage
¥243,000
Hello Work postings
Workers
—
Population Census
Average age
38.9
Hours per month
162
Openings in 5 years
+10.2%
est.
Openings in 10 years
+18.3%
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.

Skills, education and requirements for 栄養士

Key skills

Active Listening
4.8
Speaking
4.6
Instructing
4.5
Persuasion
4.1
Reading Comprehension
4.1
Writing
4.0
Coordination
3.9
Social Perceptiveness
3.9

Skill levels from the MHLW job tag worker survey.

Key knowledge areas

Medicine and Dentistry
2.8
Administrative
2.4
Customer and Personal Service
2.2
Production and Processing
1.7
Therapy and Counseling
1.7
Psychology
1.5
Biology
1.5
Sociology and Anthropology
1.3

What the work involves

Updating and Using Relevant KnowledgeMonitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsIdentifying Objects, Actions, and EventsOrganizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkCommunicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesGetting InformationEvaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsAssisting and Caring for Others

Important abilities

Oral ExpressionProblem SensitivityWritten ExpressionTime SharingOral ComprehensionWritten Comprehension

Licenses and certifications (Japan)

Related qualifications listed on job tag (names in Japanese). Some are mandatory, others recommended.

Education of workers

Training before entry

Related work experience

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

How to become 栄養士

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)
栄養士になるには、厚生労働大臣の指定した栄養士養成施設を卒業し、都道府県知事に申請し免許を受ける必要がある。
 管理栄養士になるためには、栄養士免許を取得した後、養成施設と実務経験を合わせて5年(4年養成施設の場合は実務経験が1年、3年養成施設の場合は実務経験が2年、2年養成施設の場合は実務経験が3年)以上経てから管理栄養士国家試験に合格しなければならない。ただし、管理栄養士育成施設(修学4年)を卒業した者は栄養士免許を取得後すぐに管理栄養士国家試験を受験できる。
 栄養について豊富な知識を持ち、新しい食品や健康に関する情報に絶えず関心をはらうこと、食事のあり方や食生活の内容などについて、わかりやすく指導・助言する能力などが必要である。
 就職後も知識や技術の研鑽は欠かせないため、研修などを通じて専門性を深めていく。日本栄養士会では、「臨床栄養」、「学校栄養」、「健康/スポーツ栄養」、「給食管理」、「公衆栄養」、「地域栄養」、「福祉栄養(高齢者・障がい者)」、「福祉栄養(児童)」の8つの分野で「認定管理栄養士」「認定栄養士」を認定している。この他、特定保健指導やスポーツ栄養など5つの特定分野で認定する「特定分野管理栄養士」、がん患者、糖尿病患者等に対応する「専門管理栄養士」などの資格もある。
 認定を受けることで、それぞれのテーマに対して専門的技術、知識を実践レベルで習得している栄養士、管理栄養士であることを示すことができる。

Career path and how to earn more as 栄養士

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 Oct 31, 2026); Occupational Information Database (JILPT). Pay ranges, projections and scores are Shigoto Zukan estimates.