客室乗務員 salaryaverage ¥5.72M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥5.72M
≈ $36,406
Top pay (est.)
¥9.89M
Top 10% ¥8.50M
Pay in 5 years
¥6.74Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥7.94Mest.
¥6.83M–¥9.22M
Outlook score
63/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
16%
Very low
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 2.50x

客室乗務員 salary

The average annual pay for 客室乗務員 in Japan is ¥5.72M (≈ $36,406; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.32M, the typical range is ¥3.88M–¥9.89M and the top 10% earn about ¥8.50M.

Average pay
¥5.72M
≈ $36,406
Median (est.)
¥5.32M
≈ $33,831
Low end (est.)
¥3.88M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥8.50M
≈ $54,054
Top pay (est.)
¥9.89M
≈ $62,893
Hourly wage
¥3,139
2.7× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥260,000
vs. last year +¥9,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥4.92M
30s
¥5.89M
40s
¥6.72M
50s
¥7.47M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (32.7) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.25M
1–3 yrs
¥4.74M
3–5 yrs
¥5.23M
5–10 yrs
¥5.87M
10+ yrs
¥6.61M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.72MPart-time ¥2.40MFreelance / self-employed ¥6.01MContract / temp ¥4.47M

The average hourly wage of ¥3,139 is 2.7× 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¥4.09M——
2022¥4.50M——
2023¥5.34M—3.13x
2024¥5.96M—2.89x
2025¥5.72M—2.50x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 客室乗務員 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.72M → in 3 years ¥6.32M → in 5 years ¥6.74M → in 10 years ¥7.94M (10-year range ¥6.83M–¥9.22M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.3% per year.

¥5.72M
Now
2026
¥6.32M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.83M–¥6.87M
¥6.74M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥6.08M–¥7.51M
¥7.94M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥6.83M–¥9.22M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.65%Wage momentum +0.62%AI impact +0.26%Total +3.3% / 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

客室乗務員
Japan
Flight Attendants
United States
Median / average pay¥5.72M
≈ $36,406
$63,580
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥7.94M$89,100
Outlook score6370
AI replacement risk16% Very low25% Low
Workers—132K

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.