航空整備士 salaryaverage ¥5.98M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥5.98M
≈ $38,028
Top pay (est.)
¥10.41M
Top 10% ¥8.94M
Pay in 5 years
¥7.10Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥8.44Mest.
¥7.25M–¥9.79M
Outlook score
72/100
★★★★☆ Good
AI replacement risk
36%
Low
Labor demand
Very high
Openings-to-applicants 4.04x

航空整備士 salary

The average annual pay for 航空整備士 in Japan is ¥5.98M (≈ $38,028; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.56M, the typical range is ¥4.01M–¥10.41M and the top 10% earn about ¥8.94M.

Average pay
¥5.98M
≈ $38,028
Median (est.)
¥5.56M
≈ $35,358
Low end (est.)
¥4.01M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥8.94M
≈ $56,852
Top pay (est.)
¥10.41M
≈ $66,200
Hourly wage
¥2,864
2.4× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥262,000
vs. last year +¥9,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥4.46M
30s
¥5.35M
40s
¥6.13M
50s
¥6.83M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (42.5) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.43M
1–3 yrs
¥4.94M
3–5 yrs
¥5.46M
5–10 yrs
¥6.14M
10+ yrs
¥6.91M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.98MPart-time ¥2.51MFreelance / self-employed ¥6.28MContract / temp ¥4.66M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,864 is 2.4× 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¥5.10M——
2022¥4.94M——
2023¥6.06M—4.21x
2024¥5.58M—4.13x
2025¥5.98M—4.04x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 航空整備士 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.98M → in 3 years ¥6.63M → in 5 years ¥7.10M → in 10 years ¥8.44M (10-year range ¥7.25M–¥9.79M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.5% per year.

¥5.98M
Now
2026
¥6.63M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥6.12M–¥7.21M
¥7.10M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥6.40M–¥7.91M
¥8.44M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥7.25M–¥9.79M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +1.0%Wage momentum +0.62%AI impact +0.1%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 →

The same job in the United States

航空整備士
Japan
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
United States
Median / average pay¥5.98M
≈ $38,028
$79,870
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥8.44M$109,900
Outlook score7265
AI replacement risk36% Low27% Low
Workers—138K

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.