テレビ・ラジオ放送技術者 salaryaverage ¥5.83M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Film & Video Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥5.83M
≈ $37,094
Top pay (est.)
¥10.11M
Top 10% ¥8.68M
Pay in 5 years
¥6.60Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥7.46Mest.
¥6.41M–¥8.66M
Outlook score
50/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
56%
Moderate
Labor demand
Average
Openings-to-applicants 0.77x

テレビ・ラジオ放送技術者 salary

The average annual pay for テレビ・ラジオ放送技術者 in Japan is ¥5.83M (≈ $37,094; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.42M, the typical range is ¥3.93M–¥10.11M and the top 10% earn about ¥8.68M.

Average pay
¥5.83M
≈ $37,094
Median (est.)
¥5.42M
≈ $34,467
Low end (est.)
¥3.93M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥8.68M
≈ $55,199
Top pay (est.)
¥10.11M
≈ $64,293
Hourly wage
¥2,876
2.4× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥257,000
vs. last year +¥12,000

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
¥4.41M
30s
¥5.28M
40s
¥6.04M
50s
¥6.72M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (41.7) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.33M
1–3 yrs
¥4.83M
3–5 yrs
¥5.33M
5–10 yrs
¥5.98M
10+ yrs
¥6.74M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.83MPart-time ¥2.45MFreelance / self-employed ¥6.12MContract / temp ¥4.55M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,876 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¥5.84M——
2022¥5.80M——
2023¥5.51M—0.92x
2024¥5.91M—0.81x
2025¥5.83M—0.77x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for テレビ・ラジオ放送技術者 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.83M → in 3 years ¥6.28M → in 5 years ¥6.60M → in 10 years ¥7.46M (10-year range ¥6.41M–¥8.66M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.5% per year.

¥5.83M
Now
2026
¥6.28M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.80M–¥6.83M
¥6.60M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥5.94M–¥7.35M
¥7.46M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥6.41M–¥8.66M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.21%Wage momentum +1.08%AI impact -0.18%Total +2.5% / 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

テレビ・ラジオ放送技術者
Japan
Broadcast Technicians
United States
Median / average pay¥5.83M
≈ $37,094
$59,570
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥7.46M$75,800
Outlook score5037
AI replacement risk56% Moderate57% Moderate
Workers—21K

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.