看護助手 salaryaverage ¥3.37M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥3.37M
≈ $21,436
Top pay (est.)
¥5.49M
Top 10% ¥4.79M
Pay in 5 years
¥4.00Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥4.75Mest.
¥4.09M–¥5.52M
Outlook score
60/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
13%
Very low
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 2.90x

看護助手 salary

The average annual pay for 看護助手 in Japan is ¥3.37M (≈ $21,436; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥3.13M, the typical range is ¥2.43M–¥5.49M and the top 10% earn about ¥4.79M.

Average pay
¥3.37M
≈ $21,436
Median (est.)
¥3.13M
≈ $19,905
Low end (est.)
¥2.43M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥4.79M
≈ $30,461
Top pay (est.)
¥5.49M
≈ $34,913
Hourly wage
¥1,789
1.5× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥203,000
vs. last year +¥6,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥2.52M
30s
¥2.91M
40s
¥3.24M
50s
¥3.54M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (48.7) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥2.56M
1–3 yrs
¥2.83M
3–5 yrs
¥3.10M
5–10 yrs
¥3.45M
10+ yrs
¥3.86M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥3.37MPart-time ¥1.42MFreelance / self-employed ¥3.54MContract / temp ¥2.63M

The average hourly wage of ¥1,789 is 1.5× 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¥3.04M——
2022¥3.09M——
2023¥3.18M—3.24x
2024¥3.29M—3.14x
2025¥3.37M—2.90x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 看護助手 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥3.37M → in 3 years ¥3.74M → in 5 years ¥4.00M → in 10 years ¥4.75M (10-year range ¥4.09M–¥5.52M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.5% per year.

¥3.37M
Now
2026
¥3.74M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥3.45M–¥4.07M
¥4.00M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥3.61M–¥4.46M
¥4.75M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥4.09M–¥5.52M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.85%Wage momentum +0.44%AI impact +0.28%Retirement shortage +0.2%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

看護助手
Japan
Nursing Assistants
United States
Median / average pay¥3.37M
≈ $21,436
$42,260
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥4.75M$57,400
Outlook score6053
AI replacement risk13% Very low26% Low
Workers—1.4M

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.