生産・品質管理技術者 salaryaverage ¥7.04M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Engineering & Science Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥7.04M
≈ $44,766
Top pay (est.)
¥12.68M
Top 10% ¥10.80M
Pay in 5 years
¥7.82Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥8.68Mest.
¥7.46M–¥10.07M
Outlook score
49/100
★★☆☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
52%
Moderate
Labor demand
Low
Openings-to-applicants 0.75x

生産・品質管理技術者 salary

The average annual pay for 生産・品質管理技術者 in Japan is ¥7.04M (≈ $44,766; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥6.55M, the typical range is ¥4.53M–¥12.68M and the top 10% earn about ¥10.80M.

Average pay
¥7.04M
≈ $44,766
Median (est.)
¥6.55M
≈ $41,653
Low end (est.)
¥4.53M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥10.80M
≈ $68,680
Top pay (est.)
¥12.68M
≈ $80,636
Hourly wage
¥3,352
2.8× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥295,000
vs. last year +¥10,000

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
¥5.15M
30s
¥6.28M
40s
¥7.27M
50s
¥8.17M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (42.1) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥5.14M
1–3 yrs
¥5.77M
3–5 yrs
¥6.40M
5–10 yrs
¥7.23M
10+ yrs
¥8.18M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥7.04MPart-time ¥2.96MFreelance / self-employed ¥7.39MContract / temp ¥5.49M

The average hourly wage of ¥3,352 is 2.8× 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¥6.11M——
2022¥6.44M——
2023¥6.88M—0.76x
2024¥7.55M—0.75x
2025¥7.04M—0.75x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 生産・品質管理技術者 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥7.04M → in 3 years ¥7.50M → in 5 years ¥7.82M → in 10 years ¥8.68M (10-year range ¥7.46M–¥10.07M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.1% per year.

¥7.04M
Now
2026
¥7.50M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥6.92M–¥8.16M
¥7.82M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥7.04M–¥8.70M
¥8.68M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥7.46M–¥10.07M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.22%Wage momentum +0.6%AI impact -0.06%Total +2.1% / 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

生産・品質管理技術者
Japan
Industrial Engineers
United States
Median / average pay¥7.04M
≈ $44,766
$102,440
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥8.68M$138,500
Outlook score4963
AI replacement risk52% Moderate62% High
Workers—366K

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.