潜水士 salaryaverage ¥4.67M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥4.67M
≈ $29,690
Top pay (est.)
¥7.79M
Top 10% ¥6.75M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.51Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥6.51Mest.
¥5.60M–¥7.56M
Outlook score
64/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
21%
Low
Labor demand
Very high
Openings-to-applicants 4.37x

潜水士 salary

The average annual pay for 潜水士 in Japan is ¥4.67M (≈ $29,690; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥4.34M, the typical range is ¥3.28M–¥7.79M and the top 10% earn about ¥6.75M.

Average pay
¥4.67M
≈ $29,690
Median (est.)
¥4.34M
≈ $27,599
Low end (est.)
¥3.28M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥6.75M
≈ $42,925
Top pay (est.)
¥7.79M
≈ $49,539
Hourly wage
¥2,161
1.8× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥288,000
vs. last year +¥8,000

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
¥3.63M
30s
¥4.27M
40s
¥4.82M
50s
¥5.31M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (41.6) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥3.52M
1–3 yrs
¥3.90M
3–5 yrs
¥4.28M
5–10 yrs
¥4.78M
10+ yrs
¥5.36M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥4.67MPart-time ¥1.96MFreelance / self-employed ¥4.90MContract / temp ¥3.64M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,161 is 1.8× 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¥4.32M——
2022¥4.61M——
2023¥4.53M—4.82x
2024¥4.53M—4.59x
2025¥4.67M—4.37x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 潜水士 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥4.67M → in 3 years ¥5.16M → in 5 years ¥5.51M → in 10 years ¥6.51M (10-year range ¥5.60M–¥7.56M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.4% per year.

¥4.67M
Now
2026
¥5.16M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥4.76M–¥5.61M
¥5.51M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥4.97M–¥6.14M
¥6.51M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥5.60M–¥7.56M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +1.0%Wage momentum +0.37%AI impact +0.22%Total +3.4% / 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

潜水士
Japan
Commercial Divers
United States
Median / average pay¥4.67M
≈ $29,690
$72,990
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥6.51M$100,600
Outlook score6470
AI replacement risk21% Low21% Low
Workers—3,450

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.