ジュエリーデザイナー salaryaverage ¥5.40M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Design Confidence ★★★☆☆

Average annual pay
¥5.40M
≈ $34,314
Top pay (est.)
¥9.22M
Top 10% ¥7.94M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.77Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥6.17Mest.
¥5.30M–¥7.16M
Outlook score
31/100
★★☆☆☆ Below average
AI replacement risk
54%
Moderate
Labor demand
Very low
Openings-to-applicants 0.17x

ジュエリーデザイナー salary

The average annual pay for ジュエリーデザイナー in Japan is ¥5.40M (≈ $34,314; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.02M, the typical range is ¥3.70M–¥9.22M and the top 10% earn about ¥7.94M.

Average pay
¥5.40M
≈ $34,314
Median (est.)
¥5.02M
≈ $31,924
Low end (est.)
¥3.70M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥7.94M
≈ $50,493
Top pay (est.)
¥9.22M
≈ $58,633
Hourly wage
¥2,614
2.2× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥266,000
vs. last year +¥6,000

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
¥4.25M
30s
¥5.06M
40s
¥5.76M
50s
¥6.39M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (39.1) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.03M
1–3 yrs
¥4.48M
3–5 yrs
¥4.94M
5–10 yrs
¥5.53M
10+ yrs
¥6.22M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.40MPart-time ¥2.27MFreelance / self-employed ¥5.67MContract / temp ¥4.21M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,614 is 2.2× 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¥4.79M——
2022¥4.81M——
2023¥5.09M—0.20x
2024¥4.84M—0.18x
2025¥5.40M—0.17x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for ジュエリーデザイナー (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.40M → in 3 years ¥5.62M → in 5 years ¥5.77M → in 10 years ¥6.17M (10-year range ¥5.30M–¥7.16M). The model assumes pay growth of +1.3% per year.

¥5.40M
Now
2026
¥5.62M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.19M–¥6.11M
¥5.77M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥5.20M–¥6.42M
¥6.17M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥5.30M–¥7.16M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.52%Wage momentum +0.18%AI impact -0.12%Total +1.3% / 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

ジュエリーデザイナー
Japan
Designers, All Other
United States
Median / average pay¥5.40M
≈ $34,314
$64,950
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥6.17M$86,100
Outlook score3155
AI replacement risk54% Moderate50% Moderate
Workers—9,480

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.