特別支援学校教員、特別支援学級教員 salaryaverage ¥5.03M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥5.03M
≈ $31,959
Top pay (est.)
¥8.48M
Top 10% ¥7.33M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.62Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥6.27Mest.
¥5.40M–¥7.28M
Outlook score
54/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
16%
Very low
Labor demand
Low
Openings-to-applicants 1.38x

特別支援学校教員、特別支援学級教員 salary

The average annual pay for 特別支援学校教員、特別支援学級教員 in Japan is ¥5.03M (≈ $31,959; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥4.67M, the typical range is ¥3.49M–¥8.48M and the top 10% earn about ¥7.33M.

Average pay
¥5.03M
≈ $31,959
Median (est.)
¥4.67M
≈ $29,698
Low end (est.)
¥3.49M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥7.33M
≈ $46,614
Top pay (est.)
¥8.48M
≈ $53,927
Hourly wage
¥2,393
2.0× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥245,000
vs. last year +¥5,000

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
¥3.68M
30s
¥4.36M
40s
¥4.94M
50s
¥5.46M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (46.0) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥3.77M
1–3 yrs
¥4.19M
3–5 yrs
¥4.61M
5–10 yrs
¥5.15M
10+ yrs
¥5.78M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.03MPart-time ¥2.11MFreelance / self-employed ¥5.28MContract / temp ¥3.92M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,393 is 2.0× 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¥4.88M——
2022¥4.94M——
2023¥4.83M—1.35x
2024¥4.91M—1.37x
2025¥5.03M—1.38x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 特別支援学校教員、特別支援学級教員 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.03M → in 3 years ¥5.37M → in 5 years ¥5.62M → in 10 years ¥6.27M (10-year range ¥5.40M–¥7.28M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.2% per year.

¥5.03M
Now
2026
¥5.37M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥4.96M–¥5.85M
¥5.62M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥5.06M–¥6.25M
¥6.27M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥5.40M–¥7.28M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.09%Wage momentum +0.1%AI impact +0.26%Total +2.2% / 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

特別支援学校教員、特別支援学級教員
Japan
Special Education Teachers, All Other
United States
Median / average pay¥5.03M
≈ $31,959
$76,580
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥6.27M$103,700
Outlook score5452
AI replacement risk16% Very low25% Low
Workers—34K

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.