建築板金 salaryaverage ¥4.54M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥4.54M
≈ $28,886
Top pay (est.)
¥7.54M
Top 10% ¥6.54M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.19Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥5.92Mest.
¥5.09M–¥6.87M
Outlook score
61/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
15%
Very low
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 1.98x

建築板金 salary

The average annual pay for 建築板金 in Japan is ¥4.54M (≈ $28,886; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥4.22M, the typical range is ¥3.21M–¥7.54M and the top 10% earn about ¥6.54M.

Average pay
¥4.54M
≈ $28,886
Median (est.)
¥4.22M
≈ $26,836
Low end (est.)
¥3.21M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥6.54M
≈ $41,590
Top pay (est.)
¥7.54M
≈ $47,949
Hourly wage
¥2,091
1.8× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥249,000
vs. last year +¥6,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥3.48M
30s
¥4.09M
40s
¥4.62M
50s
¥5.08M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (43.0) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥3.43M
1–3 yrs
¥3.80M
3–5 yrs
¥4.17M
5–10 yrs
¥4.65M
10+ yrs
¥5.21M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥4.54MPart-time ¥1.91MFreelance / self-employed ¥4.77MContract / temp ¥3.54M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,091 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¥4.09M——
2022¥4.20M——
2023¥4.28M—2.41x
2024¥4.04M—2.08x
2025¥4.54M—1.98x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 建築板金 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥4.54M → in 3 years ¥4.92M → in 5 years ¥5.19M → in 10 years ¥5.92M (10-year range ¥5.09M–¥6.87M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.7% per year.

¥4.54M
Now
2026
¥4.92M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥4.54M–¥5.35M
¥5.19M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥4.67M–¥5.78M
¥5.92M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥5.09M–¥6.87M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.39%Wage momentum +0.23%AI impact +0.26%Total +2.7% / 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

建築板金
Japan
Sheet Metal Workers
United States
Median / average pay¥4.54M
≈ $28,886
$61,800
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥5.92M$84,800
Outlook score6160
AI replacement risk15% Very low11% Very low
Workers—120K

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.