スクールカウンセラー スクールカウンセラー

Japan Social Services 分類:03_019-03 Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥5.83M
≈ $37,094
Top pay (est.)
¥10.11M
Top 10% ¥8.68M
Pay in 5 years
¥6.69Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥7.67Mest.
¥6.60M–¥8.91M
Outlook score
61/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
35%
Low
Labor demand
Average
Openings-to-applicants 0.77x

What スクールカウンセラー do

An English description is being prepared. Japanese description:

臨床心理に関する専門知識を活かし、学校現場で、児童や生徒及び保護者、教職員に相談・支援を行う。
 不登校やいじめ、親子関係、学習関連など様々な問題や心の悩みを抱えた児童・生徒に寄り添い、専門的な知識やスキルを駆使して心のケアや早期の立ち直りを促す仕事である。
 具体的には児童・生徒の相談にのり、カウンセリングを行う。また、保護者、教職員に対しては相談や専門的見地からの助言を行う。校内の会議に参加し、教職員や児童・生徒に対する研修や講話、心理上の見立てや問題への対応、さらにはストレスマネジメントの立場から予防対策を考え、事件・事故などで傷ついた心のケアを図っていく。
 児童・生徒が抱えている問題や悩みは、いじめや不登校に関するものを筆頭に、友人関係や親子関係、学習問題に加え、最近では発達障害や精神疾患など問題が複雑かつ多様になっている。
 スクールカウンセラーに対して特別活動や授業時間への参加を求めたり、教育相談に関する校内でのコーディネータ-の役割を期待する声が高まっている。
 スクールカウンセラーの業務を1日の流れに沿ってみると、学校に出勤して、まず学年主任や養護教諭との間で児童・生徒に関する情報を交換・共有する。児童・生徒の保護者からの相談があれば対応する。また、相談室に直行してきた不登校の児童・生徒がいれば相談にのる。不登校が続いている児童・生徒に手紙を書くこともある。一連の業務を終え、校内の会議があれば出席し、その日の記録を整理して退勤という流れになっている。

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Employment type of workers

スクールカウンセラー salary

The average annual pay for スクールカウンセラー in Japan is ¥5.83M (≈ $37,094; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.42M, the typical range is ¥3.93M–¥10.11M and the top 10% earn about ¥8.68M.

Average pay
¥5.83M
≈ $37,094
Median (est.)
¥5.42M
≈ $34,467
Low end (est.)
¥3.93M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥8.68M
≈ $55,199
Top pay (est.)
¥10.11M
≈ $64,293
Hourly wage
¥2,876
2.4× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥257,000
vs. last year +¥12,000

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
¥4.41M
30s
¥5.28M
40s
¥6.04M
50s
¥6.72M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (41.7) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.33M
1–3 yrs
¥4.83M
3–5 yrs
¥5.33M
5–10 yrs
¥5.98M
10+ yrs
¥6.74M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.83MPart-time ¥2.45MFreelance / self-employed ¥6.12MContract / temp ¥4.55M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,876 is 2.4× 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¥5.84M——
2022¥5.80M——
2023¥5.51M—0.92x
2024¥5.91M—0.81x
2025¥5.83M—0.77x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for スクールカウンセラー (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.83M → in 3 years ¥6.33M → in 5 years ¥6.69M → in 10 years ¥7.67M (10-year range ¥6.60M–¥8.91M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.8% per year.

¥5.83M
Now
2026
¥6.33M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.85M–¥6.89M
¥6.69M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥6.03M–¥7.45M
¥7.67M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥6.60M–¥8.91M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.21%Wage momentum +1.08%AI impact +0.11%Total +2.8% / 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 →

Outlook score for スクールカウンセラー

61/100
★★★☆☆
Average · ranked #107 of all Japanese occupations
AI resistance
65 pts
Entry barrier
98 pts
Pay level
71 pts
Labor demand
28 pts
Wage momentum
93 pts
Aging workforce
29 pts

Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.

Will AI replace スクールカウンセラー? AI replacement risk

35%
Low
Ranked #181 safest from AI among all Japanese occupations
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

How AI is changing this job

A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.

AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using the MHLW job tag survey on work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →

Labor demand for スクールカウンセラー

Openings-to-applicants ratio
0.77x
ranked #375 of all Japanese jobs
Demand score
Average
43/100
Advertised monthly wage
¥257,000
Hello Work postings
Workers
—
Population Census
Average age
41.7
Hours per month
158
Openings in 5 years
+6.9%
est.
Openings in 10 years
+12.4%
est.

A ratio above 1.0 means there are more job openings than applicants (a labor shortage). The 5- and 10-year figures are estimates from the openings ratio, wage momentum and AI replacement risk.

The same job in the United States

スクールカウンセラー
Japan
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
United States
Median / average pay¥5.83M
≈ $37,094
$64,330
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥7.67M$85,500
Outlook score6150
AI replacement risk35% Low52% Moderate
Workers—353K

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.

Skills, education and requirements for スクールカウンセラー

Key skills

Active Listening
6.5
Social Perceptiveness
6.1
Service Orientation
5.5
Speaking
5.4
Writing
5.1
Reading Comprehension
4.9
Monitoring
4.9
Coordination
4.8

Skill levels from the MHLW job tag worker survey.

Key knowledge areas

Therapy and Counseling
4.0
Psychology
4.0
Education and Training
3.2
Sociology and Anthropology
3.1
Medicine and Dentistry
2.7
English Language
2.6
Administrative
2.4
Communications and Media
2.3

What the work involves

Assisting and Caring for OthersEstablishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsGetting InformationMonitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsCommunicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesUpdating and Using Relevant KnowledgeIdentifying Objects, Actions, and EventsMaking Decisions and Solving Problems

Important abilities

Oral ExpressionOral ComprehensionProblem SensitivityWritten ExpressionWritten ComprehensionDeductive Reasoning

Licenses and certifications (Japan)

Related qualifications listed on job tag (names in Japanese). Some are mandatory, others recommended.

Education of workers

Training before entry

Related work experience

Difficulty of entry: ★★★★★ Hard to enter (from education, training, experience, licenses)

How to become スクールカウンセラー

The typical path in Japan is shown by the education, training and experience of current workers above and in the Japanese guidance below. A detailed English guide for this occupation is being prepared.

Guidance from job tag (Japanese)
スクールカウンセラーに就くためには、公認心理師、臨床心理士の資格が必要とされることが一般的である。臨床心理士の資格を取得するには大学を卒業後に指定大学院を修了するか、または臨床心理士養成に関する専門職大学院を修了し資格試験に合格しなければならない(*1)。
 公認心理師は国家資格で、大学、大学院でそれぞれ必要な科目を履修するか、大学で必要な科目を履修後、一定期間実務経験を積むなどした後、資格試験に合格し登録簿へ登録することで名乗ることができる(*2)。
 資格取得後、各自治体の教育委員会か又は私立学校の公募に応募して採用されれば、スクールカウンセラーとして活動することができる。臨床心理学の専門知識とそれに基づく分析力、見立て力や心を開かせる質問力、傾聴力が求められる。外部の協力機関への迅速・正確な対応力、チームコーディネートにも優れた技術がなければならない。さらに報告書の作成やスクールカウンセラー通信、児童・生徒への手紙などを書く文章力、また、守秘義務に対する理解が求められる。

*1 公益財団法人日本臨床心理士協会から
臨床心理士になるには
*2 一般財団法人日本心理研修センターから
公認心理師試験について

Career path and how to earn more as スクールカウンセラー

Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by experience is shown in the Pay section.

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.