一般事務 salaryaverage ¥5.41M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Office & Admin Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥5.41M
≈ $34,429
Top pay (est.)
¥9.26M
Top 10% ¥7.97M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.67Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥5.94Mest.
¥5.11M–¥6.90M
Outlook score
38/100
★★☆☆☆ Below average
AI replacement risk
87%
Very high
Labor demand
Low
Openings-to-applicants 0.34x

一般事務 salary

The average annual pay for 一般事務 in Japan is ¥5.41M (≈ $34,429; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.03M, the typical range is ¥3.71M–¥9.26M and the top 10% earn about ¥7.97M.

Average pay
¥5.41M
≈ $34,429
Median (est.)
¥5.03M
≈ $31,987
Low end (est.)
¥3.71M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥7.97M
≈ $50,684
Top pay (est.)
¥9.26M
≈ $58,887
Hourly wage
¥2,718
2.3× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥222,000
vs. last year +¥8,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥3.99M
30s
¥4.75M
40s
¥5.41M
50s
¥6.00M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (44.6) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.04M
1–3 yrs
¥4.50M
3–5 yrs
¥4.96M
5–10 yrs
¥5.55M
10+ yrs
¥6.24M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.41MPart-time ¥2.27MFreelance / self-employed ¥5.68MContract / temp ¥4.22M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,718 is 2.3× 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¥4.94M——
2022¥4.90M——
2023¥5.11M—0.36x
2024¥5.30M—0.35x
2025¥5.41M—0.34x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 一般事務 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.41M → in 3 years ¥5.57M → in 5 years ¥5.67M → in 10 years ¥5.94M (10-year range ¥5.11M–¥6.90M). The model assumes pay growth of +0.9% per year.

¥5.41M
Now
2026
¥5.57M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.14M–¥6.06M
¥5.67M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥5.11M–¥6.32M
¥5.94M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥5.11M–¥6.90M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.43%Wage momentum +0.68%AI impact -1.11%Total +0.9% / 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

一般事務
Japan
Office Clerks, General
United States
Median / average pay¥5.41M
≈ $34,429
$45,010
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥5.94M$52,300
Outlook score3824
AI replacement risk87% Very high83% Very high
Workers—2.5M

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.