ダンプカー運転手 salaryaverage ¥5.07M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Transportation Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥5.07M
≈ $32,257
Top pay (est.)
¥8.57M
Top 10% ¥7.41M
Pay in 5 years
¥5.98Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥7.04Mest.
¥6.06M–¥8.18M
Outlook score
65/100
★★★☆☆ Good
AI replacement risk
28%
Low
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 2.58x

ダンプカー運転手 salary

The average annual pay for ダンプカー運転手 in Japan is ¥5.07M (≈ $32,257; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥4.72M, the typical range is ¥3.52M–¥8.57M and the top 10% earn about ¥7.41M.

Average pay
¥5.07M
≈ $32,257
Median (est.)
¥4.72M
≈ $30,016
Low end (est.)
¥3.52M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥7.41M
≈ $47,122
Top pay (est.)
¥8.57M
≈ $54,499
Hourly wage
¥2,032
1.7× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥260,000
vs. last year +¥8,000

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
¥3.51M
30s
¥4.16M
40s
¥4.72M
50s
¥5.22M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (51.5) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥3.80M
1–3 yrs
¥4.22M
3–5 yrs
¥4.65M
5–10 yrs
¥5.20M
10+ yrs
¥5.84M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.07MPart-time ¥2.13MFreelance / self-employed ¥5.33MContract / temp ¥3.96M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,032 is 1.7× 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¥4.63M——
2022¥4.77M——
2023¥4.85M—2.62x
2024¥4.92M—2.61x
2025¥5.07M—2.58x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for ダンプカー運転手 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.07M → in 3 years ¥5.60M → in 5 years ¥5.98M → in 10 years ¥7.04M (10-year range ¥6.06M–¥8.18M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.3% per year.

¥5.07M
Now
2026
¥5.60M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.17M–¥6.09M
¥5.98M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥5.39M–¥6.66M
¥7.04M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥6.06M–¥8.18M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.69%Wage momentum +0.48%AI impact +0.16%Retirement shortage +0.2%Total +3.3% / 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

ダンプカー運転手
Japan
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
United States
Median / average pay¥5.07M
≈ $32,257
$58,640
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥7.04M$79,200
Outlook score6553
AI replacement risk28% Low42% Moderate
Workers—2.1M

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.