工場労務作業員 salaryaverage ¥3.54M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Office & Admin Confidence ★★★★★

Average annual pay
¥3.54M
≈ $22,488
Top pay (est.)
¥5.76M
Top 10% ¥5.02M
Pay in 5 years
¥3.95Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥4.41Mest.
¥3.80M–¥5.12M
Outlook score
36/100
★★☆☆☆ Below average
AI replacement risk
48%
Moderate
Labor demand
Low
Openings-to-applicants 0.31x

工場労務作業員 salary

The average annual pay for 工場労務作業員 in Japan is ¥3.54M (≈ $22,488; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥3.29M, the typical range is ¥2.55M–¥5.76M and the top 10% earn about ¥5.02M.

Average pay
¥3.54M
≈ $22,488
Median (est.)
¥3.29M
≈ $20,922
Low end (est.)
¥2.55M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥5.02M
≈ $31,924
Top pay (est.)
¥5.76M
≈ $36,630
Hourly wage
¥1,733
1.5× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥223,000
vs. last year +¥8,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥2.59M
30s
¥3.01M
40s
¥3.35M
50s
¥3.66M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (50.3) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥2.69M
1–3 yrs
¥2.97M
3–5 yrs
¥3.25M
5–10 yrs
¥3.62M
10+ yrs
¥4.05M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥3.54MPart-time ¥1.49MFreelance / self-employed ¥3.71MContract / temp ¥2.76M

The average hourly wage of ¥1,733 is 1.5× 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¥3.16M——
2022¥3.33M——
2023¥3.40M—0.34x
2024¥3.45M—0.32x
2025¥3.54M—0.31x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 工場労務作業員 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥3.54M → in 3 years ¥3.78M → in 5 years ¥3.95M → in 10 years ¥4.41M (10-year range ¥3.80M–¥5.12M). The model assumes pay growth of +2.2% per year.

¥3.54M
Now
2026
¥3.78M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥3.49M–¥4.11M
¥3.95M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥3.56M–¥4.40M
¥4.41M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥3.80M–¥5.12M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.44%Wage momentum +0.67%AI impact +0.01%Retirement shortage +0.2%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

工場労務作業員
Japan
Helpers--Production Workers
United States
Median / average pay¥3.54M
≈ $22,488
$39,070
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥4.41M$49,900
Outlook score3634
AI replacement risk48% Moderate39% Low
Workers—166K

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.