マーチャンダイザー、バイヤー salaryaverage ¥5.58M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

Japan Fashion Confidence ★★★★☆

Average annual pay
¥5.58M
≈ $35,461
Top pay (est.)
¥9.58M
Top 10% ¥8.25M
Pay in 5 years
¥6.47Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥7.50Mest.
¥6.45M–¥8.70M
Outlook score
55/100
★★★☆☆ Average
AI replacement risk
54%
Moderate
Labor demand
High
Openings-to-applicants 1.79x

マーチャンダイザー、バイヤー salary

The average annual pay for マーチャンダイザー、バイヤー in Japan is ¥5.58M (≈ $35,461; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥5.19M, the typical range is ¥3.80M–¥9.58M and the top 10% earn about ¥8.25M.

Average pay
¥5.58M
≈ $35,461
Median (est.)
¥5.19M
≈ $33,005
Low end (est.)
¥3.80M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥8.25M
≈ $52,464
Top pay (est.)
¥9.58M
≈ $60,922
Hourly wage
¥2,671
2.3× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥243,000
vs. last year +¥11,000

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
¥4.22M
30s
¥5.04M
40s
¥5.74M
50s
¥6.38M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (42.0) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥4.15M
1–3 yrs
¥4.63M
3–5 yrs
¥5.10M
5–10 yrs
¥5.72M
10+ yrs
¥6.43M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥5.58MPart-time ¥2.34MFreelance / self-employed ¥5.86MContract / temp ¥4.35M

The average hourly wage of ¥2,671 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¥4.84M——
2022¥4.71M——
2023¥5.16M—1.96x
2024¥4.73M—1.95x
2025¥5.58M—1.79x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for マーチャンダイザー、バイヤー (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥5.58M → in 3 years ¥6.09M → in 5 years ¥6.47M → in 10 years ¥7.50M (10-year range ¥6.45M–¥8.70M). The model assumes pay growth of +3.0% per year.

¥5.58M
Now
2026
¥6.09M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥5.63M–¥6.63M
¥6.47M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥5.83M–¥7.20M
¥7.50M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥6.45M–¥8.70M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand +0.3%Wage momentum +1.03%AI impact -0.12%Total +3.0% / 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

マーチャンダイザー、バイヤー
Japan
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
United States
Median / average pay¥5.58M
≈ $35,461
—
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥7.50M—
Outlook score5542
AI replacement risk54% Moderate62% High
Workers——

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.