公認会計士 salaryaverage ¥8.11M · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years

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Average annual pay
¥8.11M
≈ $51,562
Top pay (est.)
¥15.09M
Top 10% ¥12.76M
Pay in 5 years
¥8.46Mest.
2031
Pay in 10 years
¥8.82Mest.
¥7.58M–¥10.24M
Outlook score
41/100
★★☆☆☆ Below average
AI replacement risk
86%
Very high
Labor demand
Low
Openings-to-applicants 0.62x

公認会計士 salary

The average annual pay for 公認会計士 in Japan is ¥8.11M (≈ $51,562; Basic Survey on Wage Structure (2025), national). The estimated median is ¥7.54M, the typical range is ¥5.01M–¥15.09M and the top 10% earn about ¥12.76M.

Average pay
¥8.11M
≈ $51,562
Median (est.)
¥7.54M
≈ $47,949
Low end (est.)
¥5.01M
Entry level, early 20s
Top 10% (est.)
¥12.76M
≈ $81,145
Top pay (est.)
¥15.09M
≈ $95,962
Hourly wage
¥4,304
3.7× the national minimum wage (¥1,177)
Advertised monthly wage
¥311,000
vs. last year +¥9,000

How does your pay compare with people your age?

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Pay by ageest.

20s
¥5.78M
30s
¥7.15M
40s
¥8.38M
50s
¥9.50M

Estimated from the average pay and average age (42.2) using the age-wage curve of the Basic Survey on Wage Structure.

Pay by experienceest.

Entry level
¥5.83M
1–3 yrs
¥6.59M
3–5 yrs
¥7.35M
5–10 yrs
¥8.34M
10+ yrs
¥9.48M

Pay by employment typeest.

Full-time employee ¥8.11MPart-time ¥3.41MFreelance / self-employed ¥8.51MContract / temp ¥6.32M

The average hourly wage of ¥4,304 is 3.7× 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¥6.59M——
2022¥7.47M——
2023¥7.47M—0.70x
2024¥8.56M—0.64x
2025¥8.11M—0.62x

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for 公認会計士 (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today ¥8.11M → in 3 years ¥8.31M → in 5 years ¥8.46M → in 10 years ¥8.82M (10-year range ¥7.58M–¥10.24M). The model assumes pay growth of +0.8% per year.

¥8.11M
Now
2026
¥8.31M
In 3 yrs
2029
¥7.68M–¥9.05M
¥8.46M
In 5 yrs
2031
¥7.62M–¥9.42M
¥8.82M
In 10 yrs
2036
¥7.58M–¥10.24M

What drives the annual growth rate

Base wage growth +1.8%Labor demand -0.29%Wage momentum +0.41%AI impact -1.08%Total +0.8% / 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 →

The same job in the United States

公認会計士
Japan
Accountants and Auditors
United States
Median / average pay¥8.11M
≈ $51,562
$83,680
Pay in 10 years (est.)¥8.82M$101,700
Outlook score4147
AI replacement risk86% Very high86% Very high
Workers—1.4M

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.