Basic salary table of regions of Japan in 2022

Each region in Japan will have a different base salary due to many different factors such as: regional factors, job characteristics, corporate salary brackets...

What is base salary?

The basic salary or minimum wage is the salary that the employer is not allowed to pay the employee for less than an hour worked. Calculated in yen and used under the most normal conditions.

According to the regulations of the Japanese Government, from October 1, 2021, the basic salary has been increased. Accordingly, the average minimum wage in Japan is 930 yen/hour. 

Factors affecting basic salary in Japan

The basic salary in each region of Japan will be different due to the influence of factors such as:

Area factor

Each region will have a different standard of living, different prices and quality of life. So the base salary will also be different.

Usually in big cities like Tokyo with high standard of living, expensive prices will have higher regional wages than other places.

Work factor

Typically, jobs with high job requirements will often have a high base salary. Jobs that require high requirements such as turning, milling, planing, mechanical engineering, carpentry ...

Enterprise salary framework

The base salary may depend on the factors of the enterprise salary bracket. Each business will have a different base salary bracket.

Base salary will vary due to the influence of many factors

Basic salary by regions of Japan

Currently, the place with the lowest basic salary belongs to Tokyo and the place with the lowest basic salary is Akita, Totoro, Shimane....

Region with the highest basic salary

The highest basic salary in Japan belongs to the capital Tokyo. Reaching 1,041 yen/hour, up 28 yen/hour compared to 2021. The 5 cities with the highest basic salary in Japan are Tokyo (1,041 yen), Kanagawa (1,040 yen), Osaka (992 yen), Saitama (956 yen) and Aichi (955 yen). With an expensive living standard in big cities like Tokyo or Osaka, a high base salary is also completely appropriate.

Tokyo 1,041

Kangawa 1,040

Osaka 992

Saitama 956

Aichi 955

Where is the lowest base salary?

In contrast, the lowest base salary in Japan is 820 yen per hour. This basic salary applies to the 7 prefectures of Akita (秋田), Totori (鳥取), Shimane (島根), Kochi (高知), Saga (佐賀), Oita (大分) and Okinawa (沖縄). It is not surprising that these provinces all have a much lower standard of living and cost of living than the average in Japan. So with such a low basic salary, the workers here are still enough for their daily life and activities.

Akita 820

Totori 820

Shimane 820

Kochi 820

Saga 820

Oita 820

Okinawa 820

Basic hourly wage table by regions of Japan in 2022