How much does a insurance salesperson make in Japan?
Answer: The average insurance salesperson in Japan makes $36,039 (¥5.41M) a year (monthly pay × 12 plus bonus, 2025, Japan's Basic Survey on Wage Structure).
Monthly pay $2,625 × 12 + bonus $4,535. Average age 46.8; about 248,000 people work in this job. About the same as the Japan-wide average ($33,720).
Insurance salesperson pay in Japan (2025, averages by company size and sex)
| Company size | Everyone | Men | Women | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any size | $36,039 | $59,138 | $29,767 | 46.8 |
| Big company | $35,583 | $67,408 | $29,667 | 47.2 |
| Mid-size | $33,981 | $36,217 | $29,159 | 40.6 |
| Small company | $44,816 | $51,561 | $33,738 | 47.9 |
Why does pay differ?
In Japan, pay can depend on experience and sales results: some employers add commission to fixed pay. The employer, region, hours or work pattern, and the insurance specialty or extra credentials can also affect the pay system.
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How it changes with age
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How it changes with company size
What does a insurance salesperson do?
What's a typical day like?
They check product news, call customers, and prepare papers before visits. Then they listen to a customer's needs, explain a matching plan, handle paperwork, and log the visit before planning the next one.
How to get this job
In Japan, no particular school degree is required; people usually join an insurer or agency and learn through training. Life agents take company training, pass the basic exam and register; non-life agents pass the relevant sales exam and register before selling.
Did you know?
In Japan, insurance sellers cannot promise customers premium discounts or special perks; insurance rules prohibit these benefits.
What about the US?
Nearly the same jobJapan's figure is the average and the US figure is the median. Prices and exchange rates matter too, so it's a rough comparison.
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Source: MHLW Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 (regular workers, by occupation) (e-Stat). Yearly pay = monthly contractual cash earnings × 12 + annual bonus. Averages for regular workers at firms with 10+ employees. Public employees (teachers, police, firefighters) and company executives are not in this survey. e-stat.go.jp
Pages used for the text
- shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/Occupation/Detail/453
- www.seiho.or.jp/exam/curriculum
- www.sonpo.or.jp/exam/dairiten/tobe/index.html
- soudanguide.sonpo.or.jp/basic/3_2_q2.html
- www.asahi-life.co.jp/saiyou/shinsotsu/work/headoffice.html
Data: MHLW Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 · 1 USD = 150 JPY