How much does a home care worker make in Japan?
a year · about $13 an hour
The average home care worker in Japan makes $25,459 (¥3.82M) a year, monthly pay × 12 plus bonus, below a typical worker in Japan ($33,720) (average, 2025, Japan's Basic Survey on Wage Structure).
What do they do?
After checking the visit plan, a home helper travels between clients’ homes to help with meals, bathing, cleaning, or shopping. They share updates and write care notes between visits or at the end of the day.
Did you know? In Japan, home-care visits cannot be used for a client’s family chores, guest service, big clean-ups, or pet care.
Is that a lot?
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How do you become one?
In Japan, there is no single required school route; the usual first step is to complete the Initial Care Worker Training course and its final assessment, then apply to a home-care agency. With at least three years of experience and Practical Care Worker Training, you can take the national Certified Care Worker exam.
Why does pay differ?
In Japan, pay can differ with experience, care qualifications, and the employer’s size or pay rules. Region, full-time or part-time hours, and early or night shifts can also affect earnings.
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Data table and sources
| Company size | Everyone | Men | Women | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any size | $25,459 | $25,999 | $25,291 | 51.2 |
| Big company | $26,919 | $28,629 | $26,449 | 50.3 |
| Mid-size | $24,449 | $25,936 | $24,017 | 52 |
| Small company | $25,373 | $25,328 | $25,388 | 51.2 |
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/133
- www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/kaigo/jyujisya/24/dl/r06gaiyou.pdf
- www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/database?page=1&layout=dataset&data=1&metadata=1&to
- www.n-helper.com/syoninnsya
- www.saint-care.com/tokyo-recruit/recruit/19349/
- www.kaigokensaku.mhlw.go.jp/publish/group2.html
Data: MHLW Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 · 1 USD = 150 JPY