How much does a nursing assistant make in Japan?
Answer: The average nursing assistant in Japan makes $22,472 (¥3.37M) a year (monthly pay × 12 plus bonus, 2025, Japan's Basic Survey on Wage Structure).
Monthly pay $1,605 × 12 + bonus $3,208. Average age 48.7; about 109,000 people work in this job. Below the Japan-wide average ($33,720).
Nursing assistant pay in Japan (2025, averages by company size and sex)
| Company size | Everyone | Men | Women | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any size | $22,472 | $24,507 | $22,036 | 48.7 |
| Big company | $23,667 | $28,129 | $23,231 | 50 |
| Mid-size | $22,203 | $24,083 | $21,711 | 48.3 |
| Small company | $21,894 | $24,036 | $21,463 | 48.3 |
Why does pay differ?
In Japan, pay can differ with experience, and some hospitals favor applicants with care qualifications. It also depends on the hospital’s size and type, the area, full- or part-time hours, and whether or how often someone works nights.
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How it changes with age
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How it changes with company size
What does a nursing assistant do?
What's a typical day like?
After a morning team huddle, they wheel patients to tests or rehab and make beds or clean the ward. At lunch they serve meals and help patients eat; later they restock supplies and sort paperwork.
How to get this job
In Japan, you can apply for a nursing assistant job without a set school degree or qualification. Once hired, you learn on the job under nurses’ direction; some hospitals also let people try the work beforehand.
Did you know?
With nurses, nursing assistants may turn patients at set times to help prevent bedsores.
What about the US?
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/246
- www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_37785.html
- www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00450091&tstat=
- job-gear.net/kagamidohp2/all/PLj_1_20_DUD%2CID/MLkyujin_l.htm
Data: MHLW Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 · 1 USD = 150 JPY