How much does a health worker make in Japan?
a year · about $16 an hour
The average health worker in Japan makes $30,277 (¥4.54M) a year, monthly pay × 12 plus bonus, about the same as a typical worker in Japan (average, 2025, Japan's Basic Survey on Wage Structure).
What do they do?
This group covers different specialties, so there is no single daily routine. For example, a clinical engineer checks life-support machines, helps operate them during treatment, watches monitors and patients, then records changes.
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Is that a lot?
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How do you become one?
There is no single route: this broad job group has different specialties. In Japan, for example, clinical engineers complete specialist training after high school, then pass a national exam and get a license.
Why does pay differ?
In Japan, this broad job group includes different specialties, so pay can vary with the required license or extra certification and years of experience. It can also depend on the employer’s size and type, location, full- or part-time hours, and night or weekend shifts.
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Data table and sources
| Company size | Everyone | Men | Women | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any size | $30,277 | $32,633 | $26,593 | 37.6 |
| Big company | $32,959 | $36,132 | $28,019 | 37.1 |
| Mid-size | $30,326 | $31,307 | $27,877 | 37.6 |
| Small company | $26,977 | $29,809 | $24,415 | 38.1 |
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/164
- www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/list/chinginkouzou_b.html
- www.mhlw.go.jp/kouseiroudoushou/shikaku_shiken/index.html
- www.ncc.go.jp/jp/information/knowledge/liver/002/index.html
- shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/Search/Category?mode=Web
Data: MHLW Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025 · 1 USD = 150 JPY