How much does a health worker make in Japan?
Answer: The average health worker in Japan makes $30,277 (¥4.54M) a year (monthly pay × 12 plus bonus, 2025, Japan's Basic Survey on Wage Structure).
Monthly pay $2,124 × 12 + bonus $4,789. Average age 37.6; about 77,000 people work in this job. About the same as the Japan-wide average ($33,720).
Health worker pay in Japan (2025, averages by company size and sex)
| 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 |
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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How it changes with age
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How it changes with company size
What does a health worker do?
What's a typical day like?
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.
How to get this job
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.
Did you know?
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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
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- 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