Who Earns What
Honorary Chairman of Daikin Industries

How much does Noriyuki Inoue make?

Answer: Daikin Industries' Honorary Chairman Noriyuki Inoue received about ¥4.4 billion in one year, including a ¥4.3 billion retirement payment.

Executive pay (2025)
$29.37M (¥4.41B)

Company filing Most of this is a one-time retirement bonus, not pay he gets every year.

Noriyuki Inoue$29.37M
Average worker in Japan$33,720

About 870× the Average worker in Japan. What a typical person earns in 870 years, in one year.

Per month, day, hour and second

Based on pay of about $29.37M (¥4.41B) in 2025
Noriyuki Inoue — Per month, day, hour and second
Per month$2.45M (¥367.08M)
Per day$80K (¥12.07M)
Per hour$3,350 (¥503,000)
Per second$0.93 (¥140)

Calculated This spreads the year evenly over every hour, including sleep and days off. It is not pay per hour worked.

Compared with others

One day of pay (about $80K) is about 870 days of pay for the average worker in Japan. Calculated

Noriyuki Inoue — Compared with others
NameYearAmountNoriyuki Inoue earns
💼 Joseph Michael DePinto2025$28.99M Yearly salary1×
💼 Rene Haas2025$32.69M Yearly salary0.9×
💼 Akio Toyoda2025$12.99M Yearly salary2.3×
👔 Typical CEO in the US2025$213,990140×

Ratios compare the same kind of figure (estimated total earnings with estimates, salary with salary), both in dollars (¥150 = $1). When years differ, each row shows its own year.

Who earns more?

Common questions

How much does Noriyuki Inoue make in a day?

Dividing pay of about $29.37M (¥4.41B) in 2025 by 365 gives about $80K a day.

Who earns more, Noriyuki Inoue or Joseph Michael DePinto?

Noriyuki Inoue: about $29.37M (¥4.41B) (2025). Joseph Michael DePinto: about $28.99M (¥4.35B) (2025). About the same.

Did Noriyuki Inoue announce this pay figure?

No. It comes from the company's official filing.

Sources and data

Sources: toyokeizai.net. “Estimated” figures come from news or magazines, not from the person.

Their job: 👔 CEO — CEO (typical) $213,990

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