MEDIA / SALARY
JAPAN

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

141.03 JPY = 1 USD

5,491,012 JPY

$38,935 USD

Tokyo

5,785,060 JPY

3,807,816 JPY

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Media / Japan

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Average salary for Media / Japan is 5,491,012 JPY per year. The most typical earning is 3,807,816 JPY. All data are based on 20 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 4,921,955 JPY. Women receive a salary of 5,937,373 JPY.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bachelors Degree with salary of 6,628,421 JPY. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 5,105,294 JPY.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 7,573,324 JPY. Employees with 4-8 Years of experience receive 7,319,469 JPY.

Levels / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

Salary Levels (JPY) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,410,300 JPY - 2,115,299 JPY	0	n/a
2,115,500 JPY - 2,820,499 JPY	1	100% 5%
2,820,600 JPY - 3,525,599 JPY	3	95% 15%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
3,525,800 JPY - 4,230,799 JPY	4	80% 20%
4,230,900 JPY - 4,935,899 JPY	3	60% 15%
4,936,100 JPY - 5,641,099 JPY	0	n/a
5,641,200 JPY - 6,346,199 JPY	4	45% 20%
6,346,400 JPY - 7,051,399 JPY	2	25% 10%
7,051,500 JPY - 7,756,499 JPY	1	15% 5%
7,756,700 JPY - 8,461,699 JPY	0	n/a
8,461,800 JPY - 9,166,799 JPY	0	n/a
9,167,000 JPY - 9,871,999 JPY	0	n/a
9,872,100 JPY - 10,577,099 JPY	0	n/a
10,577,300 JPY - 11,282,299 JPY	1	10% 5%
11,282,400 JPY - 11,987,399 JPY	0	n/a
11,987,600 JPY - 12,692,599 JPY	1	5% 5%
12,692,700 JPY - 13,397,699 JPY	0	n/a
13,397,900 JPY - 14,102,899 JPY	0	n/a
14,103,000 JPY - 14,807,999 JPY	0	n/a
14,808,200 JPY - 15,513,199 JPY	0	n/a
15,513,300 JPY - 16,218,299 JPY	0	n/a
16,218,500 JPY - 16,923,499 JPY	0	n/a
16,923,600 JPY - 17,628,599 JPY	0	n/a
17,628,800 JPY - 18,333,799 JPY	0	n/a
18,333,900 JPY - 19,038,899 JPY	0	n/a
19,039,100 JPY - 19,744,099 JPY	0	n/a
19,744,200 JPY - 20,449,199 JPY	0	n/a
20,449,400 JPY - 21,154,399 JPY	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
21,154,500 JPY - 22,564,699 JPY	0	n/a
22,564,800 JPY - 23,974,999 JPY	0	n/a
23,975,100 JPY - 25,385,299 JPY	0	n/a
25,385,400 JPY - 26,795,599 JPY	0	n/a
26,795,700 JPY - 28,205,899 JPY	0	n/a
28,206,000 JPY - 29,616,199 JPY	0	n/a
29,616,400 JPY - 31,026,499 JPY	0	n/a
31,026,700 JPY - 32,436,799 JPY	0	n/a
32,437,000 JPY - 33,847,099 JPY	0	n/a
33,847,300 JPY - 35,257,399 JPY	0	n/a
35,257,600 JPY - 49,360,599 JPY	0	n/a

Gender / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	12	5,937,373 JPY
2	Men	6	4,921,955 JPY

Education / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	Bachelors Degree	9	6,628,421 JPY
2	Masters Degree	6	5,105,294 JPY
3	Some College	4	3,906,537 JPY
4	High School	1	3,850,125 JPY

Experience / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	1	7,573,324 JPY
2	4-8 Years	6	7,319,469 JPY
3	2-4 Years	3	5,613,003 JPY
4	8-12 Years	3	5,048,882 JPY
5	1-2 Years	4	4,428,349 JPY
6	0-1 Year	3	2,877,017 JPY

Age / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	2	7,728,457 JPY
2	31-35	2	6,430,979 JPY
3	36-40	2	6,233,536 JPY
4	26-30	7	5,937,373 JPY
5	n/a	2	4,555,277 JPY
6	21-25	5	3,666,786 JPY

Work Type / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	5	5,739,931 JPY
2	Self Employed	4	5,514,282 JPY
3	Permanent	11	5,373,252 JPY

Cities / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	1	5,937,373 JPY
2	Tokyo	17	5,782,240 JPY
3	Nagoya	1	3,018,047 JPY
4	Osaka	1	2,524,441 JPY

Careers / Media / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	Media Manager	1	7,573,324 JPY
2	Other Media Career	6	6,797,657 JPY
3	Film Producer	1	6,769,451 JPY
4	Photographer	1	6,021,991 JPY
5	Journalist	2	5,415,561 JPY
6	Digital Media	1	4,879,646 JPY
7	Editor	5	4,668,101 JPY
8	TV Presenter	2	3,271,901 JPY
9	Cameraman	1	3,102,665 JPY

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Editor

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Write and edit artlcles."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nagoya	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	3,015,500 JPY

Video Game Localisation Specialist

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Video game translation, testing, PM work, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	3,340,900 JPY

Asistant Director

Posted 12 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Making some tv prigrams."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Some College	8-12 Years	Basic	4,009,100 JPY

Advertising Designer

Posted 17 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, Ads. , SNS, marketing, business call."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	10,691,100 JPY

Production Manager

Posted 20 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Production management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	6,769,500 JPY

Ux Designer

Posted 29 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"User Experience Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	4,872,600 JPY

Editor

Posted 25 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Editorial, management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	5,641,900 JPY

Writer

Posted 22 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I write some kind of articles including investment, car, real estate, education, sex and so on."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	3,846,700 JPY

Video Editor

Posted 08 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Edit and transcode videos, translate stuff."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	4,631,300 JPY

Assistant Director

Posted 06 December 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Assistance of research and filming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	3,783,600 JPY

Editor In Cheif

Posted 22 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"EDITOR THE ARTICLE, WORK OUT NEW PROJECT WITH BOARDS, MANAGING SNS LIKE FACEBOOK."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	7,567,100 JPY