Software Developer | JP | Average Salary Survey 2024

Salary Levels (JPY) per Year

Surveys

[%]

1,410,300 JPY - 2,115,299 JPY

n/a

2,115,500 JPY - 2,820,499 JPY

n/a

2,820,600 JPY - 3,525,599 JPY

100%
12.9%

3,525,800 JPY - 4,230,799 JPY

87.1%
3.23%

4,230,900 JPY - 4,935,899 JPY

83.87%
6.45%

4,936,100 JPY - 5,641,099 JPY

n/a

5,641,200 JPY - 6,346,199 JPY

77.42%
6.45%

6,346,400 JPY - 7,051,399 JPY

70.97%
3.23%

THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY

7,051,500 JPY - 7,756,499 JPY

67.74%
16.13%

7,756,700 JPY - 8,461,699 JPY

51.61%
6.45%

8,461,800 JPY - 9,166,799 JPY

45.16%
9.68%

9,167,000 JPY - 9,871,999 JPY

n/a

9,872,100 JPY - 10,577,099 JPY

n/a

10,577,300 JPY - 11,282,299 JPY

35.48%
9.68%

11,282,400 JPY - 11,987,399 JPY

25.81%
3.23%

11,987,600 JPY - 12,692,599 JPY

22.58%
6.45%

12,692,700 JPY - 13,397,699 JPY

16.13%
3.23%

13,397,900 JPY - 14,102,899 JPY

n/a

14,103,000 JPY - 14,807,999 JPY

n/a

14,808,200 JPY - 15,513,199 JPY

12.9%
3.23%

15,513,300 JPY - 16,218,299 JPY

n/a

16,218,500 JPY - 16,923,499 JPY

9.68%
3.23%

16,923,600 JPY - 17,628,599 JPY

n/a

17,628,800 JPY - 18,333,799 JPY

n/a

18,333,900 JPY - 19,038,899 JPY

n/a

19,039,100 JPY - 19,744,099 JPY

n/a

19,744,200 JPY - 20,449,199 JPY

n/a

20,449,400 JPY - 21,154,399 JPY

6.45%
3.23%

HIGH SALARIES

21,154,500 JPY - 22,564,699 JPY

n/a

22,564,800 JPY - 23,974,999 JPY

n/a

23,975,100 JPY - 25,385,299 JPY

3.23%
3.23%

25,385,400 JPY - 26,795,599 JPY

n/a

26,795,700 JPY - 28,205,899 JPY

n/a

28,206,000 JPY - 29,616,199 JPY

n/a

29,616,400 JPY - 31,026,499 JPY

n/a

31,026,700 JPY - 32,436,799 JPY

n/a

32,437,000 JPY - 33,847,099 JPY

n/a

33,847,300 JPY - 35,257,399 JPY

n/a

35,257,600 JPY - 49,360,599 JPY

n/a

Surveys

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

Men

9,660,571 JPY

Women

7,178,439 JPY

Surveys

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

Some College

13,919,685 JPY

Masters Degree

12,170,910 JPY

Bachelors Degree

8,193,857 JPY

Doctorate Degree

5,993,785 JPY

Surveys

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

12-16 Years

16,599,260 JPY

8-12 Years

12,890,164 JPY

20+ Years

11,606,789 JPY

4-8 Years

9,561,850 JPY

1-2 Years

9,420,820 JPY

2-4 Years

7,629,736 JPY

0-1 Year

5,923,270 JPY

Surveys

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

36-40

16,599,260 JPY

31-35

12,283,734 JPY

51-55

12,072,189 JPY

41-45

11,155,492 JPY

21-25

7,954,105 JPY

26-30

7,333,572 JPY

n/a

4,978,367 JPY

Surveys

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

Self Employed

12,072,189 JPY

Permanent

9,307,996 JPY

Contract

3,088,562 JPY

Surveys

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

Tokyo

9,773,396 JPY

Yokohama

8,334,887 JPY

--Other--

6,346,361 JPY

Fukuoka

3,455,241 JPY

Nagoya

3,088,562 JPY

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Software Engineer

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Engineer iOS/Mac."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Some College	4-8 Years	Expert	24,455,800 JPY

Embedded Software Developer

Posted 03 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Works in AUTOSAR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Yokohama	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	8,334,700 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 26 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	10,899,200 JPY

Senior Engineer

Posted 19 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Windows Software Programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	8,975,900 JPY

Specialist

Posted 02 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Backend Blockchain."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	8,462,900 JPY

. Net Developer

Posted 29 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"C#
. net
oracle 
entity framework."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	3,846,700 JPY

Software Developer

Posted 24 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Redesign company website."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Fukuoka	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	3,462,200 JPY

Software Developer

Posted 10 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	10,899,200 JPY

Snr Developer

Posted 13 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing Software, Managing Team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	7,437,100 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 06 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working in Machine Learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	7,693,600 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 16 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Architect and develop stable and high available web service / e-Commerce site. 
Design, develop, implement and maintain new and existing web –based application. 
Rapidly build, iterate, test and deploy new features and products. 
Manage and contribute code to large scale projects from inception to completion."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	3,396,300 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 09 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop improvements to the main product, automate tests to increase velocity, run experiments on new features, develop tools that help other engineers perform those tasks, etc. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	15,438,000 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 19 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"C# developmemt, C++, Swift, Unity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	7,719,000 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 17 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, C#, python, JavaScript, and C++. Financial sector."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	20,583,900 JPY

Systems Engineer

Posted 10 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination, management, support and maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	6,175,200 JPY

Systems Engineer

Posted 10 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination, management, support and maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	7,719,000 JPY

Software Engineer

Posted 28 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"2. 5 years in Japanese IT company from Philippines before I moved to Japan."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nagoya	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	3,087,600 JPY

Research And Development

Posted 22 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research and development and software engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	4,245,400 JPY

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY
JAPAN

31

9,191,928 JPY

9,767,472 JPY

7,333,572 JPY

Average Salary / Software Developer / Japan

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People's individual salary examples (surveys)

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY JAPAN

31

9,191,928 JPY

9,767,472 JPY

7,333,572 JPY

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY
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