IT & TELECOMMUNICATION SALARY IN JAPAN

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Average gross salary for IT & Telecommunication GROSS SALARY
JPY 7,102,082
Average gorss salary (USD) for IT & Telecommunication GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 68,363
Average net salary for IT & Telecommunication NET SALARY
JPY 5,571,975
The most typical salary for IT & Telecommunication MOST TYPICAL GROSS
JPY 6,041,176
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  Updated: 15 Dec 2020   Diff. gross vs. net: 21%
  Salary entries: 101

Average salary for IT & Telecommunication in Japan is JPY 7,102,082.

Average take home earning is JPY 5,571,975 (Net).

The most typical salary is JPY 6,041,176 (Gross).

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Percentage of people Earn this salary or more
19 % JPY 9,941,666
13 % JPY 11,500,000
24 % JPY 9,440,000
66 % JPY 6,041,176
84 % JPY 3,937,142
94 % JPY 2,552,132
97 % JPY 1,460,000
Career Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Software Developer JPY 6,111,875 US$ 57,301 32
IT Manager JPY 12,379,933 US$ 117,383 15
Lead Developer JPY 6,073,658 US$ 60,075 14
IT Project Manager JPY 8,098,333 US$ 84,172 12
Games Developer JPY 4,220,000 US$ 41,835 04
Java Developer JPY 6,633,333 US$ 66,379 03
Python Developer JPY 6,000,000 US$ 53,331 03
IT Coordinator JPY 5,726,700 US$ 50,782 03
Data Coordinator JPY 8,500,000 US$ 77,038 02
Android Developer JPY 7,450,000 US$ 66,063 02
City Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Tokyo JPY 7,548,434 US$ 72,690 79
Yokohama JPY 6,275,000 US$ 65,639 04
Nagoya JPY 4,508,000 US$ 39,603 03
Sapporo JPY 7,200,000 US$ 63,060 02
Osaka JPY 3,150,000 US$ 27,886 02
Fukuoka JPY 2,000,000 US$ 17,735 02
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Salary levels Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 273,186 JPY 30,807,500
02
US$ 159,615 JPY 18,000,000
01
US$ 141,880 JPY 16,000,000
01
US$ 132,683 JPY 15,760,000
01
US$ 122,638 JPY 9,941,666
06
US$ 117,742 JPY 12,000,000
02
US$ 107,336 JPY 11,500,000
06
US$ 95,470 JPY 9,440,000
05
US$ 84,920 JPY 8,125,000
06
US$ 76,110 JPY 8,568,000
05
US$ 64,034 JPY 6,744,933
15
US$ 55,078 JPY 6,041,176
17
US$ 45,214 JPY 4,726,362
11
US$ 34,441 JPY 3,937,142
07
US$ 24,882 JPY 2,552,132
10
US$ 14,776 JPY 1,460,000
03
US$ 4,316 JPY 390,000
03

  SALARY BY GENDER   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 69,309 JPY 7,504,602 78
US$ 48,153 JPY 5,302,857 07
US$ 72,594 JPY 5,926,957 16

  SALARY BY EDUCATION   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 56,547 JPY 6,362,500 04
US$ 82,504 JPY 9,213,089 26
US$ 62,625 JPY 6,361,290 62
US$ 68,407 JPY 6,053,333 06
US$ 79,834 JPY 7,500,000 02
US$ 80,516 JPY 6,600,000 01

IT & Telecommunication workers holding Masters Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in Japan. With an earned Masters Degree, they grosses JPY 9,213,089. While IT & Telecommunication workers with Doctorate Degree education earn the least, with an average gross income of JPY 6,362,500. This is 45.90% lower of what Masters Degree degree holders earn.


  SALARY BY EXPERIENCE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 113,232 JPY 12,755,000 07
US$ 129,056 JPY 14,028,571 07
US$ 82,999 JPY 8,520,666 06
US$ 83,952 JPY 8,296,662 24
US$ 53,684 JPY 5,556,144 23
US$ 46,528 JPY 4,648,338 18
US$ 42,583 JPY 4,540,000 04
US$ 37,769 JPY 4,163,333 12

IT & Telecommunication workers in Japan with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 16-20 Years of experience earn a gross average of JPY 14,028,571 compared to JPY 4,163,333 for their counterparts with 0-1 Year of experience. The difference between workers with 16-20 Years of experience and 0-1 Year is 241.70%.


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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 85,578 JPY 10,000,000 01
US$ 80,007 JPY 8,766,000 05
US$ 150,819 JPY 16,681,875 08
US$ 81,154 JPY 8,679,678 19
US$ 47,961 JPY 5,253,214 28
US$ 50,607 JPY 5,310,957 21
US$ 34,465 JPY 3,886,666 03
US$ 72,594 JPY 5,926,957 16
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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. US$ 117,383 JPY 12,379,933 15
2. US$ 84,172 JPY 8,098,333 12
3. US$ 80,516 JPY 6,600,000 01
4. US$ 77,038 JPY 8,500,000 02
5. US$ 66,379 JPY 6,633,333 03
6. US$ 66,063 JPY 7,450,000 02
7. US$ 64,269 JPY 6,000,000 01
8. US$ 60,472 JPY 6,500,000 02
9. US$ 60,075 JPY 6,073,658 14
10. US$ 57,301 JPY 6,111,875 32
11. US$ 53,331 JPY 6,000,000 03
12. US$ 50,782 JPY 5,726,700 03
13. US$ 44,667 JPY 5,100,000 02
14. US$ 42,698 JPY 3,500,000 01
15. US$ 41,835 JPY 4,220,000 04
16. US$ 29,143 JPY 3,180,000 02
17. US$ 26,603 JPY 3,000,000 01
18. US$ 11,528 JPY 1,300,000 01

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In Japan economy, IT Manager is on the top list of highest earners, earning an average gross salary of JPY 12,379,933. IT Project Manager and Flash Developer follow, earning JPY 8,098,333 and JPY 6,600,000, respectively. MS Office earn a gross annual average of JPY 1,300,000, while C-Sharp Developer earn JPY 3,000,000. The gap between the lowest and the highest paid careers is 918.24%.


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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 70,342 JPY 7,329,124 91
US$ 52,561 JPY 4,937,142 07
US$ 62,044 JPY 7,250,000 02
US$ 11,528 JPY 1,300,000 01
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  SALARY BY CITY   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   JAPAN

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. US$ 72,690 JPY 7,548,434 79
2. US$ 65,639 JPY 6,275,000 04
3. US$ 63,060 JPY 7,200,000 02
4. US$ 39,603 JPY 4,508,000 03
5. US$ 27,886 JPY 3,150,000 02
6. US$ 17,735 JPY 2,000,000 02

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  SALARY BY COUNTRY    IT & TELECOMMUNICATION

# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Australia US$ 94,761 AU$ 108,350 297
2. United States US$ 89,859 US$ 89,859 1,465
3. United Kingdom US$ 80,192 GBP 54,536 476
4. Germany US$ 75,171 EUR 62,429 484
5. Japan US$ 68,363 JPY 7,102,082 101
6. Mexico US$ 40,703 MXN 688,593 79
7. Russia US$ 34,507 RUB 1,640,594 211
8. Malaysia US$ 29,651 MYR 108,156 563
9. Indonesia US$ 22,098 IDR 267,580,381 192

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(56/56)  GAME DEVELOPER


 Posted: 15 Dec 2020

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Unity3D C# C++ Unreal Engine Shaders."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 3,600,000
US$ 32,922


(55/56)  PROJECT LEADER


 Posted: 08 Jun 2020

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Core Php developer having sound knowledge on Javascript and Frameworks (React, Vue, Node) Worked on Android Code analysis, Security Patch analysis and QA for Mobile. Excellent in Team communication and handling customer since alerady doing this for the past ten years."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 10,200,000
US$ 93,278


(54/56)  FOUNDER & CEO


 Posted: 05 Feb 2020

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Entrepreneurship."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 12,000,000
US$ 109,738


(53/56)  JAVA LEAD


 Posted: 09 Jan 2020

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, DevOps and Java Releated Framework."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,289,888
US$ 48,375


(52/56)  TEAMCENTER UNIFIED DEVELOPER


 Posted: 03 Jan 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "I have 6.5 years of experience in Teamcenter implementation."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,700,000
US$ 52,126


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(51/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 22 Dec 2019

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Do software and ML development."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 3,000,000
US$ 26,603


(50/56)  EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 03 Dec 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Works in AUTOSAR."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,500,000
US$ 57,639


(49/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 26 Nov 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Software development engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 8,500,000
US$ 75,374


(48/56)  DATA ANALYST


 Posted: 08 Oct 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Preparing Dashboards Writing SQL queries Automations."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,000,000
US$ 44,338


(47/56)  SENIOR ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 08 Oct 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Senior Associate Software Engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


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(46/56)  MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER


 Posted: 18 Sep 2019

Masters Degree, 0-1 year: "Machine learning engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,000,000
US$ 62,073


(45/56)  R&D PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 10 Sep 2019

Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "Develop and deliver the software features to telecom carriers."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 12,000,000
US$ 106,410


(44/56)  CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER


 Posted: 03 Sep 2019

Masters Degree, 16-20 years: "Chief Information Security Manager."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 30,000,000
US$ 266,026


(43/56)  PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 22 Aug 2019

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Planning and project co-ordination."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 9,000,000
US$ 79,808


(42/56)  UNITY PROGRAMMER


 Posted: 10 Aug 2019

Masters Degree, 0-1 year: "Implement things in Unity."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 3,600,000
US$ 31,923


(41/56)  DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE


 Posted: 09 Aug 2019

Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "Leading a small team of developers."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 70,000
US$ 621


(40/56)  SENIOR ENGINEER


 Posted: 19 Jul 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Windows Software Programming."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,000,000
US$ 62,073


(39/56)  LEAD DEVELOPER


 Posted: 13 Jul 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Lead developer of small team."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,500,000
US$ 66,506


(38/56)  CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER


 Posted: 06 Jul 2019

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Managing various IT resources of companies."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 18,000,000
US$ 159,615


(37/56)  SPECIALIST


 Posted: 02 Jul 2019

Masters Degree, 2-4 years: "Backend Blockchain."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,600,000
US$ 58,526


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(36/56)  PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 27 Jun 2019

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Managing multiple teams working on an acquisition project. Adept at Project Management tools like PMx, JIRA etc."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,200,000
US$ 63,846


(35/56)  .NET DEVELOPER


 Posted: 29 May 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "C# .net oracle entity framework."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 3,000,000
US$ 26,603


(34/56)  CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER


 Posted: 08 May 2019

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Manage IT security, development team, desktop support team."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,524,000
US$ 66,719


(33/56)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 24 Apr 2019

Doctorate Degree, 0-1 year: "Redesign company website."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 2,700,000
US$ 23,942


(32/56)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 10 Apr 2019

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Machine learning."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 8,500,000
US$ 75,374


(31/56)  DEVELOPMENT MANAGER


 Posted: 03 Mar 2019

Masters Degree, 20+ years: "Development Manager Investment Banking."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 31,615,000
US$ 280,347


(30/56)  SNR DEVELOPER


 Posted: 13 Feb 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Writing Software, Managing Team."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,800,000
US$ 51,432


(29/56)  IT MANAGER


 Posted: 12 Feb 2019

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Infrastructure Manager."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


(28/56)  RESEARCHER


 Posted: 23 Jan 2019

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "It is same role as software developers."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,500,000
US$ 48,771


(27/56)  TECHNICAL LEAD


 Posted: 12 Jan 2019

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Technical Lead for a team."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 11,000,000
US$ 97,543


(26/56)  IT SPECIALIST


 Posted: 08 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Handles all software and hardware."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 2,760,000
US$ 24,474


(25/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 06 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Working in Machine Learning."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


(24/56)  SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD


 Posted: 28 Dec 2018

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Lead team and coordinate with off shore."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


(23/56)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 18 Dec 2018

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Develop new features for existing software."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 4,360,000
US$ 38,662


(22/56)  INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER


 Posted: 21 Nov 2018

Doctorate Degree, 8-12 years: "Infrastructure Engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 11,000,000
US$ 97,543


(21/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 16 Nov 2018

Some College, 1-2 years: "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."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 2,640,000
US$ 23,410


(20/56)  CONTENT MANAGER


 Posted: 13 Nov 2018

Masters Degree, 0-1 year: "I create a website, manage it, write reviews on online casinos, manage, edit and review freelancers' reviews, make schedules for freelancers, do some sales job visiting companies for contracts."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 3,900,000
US$ 34,583


(19/56)  SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 24 Oct 2018

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Programming web api and using angular for the user interface, provides architectural input."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


(18/56)  MANAGER


 Posted: 03 Oct 2018

Some College, 4-8 years: "Direct and provide resources."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 4,680,000
US$ 41,500


(17/56)  OFFICE STAFF


 Posted: 15 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "I work their to make official letters and control our official web site."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 1,300,000
US$ 11,528


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(16/56)  WEB DEVELOPER


 Posted: 12 Aug 2018

High School, 4-8 years: "Web development in general."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,000,000
US$ 62,073


(15/56)  SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER


 Posted: 07 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Coordinate with offshore team, manage meetings with client."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,420,100
US$ 48,063


(14/56)  PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 05 Aug 2018

Doctorate Degree, 0-1 year: "Project manager."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,000,000
US$ 44,338


(13/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 09 Jul 2018

Masters Degree, 1-2 years: "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..."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 12,000,000
US$ 106,410


(12/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 19 Jun 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "C# developmemt, C++, Swift, Unity."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


(11/56)  ANDROID ENGINEER


 Posted: 10 Jun 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Android App development."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,900,000
US$ 61,186


(10/56)  SENIOR ANDROID DEVELOPER


 Posted: 29 May 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Develop Android application."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 8,000,000
US$ 70,940


(9/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 17 May 2018

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Java, C#, python, JavaScript, and C++. Financial sector."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 16,000,000
US$ 141,880


(8/56)  BUSINESS ANALYST


 Posted: 16 Apr 2018

Masters Degree, 16-20 years: "Functional consultant."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 12,000,000
US$ 106,410


(7/56)  SYSTEMS ENGINEER


 Posted: 10 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Coordination, management, support and maintenance."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,000,000
US$ 53,205


(6/56)  SYSTEMS ENGINEER


 Posted: 10 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Coordination, management, support and maintenance."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 4,800,000
US$ 42,564


(5/56)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 28 Mar 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "2.5 years in Japanese IT company from Philippines before I moved to Japan."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 2,400,000
US$ 21,282


(4/56)  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT


 Posted: 22 Feb 2018

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Research and development and software engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 3,300,000
US$ 29,263


(3/56)  SENIOR CONSULTANT


 Posted: 31 Jan 2018

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Development of software related to devices."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 6,600,000
US$ 58,526


(2/56)  SENIOR SOFTWARE ENIGNEER


 Posted: 15 Dec 2017

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Working as a software engineer data analytics for 4 years broadly my role involves designing and Implementing data processing and dashboard for different kinds Of Data - Sources,Systems,Formats and content for achieving actionable insights.Developing techniques to curate, transform, analyse and enhance both structured and unstructured data.Additional to technical roles I have also participated in product design and development activities, travelling to customer locations to understand their business data problems and document their business requirement and also work with cross-functional teams."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 5,000,000
US$ 44,714


(1/56)  SYSTEMS MANAGER


 Posted: 30 Oct 2017

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Manage 3 branches of IT for medium sized business: networking and help desk; business systems management and analysis and development."
Individual GROSS salary:
JPY 7,500,000
US$ 67,071


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