SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SALARY IN JAPAN

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Average gross salary for Software Developer GROSS SALARY
JPY 6,111,875
Average gorss salary (USD) for Software Developer GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 57,301
Average net salary for Software Developer NET SALARY
JPY 4,628,296
The most typical salary for Software Developer MOST TYPICAL GROSS
JPY 6,162,500
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  Updated: 03 Dec 2019   Diff. gross vs. net: 24%
  Salary entries: 32

Average salary for Software Developer in Japan is JPY 6,111,875.

Average take home earning is JPY 4,628,296 (Net).

The most typical salary is JPY 6,162,500 (Gross).

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Percentage of people Earn this salary or more
9 % JPY 12,000,000
31 % JPY 7,000,000
28 % JPY 8,613,333
62 % JPY 6,162,500
94 % JPY 2,640,000
100 % JPY 550,000
City Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Tokyo JPY 6,647,407 US$ 62,341 27
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  SALARY BY LEVEL   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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Salary levels Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 141,880 JPY 16,000,000
01
US$ 117,742 JPY 12,000,000
01
US$ 106,410 JPY 12,000,000
01
US$ 91,392 JPY 7,000,000
01
US$ 85,100 JPY 8,716,666
03
US$ 76,601 JPY 8,613,333
03
US$ 61,218 JPY 6,875,000
02
US$ 55,013 JPY 6,162,500
08
US$ 44,852 JPY 4,200,000
03
US$ 33,676 JPY 4,000,000
01
US$ 24,667 JPY 2,640,000
06
US$ 6,163 JPY 550,000
02

  SALARY BY GENDER   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 61,261 JPY 6,599,259 27
US$ 49,658 JPY 5,600,000 02
US$ 26,754 JPY 2,066,666 03

  SALARY BY EDUCATION   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 42,153 JPY 4,725,000 02
US$ 84,829 JPY 9,573,333 06
US$ 52,910 JPY 5,480,434 23
US$ 23,410 JPY 2,640,000 01

Software Developer workers holding Masters Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in Japan. With an earned Masters Degree, they grosses JPY 9,573,333. While Software Developer workers with Some College education earn the least, with an average gross income of JPY 2,640,000. This is 262.36% lower of what Masters Degree degree holders earn.


  SALARY BY EXPERIENCE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 82,316 JPY 9,420,000 02
US$ 117,742 JPY 12,000,000 01
US$ 89,528 JPY 10,075,000 04
US$ 52,235 JPY 5,578,571 07
US$ 48,262 JPY 4,765,000 10
US$ 64,910 JPY 7,320,000 02
US$ 35,841 JPY 3,850,000 06

Software Developer workers in Japan with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 12-16 Years of experience earn a gross average of JPY 12,000,000 compared to JPY 3,850,000 for their counterparts with 0-1 Year of experience. The difference between workers with 12-16 Years of experience and 0-1 Year is 228.51%.


  SALARY BY AGE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 85,578 JPY 10,000,000 01
US$ 84,241 JPY 9,420,000 02
US$ 101,537 JPY 10,733,333 03
US$ 47,441 JPY 5,394,444 09
US$ 54,963 JPY 5,676,153 13
US$ 53,205 JPY 6,000,000 01
US$ 26,754 JPY 2,066,666 03
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  SALARY BY JOB TYPE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
US$ 59,207 JPY 6,288,965 29
US$ 15,521 JPY 1,600,000 02
US$ 85,578 JPY 10,000,000 01
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  SALARY BY CITY   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   JAPAN

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. US$ 62,341 JPY 6,647,407 27

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  SALARY BY COUNTRY    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. United States US$ 90,217 US$ 90,217 260
2. Australia US$ 76,767 AU$ 89,767 53
3. United Kingdom US$ 70,481 GBP 48,615 66
4. Germany US$ 67,174 EUR 56,083 141
5. Japan US$ 57,301 JPY 6,111,875 32
6. Mexico US$ 46,014 MXN 836,647 17
7. Russia US$ 29,767 RUB 1,530,760 25
8. Malaysia US$ 19,899 MYR 74,216 134
9. Indonesia US$ 13,283 IDR 170,914,267 28

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(17/17)  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


(16/17)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 26 Nov 2019

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


(15/17)  SENIOR ENGINEER


 Posted: 19 Jul 2019

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


(14/17)  SPECIALIST


 Posted: 02 Jul 2019

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


(13/17)  .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


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(12/17)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 24 Apr 2019

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


(11/17)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 10 Apr 2019

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


(10/17)  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


(9/17)  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


(8/17)  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


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(7/17)  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


(6/17)  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


(5/17)  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


(4/17)  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


(3/17)  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


(2/17)  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


(1/17)  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


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