SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SALARY
JAPAN

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

141.03 JPY = 1 USD

9,201,659 JPY

$65,246 USD

Tokyo

8,663,770 JPY

6,628,421 JPY

$47,000 USD

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Average Salary / Software Engineer / Japan

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Average salary for Software Engineer / Japan is 9,201,659 JPY per year. The most typical earning is 6,628,421 JPY. All data are based on 14 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 9,040,038 JPY. Women receive a salary of n/a.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 11,790,128 JPY. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 8,490,020 JPY.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 4-8 Years of experience receive salary of 11,987,571 JPY. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 8,363,093 JPY.

Levels / Software Engineer / 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	0	n/a
2,820,600 JPY - 3,525,599 JPY	0	n/a
3,525,800 JPY - 4,230,799 JPY	0	n/a
4,230,900 JPY - 4,935,899 JPY	0	n/a
4,936,100 JPY - 5,641,099 JPY	1	100% 7.14%
5,641,200 JPY - 6,346,199 JPY	1	92.86% 7.14%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
6,346,400 JPY - 7,051,399 JPY	2	85.71% 14.29%
7,051,500 JPY - 7,756,499 JPY	1	71.43% 7.14%
7,756,700 JPY - 8,461,699 JPY	2	64.29% 14.29%
8,461,800 JPY - 9,166,799 JPY	2	50% 14.29%
9,167,000 JPY - 9,871,999 JPY	2	35.71% 14.29%
9,872,100 JPY - 10,577,099 JPY	1	21.43% 7.14%
10,577,300 JPY - 11,282,299 JPY	0	n/a
11,282,400 JPY - 11,987,399 JPY	0	n/a
11,987,600 JPY - 12,692,599 JPY	0	n/a
12,692,700 JPY - 13,397,699 JPY	1	14.29% 7.14%
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	1	7.14% 7.14%
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 / Software Engineer / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	11	9,040,038 JPY

Education / Software Engineer / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Masters Degree	3	11,790,128 JPY
2	Bachelors Degree	11	8,490,020 JPY

Experience / Software Engineer / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	4-8 Years	5	11,987,571 JPY
2	8-12 Years	3	8,363,093 JPY
3	2-4 Years	5	7,375,881 JPY
4	20+ Years	1	6,882,276 JPY

Age / Software Engineer / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	36-40	3	12,678,619 JPY
2	n/a	3	9,801,602 JPY
3	26-30	3	8,560,536 JPY
4	31-35	4	7,559,221 JPY
5	21-25	1	5,443,767 JPY

Work Type / Software Engineer / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	12	9,547,747 JPY
2	Self Employed	1	8,024,621 JPY
3	Contract	1	6,177,124 JPY

Cities / Software Engineer / Japan (Gross JPY)

#		Surveys
1	Kawasaki	1	19,716,028 JPY
2	Tokyo	9	8,659,257 JPY
3	Sapporo	1	8,447,711 JPY
4	Yokohama	3	7,559,221 JPY

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Sr. Sre

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Site reliability
DevOps."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kawasaki	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	19,721,500 JPY

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	9,782,300 JPY

Xr Engineer

Posted 14 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Planning and Developing applications for VR, AR, MR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sapporo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	8,454,500 JPY

Chief Technology Officer

Posted 23 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Linux, swift, Kotlin, Laravel, Ruby, AWS, GCP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	8,018,300 JPY

Field Application Engineer

Posted 21 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine Learning, C++ Programming, Python Programming, C# Programming, Application Development, Computer Vision, Microcontrolers, Arm Processors."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Yokohama	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	7,053,300 JPY

Devops Engineer

Posted 09 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, DevOps and Java Frameworks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Yokohama	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	6,783,800 JPY

Web Endgineer

Posted 19 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

". NET Programmer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tokyo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	8,847,700 JPY