In 2024, both full-time employees and part-time employees engaged in the electricity, gas, heat, supply, or water industry in Japan earned the highest monthly cash earnings on average among all industries. That year, full-time employees in Japan received an average of about 453.3 thousand Japanese yen a month, while part-time workers earned 111.9 thousand yen per month on average.
Average monthly cash earnings according to the type of employment in Japan in 2024, by industry
(1,000 Japanese yen)
total cash earnings at business establishments with five or more regular employees
Supplementary notes
Cash earnings include the amount of contractual and special cash earnings before deducting income tax, social insurance premium, trade union dues or purchase price, etc.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.64 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of February 2025.
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