Monthly Salary of Elderly Care Workers in Japan, 2013
Elderly care is one of the important issues in Japan. Our society needs many workers for elderly care, but their salaries are not high. Care Work Foundation conducted a survey of workers' salaries in care service business. According to it, the average salary of workers was 166,591 yen ($1,398 €1,234) per month in 2013. It includes part-time workers. In terms of full-time workers, the average is 235,269 yen per month.
Table : Monthly Salary of Elderly Care Workers in Japan by Prefecture, 2013
Total | Full-time worker (monthly payment) | |||||
Prefecture | Number of sample | Amount (Yen) | Number of sample | Amount (Yen) | Amount ($) | Amount (Euro) |
Average | 62,449 | 166,591 | 30,863 | 235,269 | 1974 | 1742 |
Hokkaido | 3,391 | 166,607 | 1,943 | 217,031 | 1821 | 1607 |
Aomori | 1,067 | 166,860 | 743 | 192,318 | 1614 | 1424 |
Iwate | 791 | 167,158 | 484 | 205,281 | 1723 | 1520 |
Miyagi | 833 | 175,252 | 458 | 223,986 | 1880 | 1659 |
Akita | 1,117 | 176,240 | 758 | 203,733 | 1710 | 1509 |
Yamagata | 693 | 189,457 | 482 | 221,565 | 1859 | 1641 |
Fukushima | 1,042 | 167,654 | 504 | 230,143 | 1931 | 1704 |
Ibaraki | 976 | 181,261 | 557 | 239,027 | 2006 | 1770 |
Tochigi | 746 | 176,454 | 386 | 241,532 | 2027 | 1789 |
Gunma | 908 | 165,110 | 433 | 234,862 | 1971 | 1739 |
Saitama | 2,041 | 159,664 | 831 | 255,456 | 2144 | 1892 |
Chiba | 2,006 | 167,422 | 917 | 249,396 | 2093 | 1847 |
Tokyo | 4,734 | 183,324 | 2,112 | 278,268 | 2335 | 2061 |
Kanagawa | 3,207 | 162,625 | 1,201 | 270,379 | 2269 | 2002 |
Niigata | 1,533 | 190,376 | 997 | 233,085 | 1956 | 1726 |
Toyama | 667 | 175,124 | 368 | 234,621 | 1969 | 1738 |
Ishikawa | 651 | 197,201 | 411 | 238,770 | 2004 | 1768 |
Fukui | 428 | 190,409 | 281 | 236,336 | 1983 | 1750 |
Yamanashi | 372 | 169,585 | 182 | 237,759 | 1995 | 1761 |
Nagano | 1,358 | 181,395 | 653 | 253,277 | 2126 | 1876 |
Gifu | 1,063 | 165,599 | 523 | 237,415 | 1992 | 1758 |
Shizuoka | 1,681 | 175,710 | 859 | 242,525 | 2035 | 1796 |
Aichi | 3,136 | 162,702 | 1,274 | 258,942 | 2173 | 1918 |
Mie | 951 | 181,856 | 512 | 250,959 | 2106 | 1859 |
Shiga | 716 | 166,209 | 363 | 229,468 | 1926 | 1699 |
Kyoto | 959 | 178,297 | 497 | 244,727 | 2054 | 1812 |
Osaka | 5,122 | 139,931 | 1,726 | 246,997 | 2073 | 1829 |
Hyogo | 2,839 | 160,479 | 1,230 | 252,420 | 2118 | 1869 |
Nara | 696 | 165,337 | 312 | 253,408 | 2127 | 1877 |
Wakayama | 602 | 170,517 | 294 | 237,671 | 1995 | 1760 |
Tottori | 345 | 181,379 | 208 | 230,350 | 1933 | 1706 |
Shimane | 561 | 180,625 | 328 | 222,005 | 1863 | 1644 |
Okayama | 869 | 168,846 | 472 | 222,722 | 1869 | 1649 |
Hiroshima | 1,431 | 170,349 | 746 | 236,565 | 1985 | 1752 |
Yamaguchi | 873 | 167,104 | 419 | 237,083 | 1990 | 1756 |
Tokushima | 444 | 169,522 | 261 | 217,169 | 1822 | 1608 |
Kagawa | 488 | 161,990 | 256 | 221,669 | 1860 | 1642 |
Ehime | 1,262 | 155,591 | 624 | 209,129 | 1755 | 1549 |
Kochi | 521 | 163,727 | 251 | 221,687 | 1860 | 1642 |
Fukuoka | 3,185 | 149,151 | 1,461 | 221,265 | 1857 | 1639 |
Saga | 510 | 158,943 | 321 | 205,321 | 1723 | 1521 |
Nagasaki | 993 | 163,506 | 584 | 211,011 | 1771 | 1563 |
Kumamoto | 1,266 | 158,845 | 711 | 203,657 | 1709 | 1508 |
Oita | 804 | 169,173 | 492 | 214,726 | 1802 | 1590 |
Miyazaki | 785 | 160,369 | 496 | 199,382 | 1673 | 1477 |
Kagoshima | 1,158 | 164,726 | 634 | 214,725 | 1802 | 1590 |
Okinawa | 583 | 160,767 | 298 | 204,449 | 1716 | 1514 |
Figure : Monthly Salary of Elderly Care Workers by Prefecture
Figure : Monthly Salary of Full-Time Care Workers by Prefecture
Table : Monthly Salary of Daily-wage Part-time Care Workers in Japan, 2013
Part-time worker (daily payment) | ||||
Number of sample | Amount (Yen) | Amount ($) | Amount (Euro) | |
Average | 1,940 | 143,189 | 1202 | 1060 |
Hokkaido | 147 | 129,361 | 1086 | 958 |
Aomori | 54 | 134,532 | 1129 | 996 |
Iwate | 31 | 152,060 | 1276 | 1126 |
Miyagi | 45 | 165,515 | 1389 | 1226 |
Akita | 68 | 149,557 | 1255 | 1108 |
Yamagata | 38 | 151,124 | 1268 | 1119 |
Fukushima | 79 | 165,466 | 1389 | 1225 |
Ibaraki | 17 | 119,098 | 999 | 882 |
Tochigi | 33 | 113,773 | 955 | 843 |
Gunma | 16 | 149,343 | 1253 | 1106 |
Saitama | 31 | 156,954 | 1317 | 1162 |
Chiba | 84 | 143,489 | 1204 | 1063 |
Tokyo | 50 | 131,478 | 1103 | 974 |
Kanagawa | 63 | 140,782 | 1181 | 1043 |
Niigata | 76 | 158,152 | 1327 | 1171 |
Toyama | 25 | 99,190 | 832 | 735 |
Ishikawa | 24 | 120,793 | 1014 | 895 |
Fukui | 5 | 112,924 | 948 | 836 |
Yamanashi | 12 | 163,584 | 1373 | 1212 |
Nagano | 36 | 180,579 | 1515 | 1337 |
Gifu | 18 | 112,118 | 941 | 830 |
Shizuoka | 6 | 138,431 | 1162 | 1025 |
Aichi | 39 | 150,823 | 1266 | 1117 |
Mie | 20 | 164,716 | 1382 | 1220 |
Shiga | 21 | 161,745 | 1357 | 1198 |
Kyoto | 35 | 135,132 | 1134 | 1001 |
Osaka | 76 | 126,440 | 1061 | 936 |
Hyogo | 47 | 125,405 | 1052 | 929 |
Nara | 6 | 72,850 | 611 | 540 |
Wakayama | 49 | 161,306 | 1354 | 1195 |
Tottori | 28 | 155,982 | 1309 | 1155 |
Shimane | 30 | 132,941 | 1116 | 985 |
Okayama | 28 | 140,333 | 1178 | 1039 |
Hiroshima | 52 | 135,081 | 1134 | 1000 |
Yamaguchi | 27 | 152,137 | 1277 | 1127 |
Tokushima | 29 | 164,392 | 1380 | 1217 |
Kagawa | 4 | 165,292 | 1387 | 1224 |
Ehime | 60 | 156,926 | 1317 | 1162 |
Kochi | 55 | 151,898 | 1275 | 1125 |
Fukuoka | 103 | 139,353 | 1169 | 1032 |
Saga | 20 | 92,493 | 776 | 685 |
Nagasaki | 27 | 138,373 | 1161 | 1025 |
Kumamoto | 70 | 145,406 | 1220 | 1077 |
Oita | 47 | 134,002 | 1125 | 992 |
Miyazaki | 31 | 163,749 | 1374 | 1213 |
Kagoshima | 60 | 146,997 | 1234 | 1089 |
Okinawa | 18 | 137,740 | 1156 | 1020 |
Table : Monthly Salary of Hourly-wage Part-time Care Workers in Japan, 2013
Part-time worker (hourly payment) | ||||
Number of sample | Amount (Yen) | Amount ($) | Amount (Euro) | |
Average | 29,646 | 96,625 | 811 | 716 |
Hokkaido | 1,301 | 95,508 | 802 | 707 |
Aomori | 270 | 103,270 | 867 | 765 |
Iwate | 276 | 101,998 | 856 | 755 |
Miyagi | 330 | 108,943 | 914 | 807 |
Akita | 291 | 110,860 | 930 | 821 |
Yamagata | 173 | 108,419 | 910 | 803 |
Fukushima | 459 | 99,414 | 834 | 736 |
Ibaraki | 402 | 103,851 | 872 | 769 |
Tochigi | 327 | 105,960 | 889 | 785 |
Gunma | 459 | 99,858 | 838 | 740 |
Saitama | 1,179 | 92,218 | 774 | 683 |
Chiba | 1,005 | 94,626 | 794 | 701 |
Tokyo | 2,572 | 106,368 | 893 | 788 |
Kanagawa | 1,943 | 96,729 | 812 | 716 |
Niigata | 460 | 103,133 | 865 | 764 |
Toyama | 274 | 102,145 | 857 | 756 |
Ishikawa | 216 | 126,596 | 1062 | 938 |
Fukui | 142 | 102,252 | 858 | 757 |
Yamanashi | 178 | 100,283 | 842 | 743 |
Nagano | 669 | 111,276 | 934 | 824 |
Gifu | 522 | 95,490 | 801 | 707 |
Shizuoka | 816 | 105,648 | 887 | 782 |
Aichi | 1,823 | 95,699 | 803 | 709 |
Mie | 419 | 98,234 | 824 | 728 |
Shiga | 332 | 97,325 | 817 | 721 |
Kyoto | 427 | 104,514 | 877 | 774 |
Osaka | 3,320 | 84,578 | 710 | 626 |
Hyogo | 1,562 | 89,135 | 748 | 660 |
Nara | 378 | 94,111 | 790 | 697 |
Wakayama | 259 | 96,032 | 806 | 711 |
Tottori | 109 | 94,455 | 793 | 700 |
Shimane | 203 | 120,812 | 1014 | 895 |
Okayama | 369 | 102,094 | 857 | 756 |
Hiroshima | 633 | 95,210 | 799 | 705 |
Yamaguchi | 427 | 99,383 | 834 | 736 |
Tokushima | 154 | 89,736 | 753 | 665 |
Kagawa | 228 | 94,924 | 797 | 703 |
Ehime | 578 | 97,655 | 820 | 723 |
Kochi | 215 | 99,089 | 832 | 734 |
Fukuoka | 1,621 | 84,777 | 711 | 628 |
Saga | 169 | 78,718 | 661 | 583 |
Nagasaki | 382 | 92,656 | 778 | 686 |
Kumamoto | 485 | 95,092 | 798 | 704 |
Oita | 265 | 90,836 | 762 | 673 |
Miyazaki | 258 | 84,962 | 713 | 629 |
Kagoshima | 464 | 98,701 | 828 | 731 |
Okinawa | 267 | 113,566 | 953 | 841 |
Source is Care Work Foundation.
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