Salaries of Prefectural Governors/City Mayors in Japan, 2015
The following table shows the annual salaries of prefectural governors in Japan in 2015.
The amount of salary must be disclosed in compliance with the Information Disclosure Ordinance.
Prefecture | Yen | $ | Euro |
Tokyo | 26,950,000 | 264,945 | 237,726 |
Chiba | 23,430,000 | 230,340 | 206,676 |
Kanagawa | 22,330,000 | 219,526 | 196,973 |
Fukuoka | 21,010,000 | 206,549 | 185,329 |
Gunma | 20,960,000 | 206,058 | 184,888 |
Saitama | 20,370,000 | 200,257 | 179,684 |
Gifu | 20,160,000 | 198,193 | 177,831 |
Miyagi | 19,450,000 | 191,213 | 171,568 |
Kyoto | 19,400,000 | 190,721 | 171,127 |
Hiroshima | 19,400,000 | 190,721 | 171,127 |
Ishikawa | 19,020,000 | 186,986 | 167,775 |
Shizuoka | 18,840,000 | 185,216 | 166,188 |
Kagawa | 18,750,000 | 184,331 | 165,394 |
Okayama | 18,740,000 | 184,233 | 165,306 |
Nagano | 18,700,000 | 183,840 | 164,953 |
Fukui | 18,510,000 | 181,972 | 163,277 |
Aichi | 18,380,000 | 180,694 | 162,130 |
Niigata | 18,070,000 | 177,646 | 159,395 |
Shiga | 18,020,000 | 177,155 | 158,954 |
Kumamoto | 18,000,000 | 176,958 | 158,778 |
Hyogo | 17,850,000 | 175,483 | 157,455 |
Oita | 17,570,000 | 172,731 | 154,985 |
Toyama | 17,290,000 | 169,978 | 152,515 |
Yamaguchi | 17,280,000 | 169,880 | 152,427 |
Wakayama | 17,030,000 | 167,422 | 150,222 |
Nara | 16,970,000 | 166,832 | 149,692 |
Nagasaki | 16,910,000 | 166,242 | 149,163 |
Miyazaki | 16,880,000 | 165,947 | 148,898 |
Kagoshima | 16,870,000 | 165,849 | 148,810 |
Ehime | 16,800,000 | 165,161 | 148,193 |
Okinawa | 16,530,000 | 162,506 | 145,811 |
Ibaraki | 16,460,000 | 161,818 | 145,194 |
Fukushima | 16,400,000 | 161,228 | 144,664 |
Hokkaido | 16,070,000 | 157,984 | 141,753 |
Tottori | 15,690,000 | 154,248 | 138,401 |
Iwate | 15,590,000 | 153,265 | 137,519 |
Tokushima | 15,390,000 | 151,299 | 135,755 |
Tochigi | 14,660,000 | 144,122 | 129,316 |
Kochi | 14,480,000 | 142,353 | 127,728 |
Aomori | 14,180,000 | 139,404 | 125,082 |
Yamagata | 13,780,000 | 135,471 | 121,553 |
Shimane | 13,770,000 | 135,373 | 121,465 |
Akita | 13,500,000 | 132,719 | 119,084 |
Osaka | 13,260,000 | 130,359 | 116,966 |
Mie | 11,550,000 | 113,548 | 101,883 |
The salary of Tokyo governor is the highest.
The next data show the salaries of major cities mayors in Japan, 2015.
City | Yen | $ | Euro |
Yokohama | 24,900,000 | 244,792 | 219,643 |
Okayama | 22,000,000 | 216,282 | 194,062 |
Fukuoka | 21,570,000 | 212,055 | 190,269 |
Saitama | 21,450,000 | 210,875 | 189,210 |
Kawasaki | 20,630,000 | 202,814 | 181,977 |
Hiroshima | 19,600,000 | 192,688 | 172,892 |
Hamamatsu | 18,340,000 | 180,301 | 161,777 |
Kitakyushu | 18,250,000 | 179,416 | 160,983 |
Kobe | 18,080,000 | 177,744 | 159,484 |
Kyoto | 17,790,000 | 174,893 | 156,926 |
Shizuoka | 17,710,000 | 174,107 | 156,220 |
Sagamihara | 17,470,000 | 171,748 | 154,103 |
Sakai | 16,440,000 | 161,622 | 145,017 |
Niigata | 16,010,000 | 157,394 | 141,224 |
Kumamoto | 15,730,000 | 154,642 | 138,754 |
Sendai | 15,550,000 | 152,872 | 137,167 |
Chiba | 13,420,000 | 131,932 | 118,378 |
Nagoya | 5,890,000 | 57,905 | 51,956 |
The salary for Nagoya mayor is the lowest. The current Nagoya mayor Kawamura cut his salary by himself.
Source is Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper article on July 5th, 2016.
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