Total Lifetime Earnings in Japan, 2015
The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training researched about workers' lifetime earnings. They defined
Lifetime Earnings = The sum of the average salary of each age.
Lifetime earnings depends on gender and educational background.
The following shows the lifetime earnings in Japan by educational background, 2015
Table 1: General figures (unit: million yen, $, €)
Educational background | men | women | men $ | women $ | men € | women € |
High school | 246.1 | 182.4 | 2,192,505 | 1,625,002 | 1,954,772 | 1,448,803 |
2-year college | 243.0 | 198.8 | 2,164,887 | 1,771,109 | 1,930,149 | 1,579,068 |
College | 277.0 | 235.3 | 2,467,793 | 2,096,288 | 2,200,211 | 1,868,988 |
Table in US dollar
Table 2: Employee of big companies (more than 1000 employees)
Educational background | men | women | men $ | women $ | men € | women € |
High school | 272.4 | 200.8 | 2,426,812 | 1,788,927 | 2,163,673 | 1,594,954 |
2-year college | 279.0 | 220.6 | 2,485,611 | 1,965,325 | 2,216,097 | 1,752,226 |
College | 305.9 | 252.4 | 2,725,263 | 2,248,632 | 2,429,764 | 2,004,813 |
Table in US dollar
Table 3: Employee of medium companies (100-1000 employees)
Educational background | men | women | men $ | women $ | men € | women € |
High school | 228.2 | 173.6 | 2,033,034 | 1,546,602 | 1,812,593 | 1,378,905 |
2-year college | 224.3 | 193.7 | 1,998,289 | 1,725,673 | 1,781,615 | 1,538,559 |
College | 248.2 | 224.1 | 2,211,214 | 1,996,507 | 1,971,453 | 1,780,026 |
Table in US dollar
Table 4: Employee of small companies (less than 100 employees)
Educational background | men | women | men $ | women $ | men € | women € |
High school | 195.0 | 147.4 | 1,737,255 | 1,313,187 | 1,548,885 | 1,170,798 |
2-year college | 207.1 | 171.5 | 1,845,054 | 1,527,894 | 1,644,995 | 1,362,225 |
College | 215.0 | 189.5 | 1,915,435 | 1,688,256 | 1,707,745 | 1,505,199 |
Table in US dollar
Source is The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
ユースフル労働統計 2015
www.jil.go.jp/kokunai/statistics/kako/documents/21_p281-325.pdf
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