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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