Key information about Japan Household Income per Capita

• Japan Annual Household Income per Capita reached 15,561.853 USD in Dec 2024, compared with the previous value of 16,060.769 USD in Dec 2023.
• Japan Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2000 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 17,278.293 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 22,731.231 USD in Dec 2012 and a record low of 14,845.104 USD in Dec 2002.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Japan grew 5.854 % YoY in May 2023.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from monthly Household Income and monthly Average Household Size and converts it into USD. Statistical Bureau provides Household Income in local currency and Average Household Size. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Household Income covers Workers Households only.

Japanese households had an average annual income of approximately *** million Japanese yen in 2024, constituting an increase of *** percent compared to the previous year. Stagnant wages and regional income disparitiesHousehold income refers to the combined gross income of all household members aged 15 years and older, regardless of relation. While the average number of household members was **** in 2022, there were only about **** earners per household. A look at the time series reveals that the average income stagnated in the last ten years. Japan’s well-beingOften cited with family income and per capita income, the annual average household income is a useful economic indicator of a country’s living standard and individual wealth. In terms of well-being, Japan’s performance is mixed compared to other OECD countries. While low labor market insecurity and a high employment rate indicate Japan is performing well relative to other OECD countries, average earnings, as well as household net adjusted disposable income were lower than the OECD average.

The average monthly wage of full-time workers in Japan amounted to around ******* Japanese yen in 2024. This represented an increase of *** percent compared to the previous year. Japan’s gender pay gap Japan’s gender pay gap remains one of the highest in the world. At **** percent, the earnings gap between men and women in 2022 was almost ***** as high as the OECD average. This is in part due to structural reasons, such as the fact that a larger share of female workers are in non-regular employment. In 2024, the average wage of women working full-time was ******* yen, compared to an average of ******* yen earned by male full-timers. Minimum wages in Japan Japan has a decentralized system that determines the minimum wage per hour by region and industry. In 2024, minimum wages were set for all prefectures and some industries in different prefectures. ***** was the prefecture with the highest hourly minimum wage at ***** yen, while ***** Prefecture had the lowest at *** yen. In October 2024, the average minimum wage across all prefectures in Japan was raised to ***** yen per hour, up by ** yen. The government aims to increase the average minimum wage to ***** yen by 2030.

Key information about Japan Monthly Earnings

• Japan Monthly Earnings stood at 2,014 USD in Sep 2025, compared with the previous figure of 2,034 USD in Aug 2025
• Japan Monthly Earnings data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1971 to Sep 2025, with an average number of 2,161 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 7,322 USD in Dec 1994 and a record low of 164 USD in Feb 1971

CEIC converts Monthly Earnings into USD. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides Average Monthly Earnings in local currency. Federal Reserve Bank average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Monthly Earnings include Establishments with 5 or more employees. Monthly Earnings prior to January 2012 are based on Conventional Published Value.


Further information about Japan Monthly Earnings

• In the latest reports, Japan Population reached 124 million people in Dec 2024
• Unemployment Rate of Japan remained the same at 3 % in Oct 2025
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate remained the same rate at 64 % in Oct 2025

Wages in Japan increased to 334341 JPY/Month in September from 332555 JPY/Month in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Japan Average Monthly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, one-person households in Japan had an average income of approximately *** million Japanese yen, remaining at the level of the previous year. The number of members per household in Japan has been declining, raising the number of one-person households to over ** million.

In 2024, the average annual wage at constant prices for full-time workers in Japan amounted to approximately **** million Japanese yen. This constituted an increase from an average of **** million yen recorded in 2024.

A breakdown of annual household incomes in Japan showed that around ***** percent of households earned less than *** million Japanese yen per year as of 2024. That year, the average annual household income of Japanese households was approximately *** million yen compared to a median household income of *** million yen.

Average Annual Wages in Japan increased to 49445.91 USD in 2024 from 49173.07 USD in 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Japan Average Annual Wages.

The scheduled cash earnings of ordinary workers in Japan in 2024 amounted to *** thousand Japanese yen for people aged 55 to 59 years old. Scheduled cash earnings tended to be highest for workers in their fifties and strongly decreased afterwards.

Wages in Japan increased 1.90 percent in September of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Japan Wage Growth- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Disposable Personal Income in Japan decreased to 413.96 JPY Thousand in September from 506.54 JPY Thousand in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Japan Disposable Personal Income - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The average monthly wage for full-time male workers in Japan amounted to 363,100 Japanese yen in 2024, which represents an increase of 3.5 percent compared to 2023. The breakdown by age group showed that the average income was highest among men aged 55 to 59 years old.

Wages in Manufacturing in Japan decreased to 365245 JPY/Month in September from 366698 JPY/Month in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Japan Average Monthly Wages in Manufacturing - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Minimum Wages in Japan increased to 1121 JPY/Hour in 2025 from 1054 JPY/Hour in 2024. This dataset provides - Japan Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Japan JP: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data was reported at 24.700 % in 2008. Japan JP: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data is updated yearly, averaging 24.700 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2008, with 1 observations. Japan JP: Income Share Held by Highest 10% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

This layer shows the purchasing power per capita in Japan in 2014, in a multiscale map (prefecture and municipality). Nationally, the purchasing power per capita is 2,552,579 yen. Purchasing Power describes the disposable income (income without taxes and social security contributions, including received transfer payments) of a certain area's population. The figures are in yen (JPY) per capita.The pop-up is configured to show the following information at each geography level:Purchasing power per capitaPurchasing power per capita by various categoriesThe source of this data is Michael Bauer Research. The vintage of the data is 2014.Additional Esri Resources:Esri Demographics

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Japan was last recorded at 37144.91 US dollars in 2024. The GDP per Capita in Japan is equivalent to 294 percent of the world's average. This dataset provides - Japan GDP per capita - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Japan JP: Wages Index data was reported at 100.575 2010=100 in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 100.083 2010=100 for 2016. Japan JP: Wages Index data is updated yearly, averaging 70.838 2010=100 from Dec 1948 (Median) to 2017, with 70 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 104.174 2010=100 in 2000 and a record low of 3.090 2010=100 in 1948. Japan JP: Wages Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.IMF.IFS: Wages, Labour Cost and Employment Index: Annual.

The average monthly wage for female full-time workers in Japan amounted to ******* Japanese yen in 2024, which represented an increase of *** percent compared to 2023. The breakdown by age group showed that the average income was highest among women aged 50 to 54 years old.