Take-home pay in Japan
Net pay after income tax and employee social contributions for any gross salary in Japan, on the OECD Taxing Wages model for 2025. Change the salary or the household and the result follows.
On JP¥3,559,200 a year you keep about JP¥2,837,376 — JP¥236,448 a month ≈ €1,284.
OECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.
At the median salary
The national median gross salary in Japan is JP¥296,600 a month (2025). Over twelve months, JP¥3,559,200 a year, a single person without children pays JP¥198,622 in income tax and JP¥523,202 in employee social contributions and keeps JP¥2,837,376 a year: JP¥236,448 a month (€1,284 at the ECB rate for 2026-08), 79.7% of gross.
Take-home pay from half to two and a half times the average wage
The OECD's published results for 2025. The average wage in Japan is JP¥5,703,038 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.
Single, no children
| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | JP¥2,851,519 | JP¥237,627 | JP¥191,070 | 80.4% |
| 67% | JP¥3,821,036 | JP¥318,420 | JP¥252,954 | 79.4% |
| 100% | JP¥5,703,038 | JP¥475,253 | JP¥367,624 | 77.4% |
| 133% | JP¥7,585,041 | JP¥632,087 | JP¥472,837 | 74.8% |
| 167% | JP¥9,524,074 | JP¥793,673 | JP¥579,366 | 73.0% |
| 200% | JP¥11,406,077 | JP¥950,506 | JP¥680,945 | 71.6% |
| 250% | JP¥14,257,596 | JP¥1,188,133 | JP¥819,842 | 69.0% |
Single parent, two children
| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | JP¥2,851,519 | JP¥237,627 | JP¥256,160 | 107.8% |
| 67% | JP¥3,821,036 | JP¥318,420 | JP¥297,822 | 93.5% |
| 100% | JP¥5,703,038 | JP¥475,253 | JP¥387,624 | 81.6% |
| 133% | JP¥7,585,041 | JP¥632,087 | JP¥492,837 | 78.0% |
| 167% | JP¥9,524,074 | JP¥793,673 | JP¥601,099 | 75.7% |
| 200% | JP¥11,406,077 | JP¥950,506 | JP¥703,878 | 74.1% |
| 250% | JP¥14,257,596 | JP¥1,188,133 | JP¥844,050 | 71.0% |
Couple, one earner, two children
| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | JP¥2,851,519 | JP¥237,627 | JP¥215,645 | 90.7% |
| 67% | JP¥3,821,036 | JP¥318,420 | JP¥277,529 | 87.2% |
| 100% | JP¥5,703,038 | JP¥475,253 | JP¥393,608 | 82.8% |
| 133% | JP¥7,585,041 | JP¥632,087 | JP¥502,053 | 79.4% |
| 167% | JP¥9,524,074 | JP¥793,673 | JP¥610,316 | 76.9% |
| 200% | JP¥11,406,077 | JP¥950,506 | JP¥710,803 | 74.8% |
| 250% | JP¥14,257,596 | JP¥1,188,133 | JP¥844,050 | 71.0% |
How income tax is set in Japan
The national schedule for 2026, as published by National Tax Agency Japan.
| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| up to JP¥1,950,000 | 5% | |
| JP¥1,950,000 – JP¥3,300,000 | 10% | |
| JP¥3,300,000 – JP¥6,950,000 | 20% | |
| JP¥6,950,000 – JP¥9,000,000 | 23% | |
| JP¥9,000,000 – JP¥18,000,000 | 33% | |
| JP¥18,000,000 – JP¥40,000,000 | 40% | |
| above JP¥40,000,000 | 45% |
- Basic deduction: JP¥480,000 a year
- Standard consumption tax rate: 10%; reduced 8%
Where regions or municipalities charge income tax of their own, it comes on top of these national rates; the take-home figures above include the local income tax the OECD models.
The minimum wage
The statutory minimum wage in Japan is JP¥1,121.00 an hour (2025-FY; the national weighted average; each prefecture sets its own rate). Full time, 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, that is JP¥2,331,680 a year. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Japan (JP¥2,851,519 to JP¥14,257,596 a year), so its take-home pay is not estimated here. Convert other hourly rates.
What these figures are
They are the OECD's own calculation for Japan in 2025: the income tax, including the local income tax the OECD models, the employee social contributions and the cash benefits of a household at every 1% of the average wage from 50% to 250%, which here is JP¥2,851,519 to JP¥14,257,596 a year. A salary between two of those points is interpolated across that 1% step; a salary outside the range is not estimated. This is not a payslip calculator: it does not apply the tax code to your own circumstances, so deductions and credits you claim yourself, optional or regional surcharges the OECD does not include and employer contributions are not in it.
Sources
- 2025 Basic Survey on Wage Structure, Appendix Table 3 e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-11
- Euro foreign exchange reference rates, JPY/EUR, monthly average European Central Bank · data.ecb.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-01
- NTA taxable-income national income-tax rate table National Tax Agency Japan · nta.go.jp · checked 2026-08-11
- Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1) OECD · oecd.org · checked 2026-09-17