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# Take-home pay in Japan

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 by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage 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% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, 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%

## Minimum wage

JP¥1,121.00 an hour (2025-FY; the national weighted average; each prefecture sets its own rate); JP¥2,331,680 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. 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.

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. National Tax Agency Japan, NTA taxable-income national income-tax rate table. https://www.nta.go.jp/taxes/shiraberu/taxanswer/shotoku/2260.htm
3. 2025 Basic Survey on Wage Structure, Appendix Table 3, 2025 Basic Survey on Wage Structure, Appendix Table 3. https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?fileKind=2&statInfId=000040412141
4. European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates, JPY/EUR, monthly average. https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/EXR/EXR.M.JPY.EUR.SP00.A

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/japan/
- JSON (the model for Japan): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/jp.json