Lifetime earnings in Japan, after tax

Highest lifetime take-home

Top 50 of 3,780 companies, with the gross figure and the share kept.

Highest in each sector

The overall table is dominated by trading houses, real estate and professional services. Which employer pays most within your own sector is usually the more useful question.

Work out your own

For a single year, the take-home calculator does it from your own salary. Childcare leave and unemployment benefit are on all calculators. The rules behind the deductions are in what Japanese salary figures mean.

Before you rely on this

• These are estimates. A company discloses one average salary figure and nothing about its pay progression. The industry age curve is scaled to that single point, so company-specific pay structures are not reflected.
• It assumes 38 years at one employer, age 22 to 60. Job changes, re-employment after 60 and demotion at a set age are not modelled, and retirement payouts are not included (see retirement payouts).
• The deduction side has assumptions too. Bonus at about 19% of annual pay, no dependants, health insurance at 9.9% plus the 0.23% child-care support levy (FY2026). Standard remuneration is approximated by capping the monthly figure rather than using the grade table.
• Average pay covers the filing entity only, usually the parent company. Holding companies look high because only head-office staff are counted.
• Gross and after-tax rankings do not match. Progressive tax and differences in average age change how the curve is fitted.