Is Japan Average Salary Better than Yours
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- The Japanese average salary in Tokyo is better than the Japan average salary.
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A Japanese workers total income mainly depends on the type of Job but other factors play into the rate such as area and gender. In this video we explore how much Japanese earn, the Japan average annual income as well as detail the japan average monthly income for specific jobs in jobs in Japan. If you are interested in working in job or wondering how to get a job in Japan, then this video may be a good resource as it will provide insight on the Japan minimum wage and average salaries for specific Japanese jobs. When looking at the average salary in Japan, it's also helpful to see the average working hours in japan. I also detail the average salary for an English teacher in Japan for those who are interested. After watching this video, let me know if you think the average Japanese salary and work life is better or worse than yours. Sometimes Japanese workers and Japan work life gets a portrayed terribly in media, but based on Japan working hours it doesn't seem that bad. Also, Japan has many national Holidays in addition to a minimum of 10 paid annual leave days. Working in Japan may not be that bad, but it also depends on the company so it is important to choose wisely. The minimum wage in Japan also ranks quite hight compared to most companies and is covered in this video.
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__ Is Japan Average Salary Better Than Yours Timestamps __
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - 1. Japanese Work Less Than You Think
1:46 - 2. Minimum Wage in Japan Ain’t That Bad
2:03 - 3. Japan Has a Lot of Days Off
3:18 - 4. Even Teachers Get Paid 60k a Year
5:41 - 5. Cost Living is the Same as USA
6:01 - 6. You Get Paid More in Tokyo
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@다이아나다이아나 I'm working on this one
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Just a heads up the informations was not 100% accurate. Canadas minimum wage is 14.00 an hour. And may even rise to 15 an hour
Daily life of anime director
We need "a day in a life of a Yakuza member" 😛
I agreed
AV actress i suggest
I'm just imagining Paolo, a Yakuza mohawk guy, and the camera man having an awkward conversation at a maid cafe.
Yes please
ayabeihere knowing Pablo he probably would make a video on that 😂
Can you do 'Day in the Life of a Japanese Doctor'?
Lol, you seem to like the 17k $ per month for Doctors I guess :)
@@Klivdx 17k a month? Cute.
@@Klivdx Doctors in Quebec, Canada make minimum 30k a month
La Meme how much do engineers earn?
@@Klivdx yeah I work in the us as internal medicine and I am getting 3 times of that lol
The Japanese might have less "on the book" work hours than the US and other countries. But culturally you are pretty much expected to work several hours "off the clock" every day, take work home and work on holidays. We had a several Japanese from our Tokyo office transfer to our Boston office, they couldn't believe it the first day when at 4:00pm everybody started packing up and leaving the office, they didn't understand what was going on, they thought there was an off-site meeting everybody was going to. Their minds were blown when we said, "Nope, we work 8 hours and then clock out. No overtime, no working from home, the second the clock hit's 4:00pm we're done, the office shuts down, the lights go off and we go home."
Same for China, it’s like a race of who leaves the latest. If u leave on time means ur not hard working and doesn’t want promotion. However in US, it rly depends on the company, even tho gov regulation says otherwise, some companies would basically tell employee to block out and then still work, good companies will actually be “time to go home don’t bring work”
You must work at some boutique wealth management firm... I live in new York we work 70-80 hr even at lazier jobs you can expect a 50-60 hr workweek... I've seen people work 90+...
@@danli9884 that's cause high finance has some of the most intensive working hours out of any white collar profession, especially in NYC. It's not representative of the median worker.
@@danli9884 It's an Accounting/Auditing firm, I wouldn't say we never work overtime, but it's very little (maybe 15 hours over the course of a year). Usually limited to crunch time the final week before we have to get an Audit Report or large financial statement out and are up against a hard deadline.
It really depends. I work in Japan on a project where I start at 11am and finish at 5pm. But then the pay is not good.
Salary's 50% higher in Tokyo, but the cost of living is up by almost 100%.
so we notice, salary is not that important, cost is the most important...so thats why you cant compare salaries between countries and so on
@@yoool7137 you can compare salaries if you also compare cost of life
Same thing here in California
That is why so many people live outside and commute into Tokyo and why you see all those packed trains with pushers
@@yoool7137 Ibrah, Of course you can compare salaries between countries.
Who wants : "A Day in the Life of Paolo"
....ooh you think you're smart don't you? that was pretty clever I must admit^^ I'm in
i had the same idea :D
*Paolo attaches camera to head*
None
Yes!
*_Intense bowing in the background on the left at _**_0:42_*
Dremekeks looks like „no im gonna have the last bow!“ 😂😂
It’s just the way to say thank you (the woman) and “no worries” (the guy)
Nicr one..
Bow wars
I read it as "intense bowling" lol
Can you imagine all the stressed out software engineers who dream of someday being promoted to cook Ramen? 😆
Really crazy to think that cooking Ramen is higher pay then a software engineer😳
It is simple food is more important than a gadget
@@Sikawi I definitely agree with you. Nothing is more important than food and water. But one software engineer can produce enough value in time saved via automation to purchase food for a million people.
@@joshuawedekind3903 yea I also agree with you
@@joshuawedekind3903And by the way I was joking to 🙃
Having worked in Japan and the US as an engineer, I would say that engineers in Japan are significantly underpaid. In most companies they are paid the same as the non-technical staff. But in the US, engineer pay can rival that of company executives, doctors and lawyers. Even low performing engineers can earn $100k a year with high performing ones earning north of $500k.
Indeed, the engineers are crazy underpaid there (while super appreciated worldwide) If they would learn fluent english, they could start leaving Japan
@@empress2529 There's probably a fairly large incentive for the government to keep foreing languages out of the school curriculum to prevent a significant brain drain from the country.
@@lau4893 mmm maybe. Yes, in dictatorships as Russia, one of the way to keep the citizens ignorant, so they could be brainwashed, is not to teach them foreign languages, English e.g.
In Japan, if you tell people you make $500k and work for a company, people don’t believe. To them, 500k means you are running your own business. Public impression is no salary worker earns more than 150k, though reality is some do but people just don’t know.
Can an engineer gain more experience in Japan versus the U.S? Thats more important to me than salary
"Japanese work less than you think"
Makoto had like a 14 hour day!
Nothing against Paolo but he is taking things a little out of Context and not looking at the numbers closely, looking at averages the work day in Japan averages out to be 7.39 work hours per day, not including social work obligations like getting drinks with coworkers being more of an obligation than a choice. When you do the same math with US numbers, taking out weekends and having an average PTO of 11 days, with 8 holidays a year you get 7.26 work hours average per day. While people in the US might work more hours overall, they work more days, have shorter shifts and do not have the same social obligations of going out and drinking with coworkers, which is still somewhat like work. It is not time you can freely dispose of and have to take into account.
Yeah but ramen managers make 1.7x the national average salary so I guess he works longer hours for increased pay. Japan is cool because no one is privileged. Nobody gets off easy, and generally profit margins are intentionally lower on Japanese companies in order to sell things at near cost for fairness and transparency.
@@robertwilsoniii2048 japan is the real definition of Communism..lol jk
@@InvincibleAkuma The good kind of communism?
That’s nothing. I work 16 hours 4 days straight. Two jobs. Im a scientist at a local hospital.
My suggestions for A day in the life of:
-A Japanese Professional Football player
-A sumo wrestler
-A news reporter
-Train Driver
-Vending Machine Maintenance Guy
Also a life of a seiyuu(voice actor)
Sumo !!!
Vending machine!!
A JAV actress/actor's daily life should be at the top of this list
Has he done a day in a life of a gaijin-salaryman?
Finland 7,5h/day. 5 times a week. 30 days annual paid leave. 10 holidays. Programmer gets 3100€/monthMinimum wage 8$. Taxes at 3100€\month 25%. Cheap healthcarw and free school all the way to university and highscool students gets paid 500€/month.Unemployed gets around 700€/month. Might made a mistake but around there.
Same in France
My part time job pays 2600€/month here in US. Around 20% taxes.
@@TheAlchemist1089 lol my part time job pays 3500€/month here and I pay ~18% taxes. Why do you earn so little?
@@Hallo81398 it's part time lol
Actually 20% was an approximation
I work like 25 hrs/wk
Plus it's WFH 🤩
@@TheAlchemist1089 I work 20 hours a week for 3500€ so i am still doing better lmao
I moved away from Tokyo to the US in 2019 and realized that the cost of living in Tokyo basically remained the same (due to deflationary and minimal inflation). While the cost of eating out in the US had grown over 50% in 20 years (rough calculation using some general comparisons - fast food meals were about 6-7 dollars back in 2000 are now around 10+ dollars today; $20 dinners are now around $30). A bowl of ramen in Tokyo today remains about 800-1000 yen, similar to that when I moved there in 2001. On a side note, I can't believe how expensive a bowl of ramen is here in Southern California, over $20 including tax and tip.
It’s crazy how much the prices has jumped here in the US. “Dollar menus” aren’t really dollar menus anymore and you are spot on about fast food prices jumping to roughly $10 per meal! The pandemic has opened my eyes to a lot of unnecessary spending which is why I mostly eat at home now. It is more cost effective and healthier. Whatever I used to crave eating out, I learned to create my own version at home which always tastes 100x’s better than the restaurant’s because I get to choose my own seasonings.
It’s ridiculously expensive expensive to dine out in SoCal these days.
Yes that's why
low salaries = low prices
High salaries = high prices
People keep saying the pay is too low when the prices are directly proportional...
@@user-bf9dk4xb1jHigh prices don't mean high salaries at all. If that was the case, then people in the U.S wouldn't struggle to buy basic products like eggs and milk. The tipping culture here is fking ridiculous. Some restaurants basically force people to pay certain %.
I think Japan eating out is much cheaper - because you are not tipping 15%-20%
Lately you've been posting really relevant or interesting content, congrats! Keep up the good work
Thanks joseto Ibarra!
Yes
@@PaolofromTOKYO Any chance I could contact you directly regarding issues related to relocation? I'm interested, but need more hard data, particularly in reference to tax rates, etc.
looking forward to ‘day in the life of a Japanese architect’
added: I guess there are many architects like me on RUclips platform. Cross our fingers!
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yes please!
Can you do a “Day in the life of a kindergarten teacher” or “middle school/high school teacher” if possible? I really like watching your videos and I hope you and your family are safe :)
That would be cool. Im an English Teacher for day and night schools. My day school its at a private high school and night i teach adults at cram school😄
me too
@@carlosa7598 Carlos, You teach adults at a cram school (juku)?
In Germany i have 30 Days paid leave and 12 public Holidays, i work 37 Hours a week Monday to Friday...and the salary here is almost the same
Same in Denmark! And many businesses are even experimenting with 4-day workweeks. It turns out people are less productive when they constantly work overtime, so it’s better to reduce the hours and have more energetic and healthy employees.
I was shocked to see their programmer salary, 38k for japans cost of living is horrible
@@naveenbattula The cost of living isn’t high in Japan. It’s way cheaper than elsewhere.
@@Thomas-lk5cu cost of living is probably close to somewhere like austin texas, buy there software engineers are paid 80k per year, heck me working in india in tech make around 25k per year, so yeah 38k for programmers is bad for japan
Sora
don't believe this video.
I am Japanese and I work 60 hours a week Monday - Saturday. and the salary is very cheap.
My new dream is to become a bus driver in Japan
T Gay Shinkenshen is a train driver
Same!!!!!
I am Japanese and I have bus driver license.
but I am scared of drive bus so I quit my dream.
many of foreigners become bus driver in Japan. except of City bus.
foreigners usually become sightseeing bus.
City bus require speaking Japanese in Japan. good luck.
Japan now very shortage of drivers. taxi , bus truck.
many of driver are old age people.
so there are chance . I really surprise indian truck driver come to my house to deriver some staff.
foreigners increasing now.
@@user-cp3ip3rw7r bro India is exploding due to rapid change in population but it is coming under control
Highly request 😁. Can you do “A day in a life of a Japanese Architect”.
Inspiring architect fan here.
This is CRAZY!!!! Super informative..
Thank you very much for the videos you make. I will probably never be able to visit Japan, but your videos give me some insight i crave. You do the rest of the world a great service.
Coming from Germany I think a total of 10 paid days off is ridiculously small. I am doing some sort of apprenticeship rn and I have 22 days off in 9 month which includes extra days for working late hours, weekends and holidays sometimes but is still so much more.
I know what you mean. Being in the UK, although you can see that the Japanese minimum wage is only slightly higher than the US (which is not a good benchmark for any country), it’s absolutely tiny by comparison to the minimum wage we have in Britain. Plus just 10 paid days off is terrible. It should very much be at least a minimum of two weeks.
When you start in many companies here (US) you don't even get time off for the first year.
10 paid days off and 21 national holidays
@@user-bf9dk4xb1j Germany, of course, has public holidays too, so you would have to add those. It's 10-12, depending on the state.
And the reason Jadecore only got 22 days is because they only worked there for 9 months. Once they have a new employer, they to grant them the remaining percentage of free days for the year. It works out to around 30 paid days off + 10-12 public holidays. Plus compensation for overtime, nightshift, work on Sundays etc.
It's hard to compare the United States as a whole especially when each state has different Minimum wages, cost of living, and salaries.
You can just average the salaries with all the states combined.
@@wagajr You have to take into account the difference. Example a person in New York makes 100k a year but because of the cost of living they are almost at the poverty level. In Kansas someone makes 70k a year but because of the cost of living that person has a house, brand new car, and plenty of spending money...
A 90k house in the midwest the same house in New York at over 300-400k Hawaii it would be almost 650+... That's also why we have the electoral collage and why blanket taxes and minimum wage doesn't work in some place like the US... But for some reason allot of people don't understand this, and in the end laws get passed (from right and left) that end up hurting someone...
@@SimanSlivar (applause)
Robert Hollar holy shit that crazy. America needs to unite their states...
Well japan also has differences between prefectures
Thank you for interesting video...Its only a dream in my life that I want to stay and live in Japan..greatings from Philippines..
I've been living here for almost 7 years, and I have to say this video makes it seem way more positive than the reality actually is. The working hours part is definitely not accurate.
Things like no overtime pay in many jobs where a ton of them require over time. As well as the work culture strongly discouraging employees from taking any vacation days. These seem to be a huge issues left out in the video.
@@ADunc10 It really depends on the company too. I work for an automotive parts company as a software engineer and the management encourages (slightly forces) employees to take vacation days and has a strict overtime scheduling in which you'd have to apply for the hours you think you'd need for that month as long as it's under 30 hours and no more should be gotten after that.
Many traditional Japanese companies are starting to focus more on work-life balance and it's a good sign, imo.
I've been working in Tokyo for 10 years now, and I feel like things are improving every year. A lot of companies now realize that they need to keep their employees happy. There are still companies who stick to the old ways, but there a lot of great places to work too.
@@ADunc10
Also same in Singapore. We also don’t have overtime pay even if we have to work beyond office hours. I used to work in Singapore for 10 hours daily and even do overtime beyond that.
One of my boss there have told me to stay overnight at the office due to tight deadlines we have to meet. We have started working at 8:30 am and then we left our office beyond 3 am the following day. I was given a day off after that.
In British Columbia Canada overtime starts after 8hrs.
I dont know why your videos makes me happy , also you have a positive personnalite
Agreed^^
Agreed just ran into this channel, really great content
Oussa ma the same. Paulo helps lift me out of my depression some days, strange as that sounds.
Wow I was just finalizing being an english teacher in japan with my parents
good luck!
There are scholarships for English Teachers happening in my country (Philippines) from the Japanese Embassy for the opportunity to teach at Japan.
Wishing a good luck to the future English Teachers of Japan, as I'm a student 😊.
This is what i'm planning to do as well, but i'm unsure if i'll be able to do it from my country.
@Frosty Stories It's a good foot in the door. Stick it out for a couple years then you can transition to something else there. If anything it's a cool experience. I plan to do this as well eventually.
it's not some kinda anime world, so don't be disappointed when you get there
Japan: we have more public holidays
India: hold my lunch 😂
😂😂😂true
india keling
@mizzouxc lmao
Hindustani Bhau- Areey sabar karo jara! 😂✋
@mizzouxc Ya' Ancestors- shame on you boi! 😂
I remember thinking to myself as a teenager, "When can I buy myself a mansion ?" Little did I know, my father had already covered the cost of my inheritance. When he's was no more , thanks dad. The best thing I've done so far is double his wealth by investing in company stock, forex trading, and real estate. I'm happy to say that when I'm gone, all my kids will be able to buy mansions, cars, and other items without having to work. I'm teaching them how to be productive rather than extravagant. so happy and grateful for our lives
That is good to hear just teach them money management is good you thought about your children first .
How much money do you produce trading? Do you handle everything on your own?
Melinda Jonathan yeah thank you on that already
George Morris I don't trade forex on my own since I don't have the time or experience , so I simply invest while my contract trader, Thomas Stuart Mark, manages my account and generates monthly income.
i rack two hundred and forty thousand dollars last month working with Thomas. i started with my seed initial budget of sixty thousand dollars only
The minimum wage here in Australia may seem quite high, but so is the cost of living. You may find that you live paycheck to paycheck.
@@sebastians583 In Malaysia i works 60hours a week as a Uber Driver and still earn less than 210$/week...^&^
Taxes guys, taxes in Australia.... Please look at that!
If you look at the table it has the purchasing power listed in the right column, our purchasing power is still the highest. Minimum wage is just exactly what it’s called, it’s the minimum money a person should earn per hour. It also depends on how much you work in that week/fortnight I guess... I feel like most minimum wage jobs don’t have consistent hours or minimum hours written into the contract and that’s the issue
That's why purchasing power is measured which is $10.77 compared to Japan's $7.13 its still highest in world.
I live in Australia and dead set it's expensive and when we visited Japan we were constantly comparing the price of things and converting to our currency to get an idea on the differences and wow with a few exceptions we would be way ahead living in Japan.
You get paid more in Tokyo but you also pay more for the living cost.
Although that’s true there’s many ways to get around it.
Also the only living cost that’s more expensive is the rent and if you live in the suburb it’s not even that bad.
The tax rate is the same all across Japan too.
It's really not that bad, at least looking from apt prices. If you need to live in the middle of Tokyo, it's obviously going to be expensive, but if you live in the outer areas, it's fine, and travel is quick and easy for the most part. Your local neighborhood will also likely have almost everything you need too. If you were to live in the countryside of Japan, your expenses go way down, but then it's pretty inconvenient.
@@Drownedinblood I live in Canada, where the closest store is 15 minute drive. I pretty much need minimum 30min to drive to any other places and occasionally do hour drives. "inconvenient" in countryside Japan is probably more convenient than downtown Canada.
@@gwot lol I know the feel I've been to a town in America where everything was at a strip mall 5 miles away.
Yep, that's true.
Tokyo is fucking expensive to live.
Another best video thank you Paolo
Being that my wife is Japanese/Okinawan and is over in Oki now helping take care of her parents (...we met when I was in the Marine Corps in 2001 on a blind date...) I have to say that you do a excellent job on your videos which are always interesting!
should've compared salaries to average yearly living expenses to offer a better insight as to what can be done with a given salary
lol, he already made a vid bout the cost of living in Jap. Just watch that and compare it with this vid.
Living cost is mostly rent and other extras. And it varies by city you live in, distance from Station, shared, etc. You can find decent room for around 50000 yen. Then it costs around 50000yen for everything else like food, utility, etc. If you drink a lot, like to go to clubs, then it becomes quite expensive.
he has one
@@corslams5720 thanks for the info. Heading to the video :)
He already has a vid..
And for a quick summary.. he concluded that if you want to live cheaply in Tokyo, you can live as low as 30-50$ a day including you have a small but decent apartment decent living and decent food and basically a humble kind of lifestyle within a city.. You can live moderately in a 50-80$ daily depending on what kind of lifestyle and living you have...Family of 3-4 in an average household needs to have a daily budget of 90$ above to live comfortably
0:43 you see people bowing in the back.
Ahhhh Japan.
Love it;) BOW TO ME SYLVIA!
And 1:33
かわいい~(*≧з≦)
That's why I wish to live in Japan...
Country Full of respects and honor, but highly fragile spirits and can be easily break.
I hope someone can fix their declining birth rate and high suicide rates.
Important video. Thank you
One of my favorite youtubers from Japan. Just subscribed.
North Korea : taxi drivers : 150k USD/ Month.
tru
Is that tru?
Captain Scentsible Kim jong un himself said it so it must be true.
wow that´s almost as much as u spend for cigarettes every month...where can I sign?
Blind shot
The thing i like about Japan the most is how much respect they pay to each other and the amount of pride they take in their work. Reminds me of how NZ use to be.
Yeah, I live in NZ and want to move to Japan because people here are becoming more and more rude and disrespectful. Especially working in retail in Auckland while studying, people treat you like dirt.
There is literally an entire class of people in Japan who the rest of the country call "untouchables". They are shunned, refused marriage, and not allowed to work outside of certain "dirty" roles such as meat handlers. Japanese people also treat the homeless really poorly. It's fine to admire a country, but please don't make blanket statements and ignore Japan's serious problems.
@@cometmoon4485 that happens in every country, I bet Japan's still one of the better ones, so his point still stands.
@@gwot Well, they have a special word for them and also ignore them like the plague
While you're all arguing, I'm in Nz on the beach in auckland drinking a beer at sunset thinking you're wasting your time over semantics when you should just go to work, come home, have some food, go to the beach and have a smoke, watch the sunset and enjoy your life and stop being so pedantic. Yea, things are expensive, they're expensive everywhere. Its supply and demand and the earth's population is huge. Just find a pocket, settle in and make the most out of it.
Thanks a lot Paolo for these videos!
4:38 the actual stuff I wanted to know. Thanks for sharing.
Programmers at 38K? That's insanely low.
I try not to think about that when I get my salary here in Japan. Well, coming from Brazil, it's much higher than what I got there, so... I'd better focus on that than thinking how much I could make in USA.
Leandro Batista you can go to China where programmers are paid 100K plus
@@kyleliu9658 Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd rather not live in a country with a dictatorship government. No money in the world will convince me to do it.
The USA is the largest economy in the world. Most countries salaries are going to seem low to you.
@@fs9784 It's insanely low compared to sweden aswell. And we get at a minimum 5 weeks paid leave per year and 40 hour work weeks.
Very well presented and gives you a clearer idea about salaries from different sectors. Another thing would be even more interesting if you also include cost of living comparison between Tokyo and rest of Japan. Thank you.
5:04 Here in Vietnam it's substantially lower. Some of my school's female teachers are living in rented houses though they've been working for 10+ years. I suppose the reason why Japanese teachers get paid higher because they value education best, I have some Japanese friends, they're all smart and respectful ❤ Correct me if I'm wrong
Also vietnam is a lot more affordable
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Love all your videos
true fact for paolo - my friend work in japan for about 1 years , the company is one of the major manufacturer and maintance. its true that the standard of work is 9 hours + break . but the fact is the company is not adding the overtime hours to the report card for my friend , and he always work at 9 AM to 9 PM or more everyday and they even not count when my friend working in day off . So thats why my friend says to me that , if i want to go to japan do it for vacation.
This is so true.
I agree with this. I used to work for 16 hrs almost everyday but the overtime is not paid and recorded. That's why it doesn't seem "bad" in statistics because it doesn't get recorded.
@@gellyshot8144 why dont you report them
@@rinreborn7364 It wasn't really easy to be honest. I was starting out and didn't know the rules on this. Later on realized that it was bad. Also, it's bad enough that this is an industry practice. Similar to advertising industry, thinking or 'coming up with creative solutions' are not exactly included in the 'time in-time out" Our country also is very lenient on this, not like in the US that everything is paid on the dot.
@@rinreborn7364 Most companies have mandatory Overtime
You find the most interesting topics to talk about, love it
Thanks Avery the Cuban-American!
I moved to Tokyo from Australia. Same industry, i went from $45aud/hr to $14aud/hr!
It's been a challenge but i didnt move here to save money. I've never kept track of public holidays because its usually just another day of work (although i usually choose my days off which i probably prefer). To add to that there is no % increase of pay on those days. Just based on money, Tokyo in my experience is a tough place to live, that said i did come from Australia.
What kind industry you are working? Your salary so big. May i know how much avarage salary in Australia and Sydney?
In Germany, the average paid holiday changes between 4 to 6 weeks ( add extra 3 weeks with national holidays & christmas) and most people leave work at 12.30 either on Wednesday or Friday. Moreover, depending on your job, you can prefer to work 4 days a week if you settle for earning less.
Great content Paolo. I think doing a daily job life on a retail associate in a department store would be awesome content.
I love watching those financial videos 😁😁 thank you!!!! Looking forward to watching more videos like this!!!!!
Great information. Direct and straightforward.
You get to the main point of this video, and you answer the question completely, and honestly.
Admire that.
thank for your innovated ideas
Paolo, your videos are amazingly perfect. They are short sweet into the point. Not to mention the fact that they have compelling content with great information. I am majorly impressed. Our son currently lives in Japan and teaches English. You were right on about the salary for that position. The next time we come back to visit him, we will be logging onto your website and using more of your services. Keep up the amazing work and God bless you and your family!
Tokyo salaries are of course, the highest in Japan. Probably the avg salary for an English teacher at an English school in Japan is closer to 2,000usd/month.
This was a really interesting video, and I think speaks volumes about what Japan values, culturally.
Amazing! Wish I could stay there once a year.
I just want to acknowledge that you are one of the nicest fellas on RUclips. I enjoy all your sites and videos. I love watching you and your family together as well. I wish you much success. Never change who you are. God Bless you and your lovely little family.
Paulo, I really like your channel specially the part "day in life", my suggestion is create a special chapter called "Day in Paulo's life".
he has an entire channel for that called Tokyo Zebra
I’m Japanese guy living in Singapore since this year. Average Annual salary in Singapore would be 50KUSD, which is higher than Japan. But living cost here Singapore would be approx 20% higher than that of Japan, which fills in the salary gap to some extent.
I am a Singaporean and I would really love to work in Japan too. However it appears that Japan does not accept a lot of foreigners (I work in healthcare), which is unfortunate.
what made u choose singapore?
Reinald Tan he likes Liang Court
20% higher becoz all the Japanese I see here go KTV and sexy time in Geylang 私は正しいですか? 😏
Wow you really did not think that decision through did you;?
Great video!
Can you make an updated video about:
What would be the best way for an American to learn Japanese?
From a Japanese person’s perspective, if you could guide an American to learn Japanese, then what would be the most efficient tools/resources that you would recommend?
What tools/resources have your American friends used that was very successful?
What schools, books, online classes, apps would be the most valuable for an American to learn Japanese?
Thank you so much!
I love this video. After studying Shuji Nakamura’s biography, it’s realistic from this video. I used to admire Akio Morita, Akio Toyoda, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ken Kutaragi and Soichiro Honda.
Am from India and we don’t get 21 national holidays in a year, it’s mostly state government employees who enjoy that benefit at the expense of working on Saturdays (2nd Saturday is off). For those working in private companies we get anywhere between 10-14 at best.
Edit: several of those holidays fall on Sundays :( unlike in other countries where the holiday is moved to Friday or Monday.
Nah, my previous company hired almost half of their employees from India. It was like every other day they had some kind of public holiday.
@@tg8799 Either you are joking or they were lying to you
@@whitewolf2767 Not joking and not lying :) Maybe I was exaggerating a little but it was quite frustrating since we're data engineers and they'd always be on leave due to public holiday, it slowed down our release processes. But anyway, I think I'm just a bit jealous we don't get over 20 public holidays a year!
@@tg8799 They probably pulled a "My close relative is getting married" or "I have to attend to my close relative funeral" which usually happens in India and to their perspective it is important to attend it to keep family face and good relations.
So a train driver makes more than a programmer? Interesting....
I think that Shinkansen driver is not a plain train driver.
In Australia, train drivers (depending on state) gets paid 95,000 - 120,000 base per year incl. shift penalties and rates. They are actually one of the most sought after jobs in Australia imo. So, I’m not really surprised lol
🤯
You would see a large amount of suicides being a train driver in Japan, I imagine this is taken into consideration.
In india train drivers getting higher than the bankers who worked whole day in computer. No job is less.
0:43 Look at his back.
This why i love to go to Japan someday how they are respectful 🥺💚
Man does that look dumb
@@llounfox9290 not if you're dumber
@@llounfox9290 in other countries maybe yes, in there absolutely nope, that the thing should be its named culture
I actually do that as often as I can in my daily life in the US, too.
I think that respect is important, both because I think that everybody wants to be respected and validated, and because I don’t think very highly of myself, so I double up on trying to respect people to try and make up for what I think of as my shortcomings.
But, I also bow because I want to move to Japan someday too, and I need to get a feel for bowing properly. It’s sooo easy to move my hips backwards in order to lower my torso but that’s technically incorrect and rude in Japan, since it indicates improper posture. So I try to fix mysekf and get used to proper etiquette
@@JyujinPlus The Japanese are actually very forgiving and accommodating towards foreigners, as long as you do your best and generally behave well.
I’ve been in Japan many times, I love it there :) If you appreciate the hospitality as well as a culture with a fixed set of traditions, you’ll love it too.
I was quite overwhelmed the first couple of days there, because I was afraid of doing anything wrong and everything is so much different to what we’re used to in the west.
I would recommend learning Japanese though, it’s not common for Japanese people to speak English at all. Especially the older generations. Younger generations may speak English, but they are likely too shy or insecure to just talk to you.
I really like your videos. Great job
After your video about how much it costs to live there I was literally thinking how much money people make in Japan. You answered my question right away. Awesome stuff!
Basic Office Worker salary difference:
🇯🇵: $2,607 /mo.
🇵🇭: $2,607 /yr.
😂😂😂
Same here 😂
🇮🇩: $300 /mo.
concur on that😥
True 🤣🤣
ikr. mapapa haisst ka na lang.
Hello Paolo ! I love your vidéos n your channel so much, especially day in a life series , coule you plz make vidéos day in a life of a Japanese animator and day in a life of a fashion stylist or fashion designer 🙌🙌🙌❤ it would be amazing. Keep up an amazing content n videos in general, love your all videos !
Excellent... Thanks a lot.
The 50% increase in Tokyo is inflated by all the millionaires and large businesses.
So to in order to save up, you need to live in a smaller city with cheaper rent and food
Just like everywhere else....
To give you an idea of my average monthly expenses in Tokyo:
2 bedroom apartment rent: 800 a month
Internet: 50 a month
Electric: 100 a month
Insurance: 45 a month
Food: 12 a day
Commute: paid for by companies, but my 6 month train pass to school was 300 dollars
Tokyo Diaries 12 a day for food ? Does that account 2-3 meals or some of them are payed by your company ? Seems very cheap otherwise
@@kylanoble8669 Wow, that's stupid cheap! I live in the suburbs an hour from Seattle and a 1 bd is between 1-1.5k.
Tokyo Diaries $800 a month of rent in Tokyo?? Must be very small apartment but that is one hell of a deal. I live in metro Atlanta and 1 to 2 bedroom apartments can easily be +$1000 a month and those aren’t the fancy ones lol
A day in the life of a Japanese Police Officer would be interesting.
They are basically guiding the way
Ikr, I've been asking for that too
My father is x police officer in japan
He say they will only guide way to people
Too much less crimes lead police man job as too much boring job
A day in the life of a Yakuza as well.
From my perspective of me visiting japan twice, some police are so bored since there are barely any crime, some of them roam around the city or just help anyone near their stations or from where they are positioned at.
Sometimes in Japan office, you need to do 'social' work with the colleague and the boss. So technically, you're off work hours, but you need to do the 'society rule' by going out to drink session or etc with the boss or client. Not doing these will mark you a 'not able to coop with the rest' title. So when you're done, you just get home, sleep, and continue work next day.
That really isn’t fair AT ALL.😔 That needs to end soon.
Having drinks and snacks with colleagues doesn’t sound bad lol 🤣🤣
I give a like but feel that every good & invested video our planets young continue to practice is an essential building of a culture those who quickly fallow might then take up as their very own. Definition is the very difference between good and bad which remains our given architecture as people because of the beautiful gift we've been given to believe. Keep up the good work but for the goodness it is and never finds any need to purchase influence nor bait for power and always find happiness humbling... Good start.
Day in the life of a food cart vendor !!!🙏🏻
Interesting, but it would be better to know too what the average costs for living are e.g. rent then it’s better to compare if the salary is ‘high’ or not.
Just google it you fucking moron.
King Of Prague Who peed in your cheerios? Lol
King Of Prague that is one option, but if one provides info then it should be complete and not that I have to google for it, afterwards. But I saw that he did another clip about e.g. rent etc.
Btw I think the biggest moron is you sir: it’s the Czech REPUBLIC... rest my case...
@@ledlightskate8189 Dont show your ignorance. The Czech Republic is 100x times more beautiful,safer,better then Japan. Please don't be ignorant. You have never ever been there.
@@georgetheterminator5116 also there is a difference between yen and dollars. The average japanese man makes 4.4 million yen, or about $37,000 anually. That's not very high because yen and dollars are different things! Yen are worth way less than a dollar
Wow good to know! Definitely informative like for me living in states side. Now I can compare how the state I live in, Hawaii, is from Japan, well from living and working in Tokyo like in your example.
Love your videos really good
If you combined this with the monthy expenses in japan/tokyo i think the conclusions would be more accurate and realistic
Jim Charamis yeah as a automotive engineer in Tokyo I can’t able to save 40k in a month
Do you know what is real fortune in this world? "Free time" you can do what you want whenever you want
Totally agree with that. Time is so precious 🙏
...to do whatever you want whatever that is you usually need money, but nice try=)
@@roserevancroix2308 Yeah sure...but have you heard about early retirement? You work hard and stay frugal for several years while putting your savings into a investment account and after that you can live on your savings (that keeps growing) and enjoy your life 👍 It's not as simple as it looks but it is possible xD
@@Pitchulila Or you can live on a piece of land like me and produce food for yourself, also I collect rain, i got well..:D im going to get free electricity, im going install windmill to get free electricity
@@ShomiSensei It's our plan (my husband and I) to live a life like that but on a mountain near a lake maybe 😉 Which part of the world do you live in?
The comparison is extremely difficult. As a German engineer for industrial machinery in Japan I made about 230kYen as a beginner. In Germany I would have had about 4000 Euros or 520kYen. However, tax in Germany 50%, in Japan 20%. Then living cost is lower outside Toyko than back home. On the other hand, living standards are lower as well. It is almost impossible to find the right base for comparison.
Does 250K Yen is a good salary for indians?
Great videos
"If Japanese salaries are better or worse than yours." I can answer before even watching.
@Mameshiba I don't know him, but is my case too, I'm from Colombia, 1.5 USD / hour maybe a little less. Just to put you in context, you have two work to hours to buy a small subway, not in combo, just the sandwich. One hour to buy a Coca Cola 3 Litres. One bus ride cost half hour of work. And any decent place to live in a regular neighborhood cost at least 150 USD. And I'm not in the most expensive city, in the capital, Bogotá you can expect a rise of 20% of the cost with the same salary.
@Mameshiba America, and my salary isn't great. It's livable though.
Juan Carlos Vasquez your English is good. Try becoming a virtual assistant for people in United States. You can make better money online. I’m looking for someone to help me with computer tasks if you are interested.
@@pixeldvx It doesn't matter from where you are,same shit here,Greece 4 euro per hour,one fucking sandwich cost 4 fucking euro,to rent a house 50 square meters cost 300 euro,one packet of pasta in super market cost 0.80 euro.Also one bottle of 1,5 litre of coca cola cost 2 euro ,add electricity that is fucking expensive like 70 euro per month.The dark ages is now,we are slaves the only difference is that we not work in the land,we work in factories.
@@MetatroN197924 i d rather prefer working on land like they used to instead of this bullshit we have today. and die happilly with 40 instead of having trouble with my back and all that shit
Loving all your videos man, great work :). Love the positivity and simplicity and easy to understand videos, and its great!
Depends on the industry, employer, years of experience etc. In Alberta a sr engineer with 18 yrs of experience can make on average CAN$160k, 9 stat holidays, 5 weeks vacation, 7 to 12 flexdays, dental, extended health, RRSP or pension contributions, plus performance bonus
sounds too good 😁😁
An interesting insight! Here in London it is the other way around - teachers, doctors, nursers get very a low salary despite working in such important and life-altering roles :(
5:29 remember people this is the average and does NOT mean that men make twice as much women for the same job. These figures have reasons like job choice, taking vacation, working overtine etc
Glad somebody pointed that out, since he didn't mention it in the video he kinda made it seem like men get paid more than women.
but also from what i heard japan is really patriarchy country and the diffrence in salaries can caused by discrimination at some degree
How is the average not meaning that men have better salary? Lol
@@inakiorozco881 The difference comes from different job choices. Having a better salary would imply that a man and a woman doing the same job are being paid differently, which is not the truth.
Yes salary of Japanese ”salary man” is basically decided by how much you can sacrifice your life for your job, not by gender, which is misleading on this video. Salary difference between men and women in Japan is simply because of their choice of their work. If you sacrifice more, you can earn more. This sacrificing work culture makes the difference, not gender discrimination.
Funny how teachers make so much money but programmers dont. Its the exact opposite here in germany 😂
im german as well. Teachers are paid pretty well here. May depend on the school form though.
like the other guy stated, teachers in Germany, especially for Gymnasium which equals High School, are paid very
well, especially when they are employed directly by the state (Beamte), for the second also you have to take into account enormous pensions!
@@Helvis69 Jo wenn sie denn Beamte werden, ich hab letztens eine neue Kollegin bekommen die seit Jahren nicht Beamte wurde und den Job als Lehrerin deshalb hingeschmissen hat. Verbeamtung wird immer seltener. Die Regel sind mittlerweile befristete Verträge und ständiges damit verbundenes Umziehen. Bei uns im Innenministerium ist sie da deutlich besser aufgehoben :)
Meanwhile here in Indonesia, teachers especially the honorary teachers are under paid. They only get about
und zugfahrer verdienen sich ne goldene nase xD
I definitely want to see a video of a day in the life of a Japanese Economist, that would be awesome.
My career puts me in the mid 70s as an engineer in the US. Thats after 2 years of scheduled promotions.
When I went to Japan, it seemed pretty reasonable in terms of pricing. There is something for everyone. Its easy to find really inexpensive food and also expensive food depending on your lifestyle and budget. The same is true for clothes and other items.
I think comparing the cost of living to the US at 4% is reasonable. As you said, it does not feel very different.
day in a life of a lawyer and doctor would be amazing
It’s not that interesting. A lot of paperwork. And they can’t film due to patient/client confidentiality.
Lawyer is the most boring job ever. Just look at other day in the life videos here on YT.
nah law isn't boring
Hi, I live and work in the Czech Republic as a metal adjuster / worker, I work in three shifts - from Monday to Friday (1 week in the morning, 1 week in the afternoon and 1 week at night), my monthly salary is about 32,000 CZK / 1,450 $ / ¥ 162,654 net wages (exchange rate 11.0.7.2021) 14 public holidays including Christmas, New Year and Easter, 20 days of paid leave + 5 days of paid leave as a bonus from my employer
It also varies in the USA depending on where you live. Purchasing a house or renting in ny is a lot higher then let’s say living out west. Quite a big price difference
I work in an average IT job in Ireland and earn €52k ($62k) a year. I work a 36 hour week and Monday to Friday. I've been to Japan several times and cost of living is no cheaper than Ireland. For a country with such a high GDP those salaries are not amazing.
5000 a month, hmm what car do u drive ? Also what do i have after all monthly expenses ?
I make 300$ a month and almost 50 hours a week
@@Jaimzz then or you are still young or you life in a poor country.
I am senior project manager at one of the GeneralMotors company. My monthly salary is $650. Meanwhile average salary in my country is around $250
made 80k in NFTs in 2 months. life is crazy
0:41 perfect Japanese moment in the background. I do this a lot myself.
One bow for each time that guy just got laid
Plot twist... They were hired extra actors by PaoloDeGuzman Studios
Fantastic series! THanks for putting this together.
I'm a High School teacher in Brazil and this video made me depressed
If it's a difference in raw numbers remember in nations like japan the cost of living can be much higher. If you have enough to make ends meet and put money aside after tax, you are successful no matter what they make somewhere else.
If you really are making peanuts even in Brazil, then find a way to go where you will make what you're worth or at least where you're most happy.
Title: Is Japan Salary Better Than Yours
Me: *Searches pockets and opens wallet* Uhh Yeh
Is your name really Osas
@@hoshyarjamal4597 is your name really Hwshiar
@@imyourrealsensei3416 yea It is
But I dont know if you know there is a viral video which is a African guy saying his name. After saying few random word in the end he says Osas.
@@hoshyarjamal4597 I thought you were joking, so I tried to go along with it, well nvm.
@@imyourrealsensei3416 xD I was kind of and not kind of joking. 😆
I work in Ireland, my colleagues in Tokyo always work longer hours than we do, I suspect the average working hours in Japan is a lot higher due to undocumented overtime. I feel Europe in general has a better work life balance, with room for improvement like 4 day work week..
I'm surprised that you work in Ireland at all.
@@lesp315 Well.. I am currently off work for 6 months due to my wife giving birth so I guess you're right.
@@mamba101 Let me get it straight, it was your wife that give birth and not you? :-)))
@@lesp315 It's all a little blurry now but yes I believe that's correct!
Edward Malone in france its 35h per week
Yeah day offs were surprisingly in abundance here...just as I'm gaining momentum at uni boom there goes a national holiday lol