Salaries in Japan ?

Hezam

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Hi
I wonder how much people earn in Japan..
Teachers,Workers,players,...ect

Saudi Friend told me he was living in a hotel in Kobe and he met the worker who cleans the rooms and the ground,He wanted to give him 2000 yen (charity),The worker looked at him like , after that my friend asked poeple how much that worker earn,the answer shocked him,he said to us " That worker earns 3 tiems more than me or you earn" .

But i still dont know how much the workers earn ?

 

Jncocontrol

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I hear that their salery for a teacher like between 2Million yen (200,000 dollars) to 4 million yen.

I'm not 100 percent sure on workers, i assume they get paid standered wages on how many hours they work and not by the year. like for a hotel bellboy like 8,000 yen an hour (8 dollars an hour)

 

Chidoriashi

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This question is impossible to answer. It all depends on where you live.. According to this page average household income in Japan was about $53,000 USD if 1USD=100JPY. http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c13cont.htm

 

Hezam

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You can choose Tokyo for example !
Thanks.

 

Half-n-Half

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Jncocontrol said:

I hear that their salery for a teacher like between 2Million yen (200,000 dollars) to 4 million yen.

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You have an extra zero there. 2 million yen is roughly $20,000, not $200,000. Makes a big difference

 

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pipokun

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Hezam said:

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He wanted to give him 2000 yen (charity),The worker looked at him like ,
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The reason why the worker showed his attitude to your friend was really simple that Japan is not a tipping country!
I am sure that he cleans your friend's room properly even if he'd get millions of dollars or nothing.

 

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Arthur68

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As far as I know, Tokyo is one of or is the most expensive cities to live in, so I would it would be possible that the average salary there would need to be a little higher there for people to afford to live there.
The cost of living has to be considered.
Perhaps a worker in Tokyo does make something like $50,000 U.S. Though that may seem like good money to people living in the U.S., it may seem like only $25,000 for a person in Tokyo.

 

FrustratedDave

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Chidoriashi said:

This question is impossible to answer. It all depends on where you live.. According to this page average household income in Japan was about $53,000 USD if 1USD=100JPY. http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c13cont.htm

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Remember , as Chdoriashi has stated, this is the average household income, not income for a single worker. The average for a single worker is much less.