Shigoto Zukan
Pay, outlook and AI risk for each occupation, with data from Japan and the US.
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What you can find
Pay now and later
For about 500 occupations: average pay, pay range, pay by age, and projected pay in 5 and 10 years — on one page.
AI risk
A 0–100 score for how exposed each job is to AI, based on what the work involves.
Getting there
Skills, qualifications, entry paths and career routes, plus job demand and an outlook score.
Rankings and comparisons
Rankings by pay, projected pay, outlook and AI resilience, and side-by-side comparison of 2–4 jobs.
Minimum wages
Minimum wages for Japan's 47 prefectures and every US state, and a ranking of 72 countries.
Japan and the US
The English edition covers about 900 US occupations with the same measures, and compares the same job in both countries.
Who it's for
- Job seekers and career changers checking pay and outlook
- Anyone wondering how AI may change their job
- Anyone exploring which qualifications lead to which jobs
Data
- Sources
- MHLW job tag occupational database (compiled by JILPT)
- Wage Structure Survey, Census and employment service statistics (as published on job tag)
- US: O*NET, and BLS wage statistics and employment projections
- Updates
- Occupation data is imported monthly and statistics weekly; projections are recalculated daily.
Projected pay, AI risk and outlook scores are estimates based on statistics.
Links with the other Zukan sites
- Places
- by prefecture and municipality
Pages about the same company, person or place link to each other across the sites.