tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post7624630829439703964..comments2023-05-29T20:46:37.299+09:00Comments on A Hopeless Romantic's Adventures in Japan: Average salaries in JapanClaytonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10427928164050640466noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-18349407070780619292008-05-19T19:49:00.000+09:002008-05-19T19:49:00.000+09:00Clay, There is one thing I think you missed. That ...Clay, <BR/><BR/>There is one thing I think you missed. That is, these salaries are on scale according years in service. Our principals must REALLY be raking in the dough, but the incoming teachers are making BEANS for the first ten years or so!! (so, it kind of makes sense to live with mom and dad...but just kind of). Similarly, public service employees notoriously start with next to nothing. To put it on a relative scale, my CIR friend found out her co-worker was JUST NOW making the equivalent of her JET salary (including his bonuses) in his TENTH year of service. <BR/><BR/>You might even want to mention that the prescribed ALT work-week is officially 36 hours AND we basically NEVER work [unpaid] over time. <BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, your two posts are informative! THANKS for posting!Zarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668867211690255501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-2004766217069693692008-05-07T12:11:00.000+09:002008-05-07T12:11:00.000+09:00On translation: The maximum is probably around the...On translation: The maximum is probably around the JPY30mn mark for freelancers specializing in equity research. I've heard anecdotally that there are people who work in patents and earn more. I suspect that most people who do equity research average around the JPY20mn mark, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-43457357747883266862008-05-06T19:03:00.000+09:002008-05-06T19:03:00.000+09:00This is a response to "anonymous." Patent translat...This is a response to "anonymous." Patent translators probably do make serious, serious money. There are a few customers at the hostess club who spend ridiculous money, and they work for companies that do patent stuff. And back in the bubble days, they apparently had mistresses and spent thousands a night at clubs and just burned through their earnings. I guess patent lawyers/translators are PIMPS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-86091134337660413852008-05-06T16:47:00.000+09:002008-05-06T16:47:00.000+09:00Diamond magazine had an issue (maybe every year) t...Diamond magazine had an issue (maybe every year) that ranks 100 professions by average salary. If you can find the back issues at your local library it's worth a read.<BR/><BR/>Top are things like baseball player, lawyer, college professor, etc.<BR/><BR/>Botton were things like gardener.<BR/><BR/>If eikaiwa teacher were put in the list, it would've been around #97 if I remember, and plenty of non-skilled laborers get paid more (but then eiakiwa is non-skilled labor, too)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-10431600572855127332008-05-06T16:41:00.000+09:002008-05-06T16:41:00.000+09:00What's the name of the book?What's the name of the book?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08719918635026486152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-14296261481607854182008-05-06T15:57:00.000+09:002008-05-06T15:57:00.000+09:00Jr. High teachers make 780 man? I didn't know tha...Jr. High teachers make 780 man? I didn't know that before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-7837805057212219482008-05-06T14:16:00.000+09:002008-05-06T14:16:00.000+09:00Given several years experience, a specialty of som...Given several years experience, a specialty of some sort (the more technical the better) and a good eye for clients, a >native English speaking< translator can command much more than 360 man a year. As a freelancer based in Europe translating patents, it was easy to make closer to 1,200 man (at 100 yen to 1 Swiss Franc), mostly from clients based in Japan.<BR/><BR/>The trick with the 'average' salary is that it is the average for native Japanese speakers (including housewives who have decided to become translators because they learned so much English during their GW trip to Hawaii), and this skews the numbers downward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842114.post-31764649625193257772008-05-06T07:39:00.000+09:002008-05-06T07:39:00.000+09:00very interesting. I think there's a really big div...very interesting. I think there's a really big divide between the top and bottom earners for the jobs like talento/hostess/stripper though.<BR/><BR/>Public servants and cops can't/don't ever get fired either, which is annoying too. My family are all in the police force here, and they say proudly "we didn't have higher pay during the bubble era, but we didn't have any hardships when the economy went down either!" <BR/><BR/>Just from pay alone, I guess slow and steady wins the race. But obviously I've chosen to be a rabbit and make my money in spurts, even though it adds up to less in the end. I'm taking naps while the turtles make it to the end zone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com