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@@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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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 $500k and work for a company, people don’t believe. To them, 500k means you are running your own business. Public impression is no salary worker earns more than 150k, though reality is some do but people just don’t know.
@@wagajr You have to take into account the difference. Example a person in New York makes 100k a year but because of the cost of living they are almost at the poverty level. In Kansas someone makes 70k a year but because of the cost of living that person has a house, brand new car, and plenty of spending money... A 90k house in the midwest the same house in New York at over 300-400k Hawaii it would be almost 650+... That's also why we have the electoral collage and why blanket taxes and minimum wage doesn't work in some place like the US... But for some reason allot of people don't understand this, and in the end laws get passed (from right and left) that end up hurting someone...
If you look at the table it has the purchasing power listed in the right column, our purchasing power is still the highest. Minimum wage is just exactly what it’s called, it’s the minimum money a person should earn per hour. It also depends on how much you work in that week/fortnight I guess... I feel like most minimum wage jobs don’t have consistent hours or minimum hours written into the contract and that’s the issue
I live in Australia and dead set it's expensive and when we visited Japan we were constantly comparing the price of things and converting to our currency to get an idea on the differences and wow with a few exceptions we would be way ahead living in Japan.
Finland 7,5h/day. 5 times a week. 30 days annual paid leave. 10 holidays. Programmer gets 3100€/monthMinimum wage 8$. 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.
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.
@@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 a MINIMUM of 10 days off. In many places you get more and PTO allowance increases over time. But yes, compared to Germany even if you account for the public holidays and the days the company is closed , you have more holidays in Germany but not like double.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 %.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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😄
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
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 $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
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
@@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
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.
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 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
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 😊.
@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.
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
@@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.
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.
@@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
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.
I have heard that the government is going to be attempting to improve their working conditions and salary. Not sure how long that will take or how they will do it.
@Akira are you Japanese or happened to live there? If you are actually I have a question regarding a medical Laboratory technoogist or sciebtist how much money do they make?
@Akira Really you make me come to Japan and live there until I die I am a medical lab technician since I am in a developed country, the government doesn't care about us. However, I have always wanted to complete my master degree and PhD in a developed country especially German and Japan. Do you think Japan will give me citizenship or settlement if I work there.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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!
You mentioned at the end that you get paid about 50% more in tokyo, but you didn't mention afterwards that the daily costs are more and the rent is higher too.
I'd say costs are about half that percentage higher unless you're crazy enough to have to live somewhere like Shibuya. Most people are fine with a 30min commute for more realistic costs.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@shahrikamin4699 were talking about AVERAGE highschool teacher salary if you were paying attention. Last time I checked it was 43k. the reason its called an average is because its the average across the country, not the main cities, and especially not the highest paid schools. Your number is useless.
One thing to consider is the fact that most of my Japanese friends put in more hours than they need to. It's the same with my Korean friends. A lot of the time they will stay at work much later than scheduled because it looks good, even if they aren't doing anything when staying later. Especially if their bosses are still there. Same with vacations, they won't take them if their bosses don't..... I was an English teacher in Korea and we didn't stay late and we took all of our vacations. However, the middle school I taught at made it hard for me to use my paid sick leave. They made me get a doctor's note even for one day. Once they called me half way through a day I called in sick and said I rested long enough and I should come in but I didn't lol
It is not much different in the U.S. Working overtime while getting less done looks better than leaving early even though the person might have the most tasks done.
@@12012channel yeah cos in the US the work culture can also be quite cut-throat. There's someone going to bitch about you during your annual performance review.
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.
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
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’ve been living in Australia for 6 years. Excellent pay, vacation time and retirement. Also, free healthcare. High cost of living but way better than I ever had it back in the States. Thanks for the informative video mate.
* 4 weeks paid vacation leave (i get 5 cause I'm a shift worker) * 10 days Sick/personal leave * 8.7 weeks long service leave after 10 continuous years with same company (i get 13 weeks) * highest minimum wage * free healthcare Australia certainly is a lucky country
May I ask how much is your salary? Australia is really expensive. Japan has good healthcare too. As a software engineer, the salary in Australia is nearly half of that in the Bay Area, or even lower. But the living expenses really scare a lot of people.
Thats why u dont have a successful youtube channel. U cant convolute your videos w too much different info. U need to make each video clear what its about and then make a different video for the next issue. Thats how a youtuber gets paid. More views.
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.
The problem is not how "much" the average salary is. It is much how much get for that salary in your country. In that respect I am glad I live in Sweden.
Precisely, it's about the overall standard of living and what are you able to afford with that paycheck. Also, for me it's still unclear are tgese figures before or after tax.
Pavle Lekic they’re before tax for sure. For example, as an English teacher in japan, I make around 240,000 per month. But take out deductions such as taxes, pension, medical insurance and other automatic deductions, I usually see a paycheck of around 170,000 on a good month. Then after paying all of those taxes we have to pay prefectural taxes to our local prefectures as a percent of our annual income BEFORE national tax. The medical insurance is nice. But the pension probably will never be seen again tbh
@@noonnonono hey, thanks for that info, finally someone is shedding some light to the topic. If not too private of an info, how much of that money goes to living costs?
Pavle Lekic well I have a wife and newborn, and as the only job holder it all disappears by the end of the month lol. Rent isn’t terrible but phone and internet, car payment etc. are higher than I could negotiate in my home country. The rest goes to food and gas. This type of work is basically just not sustainable and I’m trying to start paperwork to go back to my home country with my family, but I have to get my wife a visa first so we’re basically stuck here for the time being. That being said, food water and shelter are never something we worry about. Just impossible to save anything.
@@noonnonono got it makes perfect sense. I've went to Tokyo on two occasions, once as a tourist and once for business, and as much as it all looks like a dream, your posts are indeed a reality check. Oh well, the alternative would be to become mad rich and then move there lol :))
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.
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.
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.
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.
pikate yu Nice. In Canada, it's double that if you're in major cities, lol. I don't think I've seen rent below $1000 lately and that applies to single rooms.
Man, I'm from Mexico and seeing that average working hours map made me feel so freaking fortunate. I average between 4-6 work hours per day, working as a remote employee. It's also incredibly sad because our money simply gets siphoned away by our corrupt governments. No matter how much we work as a nation on average, we're not left with much to show.
@@FuzionBranz yeah, sometimes I work more, some days i don't get any tasks at all, so it balances and i get to do other stuff at home. i do have to be available for around 7 hours, but i rarely have to work all that time per day
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.
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.
I just want to acknowledge that you are one of the nicest fellas on UA-cam. 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.
Yeah. Take the travelling cost of the metro system for example, the minimum cost of train ticket is only $1.3 USD, which is usually covered by the company anyway. And you can get a drink straight from a vending machine for less than $1, instead of $3 drink in Australia.
@@haha-eg8fj yes some things seem cheaper but no mention of running a car most Australians drive everywhere but that's declining very slowly we are more like USA with cars
@@Asse89ify - typical misconception Average income tax Belgien 42% Tyskland 40% Danmark 36% Österrike 35% Ungern 35% Slovenien 33% Italien 33% Finland 31% Luxemburg 31% Nederländerna 30% Island 29% Frankrike 29% Norge 28% Portugal 28% Turkiet 28% USA 26% Sverige 25% Polen 24% Storbritannien 23% Kanada 23% Mexiko 10% Chile 7% Tittar man på höginkomsttagare som tjänar 167 % av snittet, så ser det ut så här: Belgien 49% Tyskland 44% Danmark 42% Italien 40% Österrike 39% Luxemburg 39% Finland 38% Slovenien 38% Nederländerna 38% Portugal 36% Sverige 36% Norge 35% Ungern 35% Frankrike 34% Island 34% USA 31% Storbritannien 30% Spanien 28% Kanada 27% Tjeckien 26% Polen 25% Schweiz 22% Mexiko 15% Chile 8%
So for some Aussie insight, going off the video we have 15 public holidays a year, one less than Japan. I"ll assume that's correct. In a good trade we are paid around what the teachers are paid in Japan, more if you count in overtime. (though this can depend on where you live in Oz) Plus we have some expenses covered by work (company vehicle/fuel card, mobile phone and tablet/laptop) these can also be used for personal use with in reason. Leave we have; 4 weeks (20 days) annually Monthly RDO (Roster Day Off) so another 12 days of leave annually. 10 sick days a year which accumulate each year Then there is also long service leave, after 10 years in the same job you gain 2 months of extra leave and then an additional week each year after. Work is a 40 hour week, Mon-Fri, 7am-3:30pm Of course this can vary depending on trade, company, location, experience etc The cost of living in Aus is kinda high though.
Yea that’s Japanese bowing etiquette 😊 you’ll see it a lot in Japan all the time, people thanking each other and greeting each other with deep bows as a sign of respect and politeness
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.
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 :)
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.
I was surprised to see the programmer salary so low. I also wonder how difficult it is to become a teacher in Japan if the systems engineer has a lower income.
I think it is based on demand and supply. There must be too much programmers versus train operators. This is similar in Canada where the demand for medical providers are very high due to aging population.
Shockingly low. A programmer *intern* at my company in the US gets paid $45-50k. My company has good compensation, but they're not overpaying. I know programmers are in really high demand here. If it's supply & demand, there must be a huge supply of programmers in Japan? Why don't more of them come to the US to work? A lot of people from India do.
@@JadedBeast Utah. We've become a bit of a tech hub here. But I've looked at software engineering jobs across the country and salaries are competitive like that across the US. Of course they're a little higher in areas like silicon valley, Boston, NYC, and a little lower in smaller cities.
as someone who lives and works in aussie and has lived and worked in NZ I can tell you that yes the wage might be higher but living cost is also higher( 2lt of milk in aussie it is $3-4 up in NZ it is $4-6.) and public transport is sooooo unreliable that you have no choice but to drive fule cost is $1.60-1.90 in aussie but in NZ $2 - 4 per lt then you have to add on Rego car service and in NZ WOF too . My wage is around $3400per month but my living cost is $2200per month and that dose not include food, fule, gym, car service and pink tax. So I work one full time job and Two causal jobs, my two causal jobs is so I can take a hoilday once every second year.
@@ClaudiniGod at least Here I have a house, there's no way I could buy a house in a first world country, If I lived in Japan I would have to pay an expensive rent for a very tiny apartment
I really good friend of mine worked for Nikken Sekkei for a few years after graduating Architecture in America. We met in college and I went to visit him a few years ago while he was still working there. He said it was like the traditional Japanese hierarchical power structure where old dudes pretty much got their way and ideas from younger designers had to essentially get the nod before it was taken seriously. He also heavily invested his time in new modeling and drafting techniques (grasshopper, rhinocerous, etc...) where that firm was largely more traditional and wasn't too keen on adopting more modern techniques. He's moved on since then with something he really loves doing everyday, but if you're *really* interested, I can link his personal website and you can ping him about it. Can't say he may respond to you, but I guess if you're going to school for Architecture and are thinking of moving to Japan to practice, he may have some insight for you. He did internships in Florida and Texas before moving back to Japan afterwards.
Great information. Direct and straightforward. You get to the main point of this video, and you answer the question completely, and honestly. Admire that.
Thats awesome actually! Right here in Brazil, the monthly salary is $200, but the rent of a house (basic) is $150. No decent heath care system, no security, no jobs. Yeah, it´s a survival game!
@kappelmeister123 right. And you live in some kind of paradise country? Is health care free where u come from? Is education free where u come from? Shut the fuck up and do not compare if u know shit
"Day in the life of a Shinkansen driver", please? Also that seems like a great payment for that job...I'd really be curious to see how the training and the requirements for that job are.
Source: Google "To become a shinkansen driver, the path is: 2 years as station staff, 2 years as a conductor, and a number of years as a driver of 1067mm gauge (zairaisen) trains"
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Hehe, thought it was thumb-kyo
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 😂
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.
"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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
*_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
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.
@@わわ-l8w bro India is exploding due to rapid change in population but it is coming under control
looking forward to ‘day in the life of a Japanese architect’
added: I guess there are many architects like me on UA-cam platform. Cross our fingers!
👍👍👍❤❤❤
yes please!
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 $500k and work for a company, people don’t believe. To them, 500k means you are running your own business. Public impression is no salary worker earns more than 150k, though reality is some do but people just don’t know.
Can an engineer gain more experience in Japan versus the U.S? Thats more important to me than salary
It's hard to compare the United States as a whole especially when each state has different Minimum wages, cost of living, and salaries.
You can just average the salaries with all the states combined.
@@wagajr You have to take into account the difference. Example a person in New York makes 100k a year but because of the cost of living they are almost at the poverty level. In Kansas someone makes 70k a year but because of the cost of living that person has a house, brand new car, and plenty of spending money...
A 90k house in the midwest the same house in New York at over 300-400k Hawaii it would be almost 650+... That's also why we have the electoral collage and why blanket taxes and minimum wage doesn't work in some place like the US... But for some reason allot of people don't understand this, and in the end laws get passed (from right and left) that end up hurting someone...
@@SimanSlivar (applause)
Robert Hollar holy shit that crazy. America needs to unite their states...
Well japan also has differences between prefectures
You find the most interesting topics to talk about, love it
Thanks Avery the Cuban-American!
The minimum wage here in Australia may seem quite high, but so is the cost of living. You may find that you live paycheck to paycheck.
@@sebastians583 In Malaysia i works 60hours a week as a Uber Driver and still earn less than 210$/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 $7.13 its still highest in world.
I live in Australia and dead set it's expensive and when we visited Japan we were constantly comparing the price of things and converting to our currency to get an idea on the differences and wow with a few exceptions we would be way ahead living in Japan.
Finland 7,5h/day. 5 times a week. 30 days annual paid leave. 10 holidays. Programmer gets 3100€/monthMinimum wage 8$. 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 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.
But just let everyone know, living in Tokyo is more expensive than other provinces
Yeah Tokyo and Kyoto are the only expensive places in Japan. In the rest of the country you can get by very cheaply.
Urban living is expensive...
@@jastinep.3659 Very far from everywhere.
Well, they pay me way less in Beijing, but the living cost is similar.
Haibara right?
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 a MINIMUM of 10 days off. In many places you get more and PTO allowance increases over time. But yes, compared to Germany even if you account for the public holidays and the days the company is closed , you have more holidays in Germany but not like double.
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.
@@jwisit yea I also agree with you
@@jwisitAnd by the way I was joking to 🙃
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.
Highly request 😁. Can you do “A day in a life of a Japanese Architect”.
Inspiring architect fan here.
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.
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%
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
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
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.
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)?
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
@@Wealllovekaira 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
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
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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.
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?
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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;?
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.
And japanese animators is in the bottom of the list :(
I have heard they make good money but their life is .... Whatever comes to your mind.
I have heard that the government is going to be attempting to improve their working conditions and salary. Not sure how long that will take or how they will do it.
@Akira You make me feel guilty for watching streamed anime online. Do you mean as a cheif in Makudonarudo or just a regular employee.
@Akira are you Japanese or happened to live there? If you are actually I have a question regarding a medical Laboratory technoogist or sciebtist how much money do they make?
@Akira Really you make me come to Japan and live there until I die
I am a medical lab technician since I am in a developed country, the government doesn't care about us. However, I have always wanted to complete my master degree and PhD in a developed country especially German and Japan. Do you think Japan will give me citizenship or settlement if I work there.
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
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. 😆
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.
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
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! 😂
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!
You mentioned at the end that you get paid about 50% more in tokyo, but you didn't mention afterwards that the daily costs are more and the rent is higher too.
He sorta Implied that you get paid more because of those things, since everyone is always saying how expensive it is
I'd say costs are about half that percentage higher unless you're crazy enough to have to live somewhere like Shibuya. Most people are fine with a 30min commute for more realistic costs.
@@pawala7 This. It's the same people who want to live in the middle of Manhattan so they "can be in the middle of it all".
He made a video about that. Go watch that one before watching this one
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
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
shithole
Great content Paolo. I think doing a daily job life on a retail associate in a department store would be awesome content.
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.
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 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?
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
Highschool teachers at 60k? At least Japan is doing something right that the rest of the world havent figured out yet.
Teachers in Texas go up to 73k per year
Ah so you're one of those guys lol.
Canadian teachers in ontario get like 100k
@@shahrikamin4699 were talking about AVERAGE highschool teacher salary if you were paying attention. Last time I checked it was 43k. the reason its called an average is because its the average across the country, not the main cities, and especially not the highest paid schools. Your number is useless.
@@missionpupa true
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
Thank you for interesting video...Its only a dream in my life that I want to stay and live in Japan..greatings from Philippines..
One thing to consider is the fact that most of my Japanese friends put in more hours than they need to. It's the same with my Korean friends. A lot of the time they will stay at work much later than scheduled because it looks good, even if they aren't doing anything when staying later. Especially if their bosses are still there. Same with vacations, they won't take them if their bosses don't..... I was an English teacher in Korea and we didn't stay late and we took all of our vacations. However, the middle school I taught at made it hard for me to use my paid sick leave. They made me get a doctor's note even for one day. Once they called me half way through a day I called in sick and said I rested long enough and I should come in but I didn't lol
It is not much different in the U.S. Working overtime while getting less done looks better than leaving early even though the person might have the most tasks done.
@@12012channel yeah cos in the US the work culture can also be quite cut-throat. There's someone going to bitch about you during your annual performance review.
When I became a college student we should make a Day in the life of Japanese college student!
....I think it looks pretty much the same.
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.
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
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
Day in the life of a food cart vendor !!!🙏🏻
I’ve been living in Australia for 6 years. Excellent pay, vacation time and retirement. Also, free healthcare. High cost of living but way better than I ever had it back in the States. Thanks for the informative video mate.
Magic Crate good for you man. Health care here is stupidly expensive. It may be time for me to look somewhere else lol.
@@Angel-je3bh Hell yeah it is
* 4 weeks paid vacation leave (i get 5 cause I'm a shift worker)
* 10 days Sick/personal leave
* 8.7 weeks long service leave after 10 continuous years with same company (i get 13 weeks)
* highest minimum wage
* free healthcare
Australia certainly is a lucky country
May I ask how much is your salary? Australia is really expensive. Japan has good healthcare too. As a software engineer, the salary in Australia is nearly half of that in the Bay Area, or even lower. But the living expenses really scare a lot of people.
@@haha-eg8fj I'm supporting wife and kids on single income salary is $100,000 AUD but I work in a large mining town
One of my favorite youtubers from Japan. Just subscribed.
i really wanted him to tell us the average cost of living tho
Check his other video. Its pretty high in tokyo atleast.
He already made a vedio about this
Thats why u dont have a successful youtube channel. U cant convolute your videos w too much different info. U need to make each video clear what its about and then make a different video for the next issue. Thats how a youtuber gets paid. More views.
He said it's within 4% of the cost of living in the US.
90k yen per month
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.
The problem is not how "much" the average salary is. It is much how much get for that salary in your country. In that respect I am glad I live in Sweden.
Precisely, it's about the overall standard of living and what are you able to afford with that paycheck. Also, for me it's still unclear are tgese figures before or after tax.
Pavle Lekic they’re before tax for sure. For example, as an English teacher in japan, I make around 240,000 per month. But take out deductions such as taxes, pension, medical insurance and other automatic deductions, I usually see a paycheck of around 170,000 on a good month. Then after paying all of those taxes we have to pay prefectural taxes to our local prefectures as a percent of our annual income BEFORE national tax. The medical insurance is nice. But the pension probably will never be seen again tbh
@@noonnonono hey, thanks for that info, finally someone is shedding some light to the topic. If not too private of an info, how much of that money goes to living costs?
Pavle Lekic well I have a wife and newborn, and as the only job holder it all disappears by the end of the month lol. Rent isn’t terrible but phone and internet, car payment etc. are higher than I could negotiate in my home country. The rest goes to food and gas. This type of work is basically just not sustainable and I’m trying to start paperwork to go back to my home country with my family, but I have to get my wife a visa first so we’re basically stuck here for the time being. That being said, food water and shelter are never something we worry about. Just impossible to save anything.
@@noonnonono got it makes perfect sense. I've went to Tokyo on two occasions, once as a tourist and once for business, and as much as it all looks like a dream, your posts are indeed a reality check. Oh well, the alternative would be to become mad rich and then move there lol :))
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.
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.
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.
This was a really interesting video, and I think speaks volumes about what Japan values, culturally.
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?
salaries may be higher but when you consider all the hours and expense of living in tokyo they seem pretty bad.
Depends where you live just like every where else
Not really. All dependent on the location and that means in Tokyo as well.
Atlan Ta I live in Tokyo but the rent is $ 500.
@@U00-m3v is that 1bed 1bth
pikate yu Nice. In Canada, it's double that if you're in major cities, lol. I don't think I've seen rent below $1000 lately and that applies to single rooms.
Loving all your videos man, great work :). Love the positivity and simplicity and easy to understand videos, and its great!
Man, I'm from Mexico and seeing that average working hours map made me feel so freaking fortunate.
I average between 4-6 work hours per day, working as a remote employee.
It's also incredibly sad because our money simply gets siphoned away by our corrupt governments. No matter how much we work as a nation on average, we're not left with much to show.
If you don't mind me asking, what's the job about?
@@MoonSlayer86 Software developer! My previous job was 8-6 M-F, 8-2 saturdays, for half my current pay, so I know I'm glad I made this change lol.
Luis Lomeli Wait, so you’re working 4-6 hours a day now? That’s not much at all. It is interesting to see that Mexico does work so much though
@@FuzionBranz yeah, sometimes I work more, some days i don't get any tasks at all, so it balances and i get to do other stuff at home.
i do have to be available for around 7 hours, but i rarely have to work all that time per day
generally programmers in china work 9-9-6 (you can google what it means) if they are slackers. and the government siphons the money just as badly.
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.
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 work 52 hours in New York City and I make 1000 dollars a week as a delivery man for a pizzeria.
Good for you
That's good I'm a journeyman electrician in Texas and make 900 a week only working 40 hours
@@texasjourneyman207 I don't know how is the cost of living in Texas but in NYC I pay 1650 for a 2 bedroom apartment, and that is in a ghetto
@@edsecce5685 I pay 1500 for a 3 bedroom house and wait get this lol 🤣 I'm on half a acre of land
@@texasjourneyman207 wow that does not exist in this city, may be when I retire I move down the south
Do they fully report hours? I thought people put in unpaid overtime.
I just want to acknowledge that you are one of the nicest fellas on UA-cam. 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.
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
The salary is quite small compared to Australia. But the cost of living here is high as well.
Yeah. Take the travelling cost of the metro system for example, the minimum cost of train ticket is only $1.3 USD, which is usually covered by the company anyway. And you can get a drink straight from a vending machine for less than $1, instead of $3 drink in Australia.
@@haha-eg8fj yes some things seem cheaper but no mention of running a car most Australians drive everywhere but that's declining very slowly we are more like USA with cars
14% salary difference on average in Sweden. Love this series! :)
But the taxes is so high :(
@@Asse89ify - typical misconception
Average income tax
Belgien 42%
Tyskland 40%
Danmark 36%
Österrike 35%
Ungern 35%
Slovenien 33%
Italien 33%
Finland 31%
Luxemburg 31%
Nederländerna 30%
Island 29%
Frankrike 29%
Norge 28%
Portugal 28%
Turkiet 28%
USA 26%
Sverige 25%
Polen 24%
Storbritannien 23%
Kanada 23%
Mexiko 10%
Chile 7%
Tittar man på höginkomsttagare som tjänar 167 % av snittet, så ser det ut så här:
Belgien 49%
Tyskland 44%
Danmark 42%
Italien 40%
Österrike 39%
Luxemburg 39%
Finland 38%
Slovenien 38%
Nederländerna 38%
Portugal 36%
Sverige 36%
Norge 35%
Ungern 35%
Frankrike 34%
Island 34%
USA 31%
Storbritannien 30%
Spanien 28%
Kanada 27%
Tjeckien 26%
Polen 25%
Schweiz 22%
Mexiko 15%
Chile 8%
So for some Aussie insight, going off the video we have 15 public holidays a year, one less than Japan. I"ll assume that's correct.
In a good trade we are paid around what the teachers are paid in Japan, more if you count in overtime. (though this can depend on where you live in Oz) Plus we have some expenses covered by work (company vehicle/fuel card, mobile phone and tablet/laptop) these can also be used for personal use with in reason.
Leave we have;
4 weeks (20 days) annually
Monthly RDO (Roster Day Off) so another 12 days of leave annually.
10 sick days a year which accumulate each year
Then there is also long service leave, after 10 years in the same job you gain 2 months of extra leave and then an additional week each year after.
Work is a 40 hour week, Mon-Fri, 7am-3:30pm
Of course this can vary depending on trade, company, location, experience etc
The cost of living in Aus is kinda high though.
Dream hours. Whole day to enjoy then
@@marcsmith8585 Its good during the warmer months when we have "day light savings" where it doesn't get dark till 7:30-8pm
0:42 look at the background...
Wow How Gentle ❤️❤️
Yea that’s Japanese bowing etiquette 😊 you’ll see it a lot in Japan all the time, people thanking each other and greeting each other with deep bows as a sign of respect and politeness
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.
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
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.
I was surprised to see the programmer salary so low. I also wonder how difficult it is to become a teacher in Japan if the systems engineer has a lower income.
I think it is based on demand and supply. There must be too much programmers versus train operators. This is similar in Canada where the demand for medical providers are very high due to aging population.
Shockingly low. A programmer *intern* at my company in the US gets paid $45-50k. My company has good compensation, but they're not overpaying. I know programmers are in really high demand here. If it's supply & demand, there must be a huge supply of programmers in Japan? Why don't more of them come to the US to work? A lot of people from India do.
@@Rickywwx What state? and how about the cost of living?
@devcat Thank you for that information. Clears things up. I've heard English is one of the hardest languages to learn.
@@JadedBeast Utah. We've become a bit of a tech hub here. But I've looked at software engineering jobs across the country and salaries are competitive like that across the US. Of course they're a little higher in areas like silicon valley, Boston, NYC, and a little lower in smaller cities.
Comparison is the thief of joy. - Theodore Roosevelt
as someone who lives and works in aussie and has lived and worked in NZ I can tell you that yes the wage might be higher but living cost is also higher( 2lt of milk in aussie it is $3-4 up in NZ it is $4-6.)
and public transport is sooooo unreliable that you have no choice but to drive fule cost is $1.60-1.90 in aussie but in NZ $2 - 4 per lt then you have to add on Rego car service and in NZ WOF too . My wage is around $3400per month but my living cost is $2200per month and that dose not include food, fule, gym, car service and pink tax. So I work one full time job and Two causal jobs, my two causal jobs is so I can take a hoilday once every second year.
Love all your videos
Wow. Japan's minimum monthly salary is my annual salary.
Same. So sad to live in a 3rd world country.
@@ClaudiniGod at least Here I have a house, there's no way I could buy a house in a first world country,
If I lived in Japan I would have to pay an expensive rent for a very tiny apartment
Can you do 'Day in the Life of a Japanese Architect'?
Probably struggling like everywhere else.
I really good friend of mine worked for Nikken Sekkei for a few years after graduating Architecture in America. We met in college and I went to visit him a few years ago while he was still working there.
He said it was like the traditional Japanese hierarchical power structure where old dudes pretty much got their way and ideas from younger designers had to essentially get the nod before it was taken seriously. He also heavily invested his time in new modeling and drafting techniques (grasshopper, rhinocerous, etc...) where that firm was largely more traditional and wasn't too keen on adopting more modern techniques.
He's moved on since then with something he really loves doing everyday, but if you're *really* interested, I can link his personal website and you can ping him about it. Can't say he may respond to you, but I guess if you're going to school for Architecture and are thinking of moving to Japan to practice, he may have some insight for you.
He did internships in Florida and Texas before moving back to Japan afterwards.
Great information. Direct and straightforward.
You get to the main point of this video, and you answer the question completely, and honestly.
Admire that.
4:38 the actual stuff I wanted to know. Thanks for sharing.
Thats awesome actually! Right here in Brazil, the monthly salary is $200, but the rent of a house (basic) is $150. No decent heath care system, no security, no jobs. Yeah, it´s a survival game!
Here in Argentina you get $7000 per year (if you’re “lucky” enough).
@Mango The video did say to compare your salaries, stupid comment
it is insane! in 1950 argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world!
@Ateng Eryyanto Not thanks to the likes of you, I'm sure.
@kappelmeister123 right. And you live in some kind of paradise country? Is health care free where u come from? Is education free where u come from? Shut the fuck up and do not compare if u know shit
....if you don't like where you are then change it, you're not a tree.
"Day in the life of a Shinkansen driver", please? Also that seems like a great payment for that job...I'd really be curious to see how the training and the requirements for that job are.
Source: Google
"To become a shinkansen driver, the path is: 2 years as station staff, 2 years as a conductor, and a number of years as a driver of 1067mm gauge (zairaisen) trains"