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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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 %.
@Mameshiba I don't know him, but is my case too, I'm from Colombia, 1.5 USD / hour maybe a little less. Just to put you in context, you have two work to hours to buy a small subway, not in combo, just the sandwich. One hour to buy a Coca Cola 3 Litres. One bus ride cost half hour of work. And any decent place to live in a regular neighborhood cost at least 150 USD. And I'm not in the most expensive city, in the capital, Bogotá you can expect a rise of 20% of the cost with the same salary.
Juan Carlos Vasquez your English is good. Try becoming a virtual assistant for people in United States. You can make better money online. I’m looking for someone to help me with computer tasks if you are interested.
@@pixeldvx It doesn't matter from where you are,same shit here,Greece 4 euro per hour,one fucking sandwich cost 4 fucking euro,to rent a house 50 square meters cost 300 euro,one packet of pasta in super market cost 0.80 euro.Also one bottle of 1,5 litre of coca cola cost 2 euro ,add electricity that is fucking expensive like 70 euro per month.The dark ages is now,we are slaves the only difference is that we not work in the land,we work in factories.
@@MetatroN197924 i d rather prefer working on land like they used to instead of this bullshit we have today. and die happilly with 40 instead of having trouble with my back and all that shit
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😄
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 :)
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
@@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...
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
@@leesasuki True and the professionals get worked to death. Very long hours. No life outside of work place. Very low pay compared to their counterparts in US and Canada.
@@paengguin9381 when you say about high cost of living, you have in mind such gigacities as Tokyo & Co, but in the most part of Japan costs are much lower. And remember, that salaries in gigacities are much higher than the average in the whole country
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.
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.
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 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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Think it depends on the company and area and specific industry and experience. In Tokyo 4 - 6,000,000 Yen is more common. I was making 5,500,000 in 2018 - 2019. To be honest comparing the cost of living making pretty much the same in Romania at around 36000$ / year factoring in all expenses.
@@CaimAstraea you get 40k dollars as a junior dev in japan but 150-160 k in silicon valley. and silicon valley is just a bit expensive than tokyo. plus the working hours in sv is much better. how they can even compete with usa with technology? usa gets the all the big brains from the world.
@@bBleedingMoon "a bit" is an understatement. Silicon Valley is A LOT more expensive than Tokyo. And no, Japan can't compete with the US with technology. Japan values traditions too much and hates changes, which is a requirement for developing new technologies. Japan is f-cked. China will be ahead of them for sure in next decades. I like Japan but they are too stubborn to be a superpower in technology.
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.
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
If you make less than 4000$ month you consider poor (shop assistance, low paid construction etc). 5000$ is consider ok (entry level, like office job). 6000$ starts to be better but most over 40 make 6500 to 7000. Hi from Switzerland 🇨🇭
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
Being that my wife is Japanese/Okinawan and is over in Oki now helping take care of her parents (...we met when I was in the Marine Corps in 2001 on a blind date...) I have to say that you do a excellent job on your videos which are always interesting!
Japan paying less to software engineers than a mechanic and teacher is the reason Japan is now falling behind as Chinese and american companies take over Japan had Sony Panasonic etc all electronic giants and missed smartphone revolution exactly where apple dominated because of the way they look down upon software engineers and thats why in 21st century we see all innovation coming from US with Apple Google Amazon Facebook Microsoft and with chinese companies like Baidu Tencent and Alibaba ...Japan needs to pay software engineers more or else they end up losing in digital age...my humble opinion Auto is now one industry where Japan is still dominant but mark my words if they treat techies so poorly Tesla will march ahead in 5 years when self driving takes over
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’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 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.
I'm still a student but I'm from Argentina and my mom makes 4,460USD per year or 372USD per month, I think around 3USD/h, 6 hours a day and 5 days a week.
@@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.
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.
iam from indonesia where average salary per month in my city is $289 (4.150.000 idr) which is enough for single/ unmarried person *my salary per month is $412 (5.900.000 idr) my living cost per month: - flat ($42 *include water and electricity also with indoor kitchen and toilet/ bathroom) - home internet ($22 *20mbps unlimited) - cellphone data ($6 *20gb data) - food ($73 *breakfast $17, lunch $31, dinner $25 || i rarely make my own food so mostly i buy from street food or from canteen) - drinking water ($3 *76 liter = 19 liter per galon) - transportation ($14 *use public transport like bus) total = $160 (2.300.000 idr) so i have another $251 (3.600.000 idr) to spend for another thing
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
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!
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.
I'm a bit disappointed with how you've presented some of those statistics in a misleading way. First, the male-female wage discrepancy seems to represent a blunt average for either gender. This in itself doesn't show whether men and women are paid differently for the same job, which is the more meaningful measure, and probably what you wanted to show. Second, I completely disagree with how you have portrayed the Tokyo salary as you imply that simply by going to Tokyo you will be paid more. What you do not factor in to this is that higher paid professions (think finance, law etc) are far more likely to have their workers located in Tokyo and therefore bump the overall average. On this basis, you would probably still need to have the right skills in Tokyo to earn more. There may be some element of Tokyo workers overall getting paid more than other areas of Japan, but this is not what the statistic you used highlights.
Came for this. I can only speak about what I've heard, but is there still a sizable number of women who become stay at home moms after they get kids? Because I can imagine that skews the numbers a bit
Hi! I actually live in Tokyo with my boyfriend, as a foreign student i spend 9万円 just for the rent, which is 840 dollars. My boyfriend who is Japanese works in a restaurant and since he is still young he has a salary that goes around 20万円、which is maybe 1800 dollars (without taxes). Taking out the rent and groceries (i spend just for myself 200 dollars just for food and not even eating fruits every day because the cost would be way more than this ) and the transportation that is extremely expensive ecc, there is not so much to save actually! There is a reason why Japan has high salary, because the cost of living is pretty high. And if you are a normal Japanese woman living alone in shinjuku or shibuya (where the rent is really high) it would be even worse. P. S sorry for my english
Wage discrepancy could also be more than one issue though. It is not just about women being paid equally for the same job. What if women are also discriminated against to get certain positions entirely. Does that not pose an even worse problem?
Great Video Paolo. I'm from Manila and the average pay here for a normal clerical job is around Php15,00-20,000. 300-400USD. Of course it's way worse compared to Japan but the good part is, the cost of living here is really affordable. You can get a good homecooked meal for $1-2. A normal Jollibee meal is around $2.00. I'm renting a big house now for just $260/month. Fair enough right? Salamat~
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 NYC as a operations analyst, make $95k annually, our company gives an extra friday off every month in addition to holidays- I wonder what taxes are like there though.
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.
No, no. Sorry but no, Paolo. Japanese do not work less hours than the USA or other nations. I have spent the last 35 years as an American working and associating with Japanese counterparts. I have also lived and worked in Japan. Japanese salarymen/salarywomen spend insane amounts of time at work. They don't actually get more work done than Americans or other countries, but they spend a HUGE amount of time AT work. Maybe at a few gold plated companies some people might work more reasonable hours, but a LOT and perhaps MOST Japanese people work more than four hours overtime per day and often work weekends. Many/most of these workers don't get paid anything for the overtime they put in. It is just expected and they do it. Sure, it is illegal, but that is the way it is in Japan for salaried employees. In Japan, for all intents and purposes, the companies "own" the salaried employees. The employees spend so much time at work, they have very little of their own lives to enjoy. I think that many retired Japanese wake up to the horrifying reality that their life is almost over and they gave most of their life and all of the best years of their life to the company.
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 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.
Found this video and enjoyed it very much. My mind tells me Japan is for me and several times I've truly wondered how living there would be. Now my reasons are probably naive but seeing I've never ventured off to Japan I live with my fantasies I guess. I think the people are neat and clean and organized. They care about their country and people. I believe the food is quite healthy. I also believe the people themselves are aware of being healthy. I think for the most part Japanese are honorable and little crime exists. I'm older ( a senior citizen) but think a large percentage of the women are just beautiful. They do not age and even seem to maintain a happy girl like disposition and figure. The country is beautiful and appears so clean and carefully done. That's me 100%
My wife is Japanese and I've lived in Japan off and on you are right a lot about being organized and polite. Their diets are very healthy and their lifestyle. What you may not understand is they are very robotic their society also makes it so you blend in so individualism and being outgoing are a bit alienating. As an immigrant you can find it difficult to build relationships but it's definitely doable. There is very much the feeling of conformity and not much room to step outside that zone if that makes sense. However if you can adjust to the Japanese mindset I think you could have a happy life there but it is a very different mindset you have to adopt.
@@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 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.
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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 😂
"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.
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.
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.
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
Can you imagine all the stressed out software engineers who dream of someday being promoted to cook Ramen? 😆
Really crazy to think that cooking Ramen is higher pay then a software engineer😳
It is simple food is more important than a gadget
@@Sikawi I definitely agree with you. Nothing is more important than food and water. But one software engineer can produce enough value in time saved via automation to purchase food for a million people.
@@joshuawedekind3903 yea I also agree with you
@@joshuawedekind3903And by the way I was joking to 🙃
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
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?
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.
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
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.
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!
My new dream is to become a bus driver in Japan
T Gay Shinkenshen is a train driver
Same!!!!!
I am Japanese and I have bus driver license.
but I am scared of drive bus so I quit my dream.
many of foreigners become bus driver in Japan. except of City bus.
foreigners usually become sightseeing bus.
City bus require speaking Japanese in Japan. good luck.
Japan now very shortage of drivers. taxi , bus truck.
many of driver are old age people.
so there are chance . I really surprise indian truck driver come to my house to deriver some staff.
foreigners increasing now.
@@user-cp3ip3rw7r bro India is exploding due to rapid change in population but it is coming under control
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.
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
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.
*_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
Japan: we have more public holidays
India: hold my lunch 😂
😂😂😂true
india keling
@mizzouxc lmao
Hindustani Bhau- Areey sabar karo jara! 😂✋
@mizzouxc Ya' Ancestors- shame on you boi! 😂
I 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%
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
"If Japanese salaries are better or worse than yours." I can answer before even watching.
@Mameshiba I don't know him, but is my case too, I'm from Colombia, 1.5 USD / hour maybe a little less. Just to put you in context, you have two work to hours to buy a small subway, not in combo, just the sandwich. One hour to buy a Coca Cola 3 Litres. One bus ride cost half hour of work. And any decent place to live in a regular neighborhood cost at least 150 USD. And I'm not in the most expensive city, in the capital, Bogotá you can expect a rise of 20% of the cost with the same salary.
@Mameshiba America, and my salary isn't great. It's livable though.
Juan Carlos Vasquez your English is good. Try becoming a virtual assistant for people in United States. You can make better money online. I’m looking for someone to help me with computer tasks if you are interested.
@@pixeldvx It doesn't matter from where you are,same shit here,Greece 4 euro per hour,one fucking sandwich cost 4 fucking euro,to rent a house 50 square meters cost 300 euro,one packet of pasta in super market cost 0.80 euro.Also one bottle of 1,5 litre of coca cola cost 2 euro ,add electricity that is fucking expensive like 70 euro per month.The dark ages is now,we are slaves the only difference is that we not work in the land,we work in factories.
@@MetatroN197924 i d rather prefer working on land like they used to instead of this bullshit we have today. and die happilly with 40 instead of having trouble with my back and all that shit
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)?
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
So a train driver makes more than a programmer? Interesting....
I think that Shinkansen driver is not a plain train driver.
In Australia, train drivers (depending on state) gets paid 95,000 - 120,000 base per year incl. shift penalties and rates. They are actually one of the most sought after jobs in Australia imo. So, I’m not really surprised lol
🤯
You would see a large amount of suicides being a train driver in Japan, I imagine this is taken into consideration.
In india train drivers getting higher than the bankers who worked whole day in computer. No job is less.
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
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
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
You find the most interesting topics to talk about, love it
Thanks Avery the Cuban-American!
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.
Japanese salaries are LOW for their high cost of living, limited living space and high taxes!
correct !
yeah, although I like how they pay more for hard working and danger jobs, but the pay for professional is way too low, and that's Tokyo standard
@@leesasuki True and the professionals get worked to death. Very long hours. No life outside of work place. Very low pay compared to their counterparts in US and Canada.
@V Oliver Rutherfurd Yep. LOL!
@@paengguin9381 when you say about high cost of living, you have in mind such gigacities as Tokyo & Co, but in the most part of Japan costs are much lower. And remember, that salaries in gigacities are much higher than the average in the whole country
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.
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
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?
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 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?
Highly request 😁. Can you do “A day in a life of a Japanese Architect”.
Inspiring architect fan here.
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. 😆
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'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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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!
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.
Damn they pay their programmers shit lol.
Think it depends on the company and area and specific industry and experience. In Tokyo 4 - 6,000,000 Yen is more common. I was making 5,500,000 in 2018 - 2019. To be honest comparing the cost of living making pretty much the same in Romania at around 36000$ / year factoring in all expenses.
Yes the pay for programmers etc is not very good, plus look at the long hours they work. I would also think the rent in Tokyo would be much higher
jesus imagine learning how to code and getting slapped in the face with that annual income.
@@CaimAstraea you get 40k dollars as a junior dev in japan but 150-160 k in silicon valley. and silicon valley is just a bit expensive than tokyo. plus the working hours in sv is much better. how they can even compete with usa with technology? usa gets the all the big brains from the world.
@@bBleedingMoon "a bit" is an understatement. Silicon Valley is A LOT more expensive than Tokyo. And no, Japan can't compete with the US with technology. Japan values traditions too much and hates changes, which is a requirement for developing new technologies. Japan is f-cked. China will be ahead of them for sure in next decades. I like Japan but they are too stubborn to be a superpower in technology.
Engineers in Japan:😒
Bus drivers and ramen shop managers:🤑
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.
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
I earn such a crap salary in my country (with a Masters Degree) that I don’t mind moving to Japan and teach English 😫
Which country do you live in?
What country and degree?
im guessing philippines?
If you make less than 4000$ month you consider poor (shop assistance, low paid construction etc). 5000$ is consider ok (entry level, like office job). 6000$ starts to be better but most over 40 make 6500 to 7000. Hi from Switzerland 🇨🇭
The 50% increase in Tokyo is inflated by all the millionaires and large businesses.
So to in order to save up, you need to live in a smaller city with cheaper rent and food
Just like everywhere else....
To give you an idea of my average monthly expenses in Tokyo:
2 bedroom apartment rent: 800 a month
Internet: 50 a month
Electric: 100 a month
Insurance: 45 a month
Food: 12 a day
Commute: paid for by companies, but my 6 month train pass to school was 300 dollars
Tokyo Diaries 12 a day for food ? Does that account 2-3 meals or some of them are payed by your company ? Seems very cheap otherwise
@@kylanoble8669 Wow, that's stupid cheap! I live in the suburbs an hour from Seattle and a 1 bd is between 1-1.5k.
Tokyo Diaries $800 a month of rent in Tokyo?? Must be very small apartment but that is one hell of a deal. I live in metro Atlanta and 1 to 2 bedroom apartments can easily be +$1000 a month and those aren’t the fancy ones lol
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.
We need "one day in the life of hikikomori"
He needs your location to meet you
Thank you for interesting video...Its only a dream in my life that I want to stay and live in Japan..greatings from Philippines..
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.
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.
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
Day in the life of a fast food worker / cleaner / bus driver. Should focus more on the marginalised group.
This honestly sounds interesting
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?
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.
Being that my wife is Japanese/Okinawan and is over in Oki now helping take care of her parents (...we met when I was in the Marine Corps in 2001 on a blind date...) I have to say that you do a excellent job on your videos which are always interesting!
Japan paying less to software engineers than a mechanic and teacher is the reason Japan is now falling behind as Chinese and american companies take over
Japan had Sony Panasonic etc all electronic giants and missed smartphone revolution exactly where apple dominated because of the way they look down upon software engineers and thats why in 21st century we see all innovation coming from US with Apple Google Amazon Facebook Microsoft and with chinese companies like Baidu Tencent and Alibaba ...Japan needs to pay software engineers more or else they end up losing in digital age...my humble opinion
Auto is now one industry where Japan is still dominant but mark my words if they treat techies so poorly Tesla will march ahead in 5 years when self driving takes over
They've been stagnating since the 80s. Let's hope Japan can revive.
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
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;?
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.
I'm still a student but I'm from Argentina and my mom makes 4,460USD per year or 372USD per month, I think around 3USD/h, 6 hours a day and 5 days a week.
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
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
iam from indonesia where average salary per month in my city is $289 (4.150.000 idr) which is enough for single/ unmarried person *my salary per month is $412 (5.900.000 idr)
my living cost per month:
- flat ($42 *include water and electricity also with indoor kitchen and toilet/ bathroom)
- home internet ($22 *20mbps unlimited)
- cellphone data ($6 *20gb data)
- food ($73 *breakfast $17, lunch $31, dinner $25 || i rarely make my own food so mostly i buy from street food or from canteen)
- drinking water ($3 *76 liter = 19 liter per galon)
- transportation ($14 *use public transport like bus)
total = $160 (2.300.000 idr)
so i have another $251 (3.600.000 idr) to spend for another thing
Love all your videos
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
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.
We want to see “A day in life of an athlete”.
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!
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.
I'm a bit disappointed with how you've presented some of those statistics in a misleading way.
First, the male-female wage discrepancy seems to represent a blunt average for either gender. This in itself doesn't show whether men and women are paid differently for the same job, which is the more meaningful measure, and probably what you wanted to show. Second, I completely disagree with how you have portrayed the Tokyo salary as you imply that simply by going to Tokyo you will be paid more. What you do not factor in to this is that higher paid professions (think finance, law etc) are far more likely to have their workers located in Tokyo and therefore bump the overall average. On this basis, you would probably still need to have the right skills in Tokyo to earn more. There may be some element of Tokyo workers overall getting paid more than other areas of Japan, but this is not what the statistic you used highlights.
also the cost of living is immensely higher in Tokyo vs. other places in Japan
Came for this. I can only speak about what I've heard, but is there still a sizable number of women who become stay at home moms after they get kids? Because I can imagine that skews the numbers a bit
Hi! I actually live in Tokyo with my boyfriend, as a foreign student i spend 9万円 just for the rent, which is 840 dollars.
My boyfriend who is Japanese works in a restaurant and since he is still young he has a salary that goes around 20万円、which is maybe 1800 dollars (without taxes).
Taking out the rent and groceries (i spend just for myself 200 dollars just for food and not even eating fruits every day because the cost would be way more than this ) and the transportation that is extremely expensive ecc, there is not so much to save actually!
There is a reason why Japan has high salary, because the cost of living is pretty high.
And if you are a normal Japanese woman living alone in shinjuku or shibuya (where the rent is really high) it would be even worse.
P. S sorry for my english
Also median income is a better measurement. It’s 25k in Japan
Wage discrepancy could also be more than one issue though. It is not just about women being paid equally for the same job. What if women are also discriminated against to get certain positions entirely. Does that not pose an even worse problem?
Japan actually paying their teachers, at least high school ones, the money they deserve.
Great Video Paolo. I'm from Manila and the average pay here for a normal clerical job is around Php15,00-20,000. 300-400USD. Of course it's way worse compared to Japan but the good part is, the cost of living here is really affordable.
You can get a good homecooked meal for $1-2. A normal Jollibee meal is around $2.00. I'm renting a big house now for just $260/month. Fair enough right? Salamat~
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
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 NYC as a operations analyst, make $95k annually, our company gives an extra friday off every month in addition to holidays- I wonder what taxes are like there though.
Bro i love how the ramen managers get paid more then most of them lmaooo
Because they r managers
Seems like ramen matters the most.
cos ya know....ramen haha. Everyone there goes to a ramen shop.
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.
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
No, no. Sorry but no, Paolo. Japanese do not work less hours than the USA or other nations. I have spent the last 35 years as an American working and associating with Japanese counterparts. I have also lived and worked in Japan. Japanese salarymen/salarywomen spend insane amounts of time at work. They don't actually get more work done than Americans or other countries, but they spend a HUGE amount of time AT work. Maybe at a few gold plated companies some people might work more reasonable hours, but a LOT and perhaps MOST Japanese people work more than four hours overtime per day and often work weekends. Many/most of these workers don't get paid anything for the overtime they put in. It is just expected and they do it. Sure, it is illegal, but that is the way it is in Japan for salaried employees. In Japan, for all intents and purposes, the companies "own" the salaried employees. The employees spend so much time at work, they have very little of their own lives to enjoy. I think that many retired Japanese wake up to the horrifying reality that their life is almost over and they gave most of their life and all of the best years of their life to the company.
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 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
Day in the life of a food cart vendor !!!🙏🏻
I think in india we have total 70 holidays including public holidays and other protest holidays
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@@VlogsarmyRohitThapaVlogs Fr???
@@_Megasthenes_ huh?
@@VlogsarmyRohitThapaVlogs i just asked the meaning, Nevermind
Found this video and enjoyed it very much. My mind tells me Japan is for me and several times I've truly wondered how living there would be. Now my reasons are probably naive but seeing I've never ventured off to Japan I live with my fantasies I guess. I think the people are neat and clean and organized. They care about their country and people. I believe the food is quite healthy. I also believe the people themselves are aware of being healthy. I think for the most part Japanese are honorable and little crime exists. I'm older ( a senior citizen) but think a large percentage of the women are just beautiful. They do not age and even seem to maintain a happy girl like disposition and figure.
The country is beautiful and appears so clean and carefully done. That's me 100%
My wife is Japanese and I've lived in Japan off and on you are right a lot about being organized and polite. Their diets are very healthy and their lifestyle. What you may not understand is they are very robotic their society also makes it so you blend in so individualism and being outgoing are a bit alienating. As an immigrant you can find it difficult to build relationships but it's definitely doable. There is very much the feeling of conformity and not much room to step outside that zone if that makes sense. However if you can adjust to the Japanese mindset I think you could have a happy life there but it is a very different mindset you have to adopt.
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
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
My guy... This is crazy! People here in Mexico make about $200 USD for a part time job. A full time job is like $400 USD a month 😭
If I moved to Japan as an systems engineer (software), I'd take a 75% pay cut.
I just want to live quietly in a village in Japan lol
Amen bro....amen;
Go for it. 👍
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.