Minimum Wage｜Statistics Japan : Prefecture Comparisons

Minimum Wage

2012-10-3 | Economy |

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Minimum wage is the wage set forth under the Minimum Wages Act and there are minimum wages set forth according to area and according to industry. Here, the minimum wages according to area have been compared.

The highest minimum wage is in Tokyo, with \791. Tokyo is followed by other urban areas such as Kanagawa (\789), Osaka (\762) and Saitama (\735). The lowest is in Okinawa, Miyazaki and Saga with \692. Prefectures in Kyushu and the Tohoku area are ranked low.

The correlative ranking shows that it is highly correlated with rankings in which urban areas are ranked high, such as Broadband Contracts, Prefectural Income and average residential land prices, indicating that minimum wages are higher in urban areas.

MINIMUM WAGE

Source　Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Rank	Prefectures	Minimum Wage	Standard Score
Sort	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc
1	Tokyo	850 Yen	80.92
2	Kanagawa	849 Yen	80.72
3	Osaka	800 Yen	70.72
4	Saitama	771 Yen	64.79
5	Kyoto	759 Yen	62.35
6	Aichi	758 Yen	62.14
7	Chiba	756 Yen	61.73
8	Hyogo	749 Yen	60.30
9	Shizuoka	735 Yen	57.45
10	Mie	724 Yen	55.20
11	Hokkaido	719 Yen	54.18
11	Hiroshima	719 Yen	54.18
13	Shiga	716 Yen	53.57
14	Gifu	713 Yen	52.95
15	Tochigi	705 Yen	51.32
16	Fukuoka	701 Yen	50.50
17	Toyama	700 Yen	50.30
17	Nagano	700 Yen	50.30
19	Nara	699 Yen	50.10
19	Ibaraki	699 Yen	50.10
21	Gunma	696 Yen	49.48
22	Yamanashi	695 Yen	49.28
23	Ishikawa	693 Yen	48.87
24	Okayama	691 Yen	48.46
25	Yamaguchi	690 Yen	48.26
25	Wakayama	690 Yen	48.26
25	Fukui	690 Yen	48.26
28	Niigata	689 Yen	48.05
29	Miyagi	685 Yen	47.24
30	Kagawa	674 Yen	44.99
31	Fukushima	664 Yen	42.95
32	Akita	654 Yen	40.91
32	Ehime	654 Yen	40.91
32	Kagoshima	654 Yen	40.91
32	Tokushima	654 Yen	40.91
32	Yamagata	654 Yen	40.91
32	Aomori	654 Yen	40.91
38	Oita	653 Yen	40.70
38	Miyazaki	653 Yen	40.70
38	Okinawa	653 Yen	40.70
38	Kumamoto	653 Yen	40.70
38	Tottori	653 Yen	40.70
38	Nagasaki	653 Yen	40.70
38	Iwate	653 Yen	40.70
38	Saga	653 Yen	40.70
46	Kochi	652 Yen	40.50
46	Shimane	652 Yen	40.50
	Average	749 Yen