In Japan, published figures put pay for a journalist at ¥1,000–¥2,000 a manuscript sheet.
What journalist work in Japan pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Manuscript sheet (400 characters)
1,000 characters
Hour
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelance | Demanded in-company minimum hourly wage | ¥1,600 an hour | $80.91 | Shimbun Roren · Union demand |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
執筆謝金 400字あたり 1,000円～2,000円DocumentKids Door honorarium rules: writing fee per 400-character page, from 1 Apr 2024 · Publisher’s rates StatusIn force · 1 Apr 2024
全ての企業内最低時給を少なくとも1,600円まで引き上げるDocumentShimbun Roren Kinki unified wage demand (newspaper workers, Kansai) · Union demand StatusIn talks
ベースアップと合計して５％以上の賃金改善DocumentShimbun Roren Kinki unified wage demand (newspaper workers, Kansai) · Union demand StatusIn talks
報酬の10パーセント引き上げを求めたDocumentPublishing Nets spring fee demand and web writing rates, 2022 · Union demand StatusIn talks
クラウド型のマッチングサイトで『1文字0.5〜1円』DocumentPublishing Nets spring fee demand and web writing rates, 2022 · Union demand StatusIn talks
Questions people ask
In Japan, published figures put pay for a journalist at ¥1,000–¥2,000 a manuscript sheet.
Kids Door, Shimbun Roren, Shuppan Nets, in 3 documents.
Manuscript sheet (400 characters). Rates per unit stay in that unit on our pages, never turned into a day.
A journalist's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count