Originally Posted by
nishimark
Those wage numbers seem pretty much in line to me. I agree that quality of life here is better than what I've seen in the US. Safe for my family, availability of quality fresh food, and lack of political upheaval in daily conversations, for example.
Any decent Kacho class or Bucho class employee at a large company will be making what they state for positions 2,3, or 4. Even government teachers (i.e. paid by the prefecture) make about what they state for positions 5,6, or 7.
Lawyers worth their salt make far more than the No. 1 stated salary. Far more.
Traders and other financial sorts make salaries commensurate with New York or Hong Kong or they would not be here. That number is astronomical compared to what is stated here.