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Kyoto

Japan

Kyoto hosts several major technology companies including Nintendo and Kyocera. The city's universities, including Kyoto University, feed a strong research and development ecosystem.

Median Salary

$34,000.00

CoL Index

52.00

Population

1,475,000

Timezone

Asia/Tokyo

Cost of Living Breakdown

All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.

Overall

52.00

Rent

42.00

Groceries

58.00

Restaurants

45.00

Transport

50.00

Salaries by Role

Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.

Role Median (USD) Net (USD) Entry Senior
CTO $104,867.00 $78,650.00 $76,267.00 $181,133.00
Engineering Manager $83,417.00 $62,562.00 $64,350.00 $119,167.00
AI/ML Researcher $76,267.00 $57,200.00 $52,433.00 $119,167.00
Cloud Architect $73,883.00 $55,412.00 $54,817.00 $107,250.00
Tech Lead $73,883.00 $55,412.00 $54,817.00 $104,867.00
ML Engineer $66,733.00 $50,049.00 $47,667.00 $100,100.00
Site Reliability Engineer $64,350.00 $48,262.00 $45,283.00 $95,333.00
Security Engineer $61,967.00 $46,475.00 $43,853.00 $92,950.00
Blockchain Developer $61,967.00 $46,475.00 $42,900.00 $95,333.00
Product Manager $61,967.00 $46,475.00 $42,900.00 $95,333.00
Data Scientist $59,583.00 $44,687.00 $40,517.00 $90,567.00
DevOps Engineer $59,583.00 $44,687.00 $41,947.00 $90,567.00
Data Engineer $57,200.00 $42,900.00 $39,087.00 $88,183.00
Software Engineer $57,200.00 $42,900.00 $40,517.00 $88,183.00
Backend Developer $54,817.00 $41,112.00 $38,133.00 $83,417.00
Full Stack Developer $53,387.00 $40,040.00 $37,180.00 $81,033.00
Mobile Developer $52,433.00 $39,324.00 $35,750.00 $80,080.00
Frontend Developer $50,050.00 $37,537.00 $34,320.00 $76,267.00
UI/UX Designer $47,667.00 $35,750.00 $32,413.00 $71,500.00
QA Engineer $40,517.00 $30,387.00 $27,647.00 $59,583.00

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