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Fukuoka

Japan · Tech Hub

Fukuoka has been designated a National Strategic Special Zone for startups by the Japanese government. The city offers very affordable living and is increasingly attracting tech companies and foreign entrepreneurs.

Median Salary

$30 000,00

CoL Index

48,00

Population

1 613 000

Timezone

Asia/Tokyo

Cost of Living Breakdown

All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.

Overall

48,00

Rent

35,00

Groceries

55,00

Restaurants

42,00

Transport

45,00

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 $96 800,00 $72 600,00 $70 400,00 $167 200,00
Engineering Manager $77 000,00 $57 750,00 $59 400,00 $110 000,00
AI/ML Researcher $70 400,00 $52 800,00 $48 400,00 $110 000,00
Cloud Architect $68 200,00 $51 150,00 $50 600,00 $99 000,00
Tech Lead $68 200,00 $51 150,00 $50 600,00 $96 800,00
ML Engineer $61 600,00 $46 200,00 $44 000,00 $92 400,00
Site Reliability Engineer $59 400,00 $44 550,00 $41 800,00 $88 000,00
Security Engineer $57 200,00 $42 900,00 $40 480,00 $85 800,00
Blockchain Developer $57 200,00 $42 900,00 $39 600,00 $88 000,00
Product Manager $57 200,00 $42 900,00 $39 600,00 $88 000,00
Data Scientist $55 000,00 $41 250,00 $37 400,00 $83 600,00
DevOps Engineer $55 000,00 $41 250,00 $38 720,00 $83 600,00
Data Engineer $52 800,00 $39 600,00 $36 080,00 $81 400,00
Software Engineer $52 800,00 $39 600,00 $37 400,00 $81 400,00
Backend Developer $50 600,00 $37 950,00 $35 200,00 $77 000,00
Full Stack Developer $49 280,00 $36 960,00 $34 320,00 $74 800,00
Mobile Developer $48 400,00 $36 300,00 $33 000,00 $73 920,00
Frontend Developer $46 200,00 $34 650,00 $31 680,00 $70 400,00
UI/UX Designer $44 000,00 $33 000,00 $29 920,00 $66 000,00
QA Engineer $37 400,00 $28 050,00 $25 520,00 $55 000,00

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