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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

$30000.00

CoL Index

48.00

Population

1613000

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 $96800.00 $72600.00 $70400.00 $167200.00
Engineering Manager $77000.00 $57750.00 $59400.00 $110000.00
AI/ML Researcher $70400.00 $52800.00 $48400.00 $110000.00
Cloud Architect $68200.00 $51150.00 $50600.00 $99000.00
Tech Lead $68200.00 $51150.00 $50600.00 $96800.00
ML Engineer $61600.00 $46200.00 $44000.00 $92400.00
Site Reliability Engineer $59400.00 $44550.00 $41800.00 $88000.00
Security Engineer $57200.00 $42900.00 $40480.00 $85800.00
Blockchain Developer $57200.00 $42900.00 $39600.00 $88000.00
Product Manager $57200.00 $42900.00 $39600.00 $88000.00
Data Scientist $55000.00 $41250.00 $37400.00 $83600.00
DevOps Engineer $55000.00 $41250.00 $38720.00 $83600.00
Data Engineer $52800.00 $39600.00 $36080.00 $81400.00
Software Engineer $52800.00 $39600.00 $37400.00 $81400.00
Backend Developer $50600.00 $37950.00 $35200.00 $77000.00
Full Stack Developer $49280.00 $36960.00 $34320.00 $74800.00
Mobile Developer $48400.00 $36300.00 $33000.00 $73920.00
Frontend Developer $46200.00 $34650.00 $31680.00 $70400.00
UI/UX Designer $44000.00 $33000.00 $29920.00 $66000.00
QA Engineer $37400.00 $28050.00 $25520.00 $55000.00

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