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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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