Japan Science, Clinical & Regulatory Salary Guide 2026

21 roles benchmarked against up to five published 2026 salary guides, with the typical agency fee beside every median.

Salary Consensus by Role

Median across published Japan salary guides, with the fee stacked on top

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Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Medical Affairs Director	￥23,704,513≈ $150,700	￥15,000,000 to ￥35,000,000≈ $95,390 to $222,600	2	￥8,296,580≈ $52,760	￥32,001,093≈ $203,500
Clinical Operations Director	￥20,755,375≈ $132,000	￥14,000,000 to ￥27,862,000≈ $89,030 to $177,200	2	￥7,264,381≈ $46,200	￥28,019,756≈ $178,200
Regulatory Affairs Director	￥20,000,000≈ $127,200	￥15,000,000 to ￥28,437,420≈ $95,390 to $180,800	3	￥7,000,000≈ $44,520	￥27,000,000≈ $171,700
Quality Director	￥18,061,007≈ $114,900	￥13,650,525 to ￥23,593,500≈ $86,810 to $150,000	2	￥6,321,352≈ $40,200	￥24,382,359≈ $155,100
Medical Affairs Manager	￥16,698,805≈ $106,200	￥10,920,420 to ￥25,000,000≈ $69,450 to $159,000	2	￥5,844,582≈ $37,170	￥22,543,387≈ $143,400
HEOR / Market Access Manager	￥15,064,420≈ $95,800	￥10,000,000 to ￥22,335,180≈ $63,590 to $142,000	2	￥5,272,547≈ $33,530	￥20,336,967≈ $129,300
Regulatory Affairs Manager	￥15,000,000≈ $95,390	￥10,000,000 to ￥22,020,600≈ $63,590 to $140,000	4	￥5,250,000≈ $33,390	￥20,250,000≈ $128,800
Medical Advisor	￥13,250,000≈ $84,260	￥8,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $50,870 to $95,390	2	￥4,637,500≈ $29,490	￥17,887,500≈ $113,800
Clinical Study / Project Manager	￥12,652,584≈ $80,460	￥8,645,333 to ￥16,000,000≈ $54,980 to $101,700	2	￥4,428,404≈ $28,160	￥17,080,988≈ $108,600
Quality Assurance Manager	￥12,500,000≈ $79,490	￥10,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $63,590 to $101,700	2	￥4,375,000≈ $27,820	￥16,875,000≈ $107,300
Field Service Manager	￥11,000,000≈ $69,950	￥8,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $50,870 to $76,310	2	￥3,850,000≈ $24,480	￥14,850,000≈ $94,440
Medical Information Manager	￥10,900,000≈ $69,320	￥5,000,000 to ￥13,300,000≈ $31,800 to $84,580	2	￥3,815,000≈ $24,260	￥14,715,000≈ $93,580
Quality Control Manager	￥10,500,000≈ $66,770	￥10,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $63,590 to $76,310	2	￥3,675,000≈ $23,370	￥14,175,000≈ $90,140
Senior Scientist	￥10,000,000≈ $63,590	￥8,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $50,870 to $76,310	2	￥3,500,000≈ $22,260	￥13,500,000≈ $85,850
Medical Science Liaison (MSL)	￥9,300,000≈ $59,140	￥5,915,228 to ￥15,000,000≈ $37,620 to $95,390	3	￥3,255,000≈ $20,700	￥12,555,000≈ $79,840
Data Manager	￥9,000,000≈ $57,230	￥7,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $44,520 to $76,310	2	￥3,150,000≈ $20,030	￥12,150,000≈ $77,270
Field Application Specialist	￥8,500,000≈ $54,050	￥7,000,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $44,520 to $69,950	2	￥2,975,000≈ $18,920	￥11,475,000≈ $72,970
Data Management Specialist	￥8,059,955≈ $51,260	￥5,915,228 to ￥10,324,590≈ $37,620 to $65,660	2	￥2,820,984≈ $17,940	￥10,880,939≈ $69,200
Scientist	￥7,500,000≈ $47,690	￥6,000,000 to ￥8,000,000≈ $38,160 to $50,870	2	￥2,625,000≈ $16,690	￥10,125,000≈ $64,390
SAS Programmer	￥7,227,816≈ $45,960	￥4,732,182 to ￥10,000,000≈ $30,090 to $63,590	2	￥2,529,736≈ $16,090	￥9,757,552≈ $62,050
Clinical Research Associate (CRA)	￥7,100,256≈ $45,150	￥4,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $25,440 to $63,590	4	￥2,485,090≈ $15,800	￥9,585,346≈ $60,960

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 1274 Science, Clinical & Regulatory postings we track, at 139 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
11%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
3%
No mention
86%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
6%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
15%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
9%
Mentioned, level not specified
14%
No mention
57%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Clinical Trials
58%
Regulatory Affairs
26%
Medical Devices
24%
Project Management
20%
Clinical Research Associate
19%
Stakeholder Management
18%
CRO
18%
Oncology
18%
GCP
17%
Medical Affairs
16%

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PMDA
15%
Quality Assurance
14%
Pharmacovigilance
13%
GMP
12%
Excel
12%
MSL
8%
PowerPoint
8%
Data Analysis
7%
Clinical Data Management
7%
KOL Engagement
6%
Market Access
5%
GVP
4%
Biostatistics
3%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

5-9 years of experience
19%
3-4 years of experience
17%
University degree
15%
1-2 years of experience
12%
Management experience
11%
Master's degree
8%
Same-industry experience
5%
10+ years of experience
4%

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