In an online survey of 2019, close to 23 percent of Japanese freelancers answered that they earned between two to four million Japanese yen per year, making it the most common range of income among freelancers in Japan. An almost equally large group of about 22.5 percent of respondents fell into the lowest income category, with reported earnings amounting to less than two million yen per year.
Self-reported annual income of freelancers in Japan in 2019
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Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. "Self-reported annual income of freelancers in Japan in 2019." Chart. June 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051739/japan-annual-income-of-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (2020). Self-reported annual income of freelancers in Japan in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051739/japan-annual-income-of-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. "Self-reported Annual Income of Freelancers in Japan in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051739/japan-annual-income-of-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, Self-reported annual income of freelancers in Japan in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051739/japan-annual-income-of-freelancers/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Self-reported annual income of freelancers in Japan in 2019 [Graph], Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, June 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1051739/japan-annual-income-of-freelancers/