How Much Do Health Check and Preventive Screening Physicians Earn in Japan? 2025 Physician Income Data
Physicians working in Health Check and Preventive Screening in Japan reported a median annual income of ¥11 million (approximately £53,000) in the latest specialty-level physician income survey from the Physician Career Research Institute.
The 2025 survey, based on responses from 2,055 physicians overall, provides a useful benchmark for doctors working primarily in health checks, medical screening and preventive assessment.
Among the Health Check / Preventive Screening respondents:
Median annual income: ¥11 million (approximately £53,000)
Proportion earning ¥20 million or more: 10.71%
¥20 million threshold: approximately £96,000
Health Check / Preventive Screening respondents: 56
Importantly, these figures include income from a physician’s main workplace as well as additional or side work.
What is the median income for a Health Check or Preventive Screening physician in Japan?
The reported median annual income was:
¥11 million (approximately £53,000)
This represents total annual professional income including side work, rather than simply the salary paid by a physician’s main employer.
A physician working primarily in preventive screening may also undertake additional clinical work or other paid medical activity.
The ¥11 million figure is therefore best understood as a benchmark for total annual professional earnings.
It should not be interpreted as an expected base salary.
10.71% reported earning ¥20 million or more
The survey also found that:
10.71% of Health Check / Preventive Screening respondents reported annual income of ¥20 million or more (approximately £96,000+).
For physicians working in this field, the two key benchmarks are therefore:
Median annual income: ¥11 million (approximately £53,000)
Earning ¥20 million+ (approximately £96,000+): 10.71%
These figures provide a specialty-specific indication of reported professional earnings.
Why does side work matter?
Additional clinical work can materially affect physician income in Japan.
A doctor whose main professional activity is health checking or preventive screening may also carry out other clinical sessions or paid medical work.
The Physician Career Research Institute therefore reports annual income including side work.
This means the ¥11 million benchmark should not be compared directly with a single employer’s salary without considering any additional professional earnings.
What does the ¥11 million median actually mean?
Survey participants reported income using ranges rather than exact amounts.
The stated ¥11 million (approximately £53,000) median therefore represents the midpoint of the relevant income band.
It should be interpreted as an approximate benchmark rather than a precise median calculated from exact earnings records.
How strong is the Health Check / Preventive Screening sample?
The wider survey included 2,055 physicians, with 56 respondents in Health Check / Preventive Screening.
This gives the category a useful identifiable sample within the survey.
However, it remains survey evidence rather than a national census of every physician working in preventive health and screening in Japan.
Actual earnings may vary depending on:
career stage;
seniority;
employer;
screening centre, clinic or hospital setting;
working hours;
geography;
additional clinical commitments; and
the amount of side work undertaken.
Is ¥11 million a salary?
No.
The clearest interpretation is:
¥11 million is the reported median total annual professional income for the Health Check / Preventive Screening physicians surveyed, including side work.
It is not a published base salary.
For physicians working in preventive screening, it can therefore be useful to distinguish between:
salary from the principal employer;
additional clinical sessions;
other paid medical work; and
total annual professional income.
The survey benchmark relates most closely to that final figure.
What should Health Check and Preventive Screening physicians take from the data?
For physicians working in health checks and preventive screening in Japan, the 2025 survey provides two useful compensation benchmarks:
Median annual professional income: ¥11 million (approximately £53,000)
Proportion earning ¥20 million+ (approximately £96,000+): 10.71%
For an individual physician, the key is to compare total professional earnings rather than salary from a single employer.
The most useful question is therefore:
“What is my total annual professional income as a physician working in Health Check and Preventive Screening, including additional clinical work, and how does it compare with the ¥11 million benchmark?”
Source: Physician Career Research Institute / Mediwel, 2025 Physician Income Survey.
Currency note: Sterling equivalents are approximate conversions using a JPY/GBP exchange rate of about £0.004797 per yen on 14 September 2026. GBP figures are included for reader context only and were not reported by the original Japanese survey.
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