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How to become a Market Auctioneer

Also called: Wholesale market auctioneer

Runs auctions of fresh food and other goods at a wholesale market so that trading between wholesalers, intermediate wholesalers and other buyers is fair and efficient.

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How to become one

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. To become an auctioneer, you must be hired as an employee of a wholesale company at a wholesale market, be placed in sales, gain selling experience, and pass a registration exam. The exam is run by each market's managing body (such as a local council or administrative association). Those who pass receive a registration certificate, which is valid only at the market that issued it. Auctioneers need a set amount of market experience and knowledge of the law and trading. You also need the judgement to read the prices offered by many bidders in an instant and decide the buyer, and a fair, neutral and honest attitude.

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How do I become a Market Auctioneer?

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. To become an auctioneer, you must be hired as an employee of a wholesale company at a wholesale market, be placed in sales, gain selling experience, and pass a registration exam. The exam is run by each market's managing body (such as a local council or administrative association). Those who pass receive a registration certificate, which is valid only at the market that issued it. Auctioneers need a set amount of market experience and knowledge of the law and trading. You also need the judgement to read the prices offered by many bidders in an instant and decide the buyer, and a fair, neutral and honest attitude.

How much does a Market Auctioneer earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥6,645,200 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Quasi-sales workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Market Auctioneer?

Not always. In this job's census occupation group, 38% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Market Auctioneer?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026