DES1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
指定職俸給表 — Designated Senior Executives. Cabinet-level posts: Administrative Vice-Ministers, Agency Heads, senior officials. 8 levels of 号俸.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥8,832,000 | ￥736,000 | ￥4,246 |
| 2 | ￥9,528,000 | ￥794,000 | ￥4,581 |
| 3 | ￥10,224,000 | ￥852,000 | ￥4,915 |
| 4 | ￥11,196,000 | ￥933,000 | ￥5,383 |
| 5 | ￥12,072,000 | ￥1,006,000 | ￥5,804 |
| 6 | ￥12,936,000 | ￥1,078,000 | ￥6,219 |
| 7 | ￥13,836,000 | ￥1,153,000 | ￥6,652 |
| 8 | ￥14,688,000 | ￥1,224,000 | ￥7,062 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the DES1 base shown above.
| Mandatory adjustment | Formula | Added to min | Added to max |
|---|---|---|---|
期末手当 + 勤勉手当 (seasonal bonuses) Combined June + December bonuses typically total about 4.5 months of the monthly base. Set annually by the National Personnel Authority based on private-sector benchmarking. | 4.5× monthly | +￥3,312,000 | +￥5,508,000 |
| DES1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥12,144,000 | ￥20,196,000 |
Frequently asked
A DES1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥8,832,000 and ￥14,688,000 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
The base pay scale is set centrally by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin) and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.
Directly from National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin) at https://www.jinji.go.jp/. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.