ED1-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
教育職（一） 2級 — Education I. National university faculty (legacy — mostly transitioned to corporate status but tables remain authoritative for related entities).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥4,250,400 | ￥354,200 | ￥2,043 |
| 2 | ￥4,269,600 | ￥355,800 | ￥2,053 |
| 3 | ￥4,288,800 | ￥357,400 | ￥2,062 |
| 4 | ￥4,306,800 | ￥358,900 | ￥2,071 |
| 5 | ￥4,324,800 | ￥360,400 | ￥2,079 |
| 6 | ￥4,344,000 | ￥362,000 | ￥2,088 |
| 7 | ￥4,363,200 | ￥363,600 | ￥2,098 |
| 8 | ￥4,381,200 | ￥365,100 | ￥2,106 |
| 9 | ￥4,398,000 | ￥366,500 | ￥2,114 |
| 10 | ￥4,422,000 | ￥368,500 | ￥2,126 |
| 11 | ￥4,446,000 | ￥370,500 | ￥2,138 |
| 12 | ￥4,468,800 | ￥372,400 | ￥2,148 |
| 13 | ￥4,490,400 | ￥374,200 | ￥2,159 |
| 14 | ￥4,509,600 | ￥375,800 | ￥2,168 |
| 15 | ￥4,528,800 | ￥377,400 | ￥2,177 |
| 16 | ￥4,545,600 | ￥378,800 | ￥2,185 |
| 17 | ￥4,561,200 | ￥380,100 | ￥2,193 |
| 18 | ￥4,579,200 | ￥381,600 | ￥2,202 |
| 19 | ￥4,593,600 | ￥382,800 | ￥2,208 |
| 20 | ￥4,609,200 | ￥384,100 | ￥2,216 |
| 21 | ￥4,624,800 | ￥385,400 | ￥2,223 |
| 22 | ￥4,639,200 | ￥386,600 | ￥2,230 |
| 23 | ￥4,653,600 | ￥387,800 | ￥2,237 |
| 24 | ￥4,666,800 | ￥388,900 | ￥2,244 |
| 25 | ￥4,680,000 | ￥390,000 | ￥2,250 |
| 26 | ￥4,695,600 | ￥391,300 | ￥2,258 |
| 27 | ￥4,711,200 | ￥392,600 | ￥2,265 |
| 28 | ￥4,726,800 | ￥393,900 | ￥2,273 |
| 29 | ￥4,741,200 | ￥395,100 | ￥2,279 |
| 30 | ￥4,756,800 | ￥396,400 | ￥2,287 |
| 31 | ￥4,772,400 | ￥397,700 | ￥2,294 |
| 32 | ￥4,786,800 | ￥398,900 | ￥2,301 |
| 33 | ￥4,801,200 | ￥400,100 | ￥2,308 |
| 34 | ￥4,815,600 | ￥401,300 | ￥2,315 |
| 35 | ￥4,830,000 | ￥402,500 | ￥2,322 |
| 36 | ￥4,843,200 | ￥403,600 | ￥2,328 |
| 37 | ￥4,855,200 | ￥404,600 | ￥2,334 |
| 38 | ￥4,869,600 | ￥405,800 | ￥2,341 |
| 39 | ￥4,882,800 | ￥406,900 | ￥2,348 |
| 40 | ￥4,894,800 | ￥407,900 | ￥2,353 |
| 41 | ￥4,908,000 | ￥409,000 | ￥2,360 |
| 42 | ￥4,922,400 | ￥410,200 | ￥2,367 |
| 43 | ￥4,935,600 | ￥411,300 | ￥2,373 |
| 44 | ￥4,948,800 | ￥412,400 | ￥2,379 |
| 45 | ￥4,959,600 | ￥413,300 | ￥2,384 |
| 46 | ￥4,971,600 | ￥414,300 | ￥2,390 |
| 47 | ￥4,983,600 | ￥415,300 | ￥2,396 |
| 48 | ￥4,994,400 | ￥416,200 | ￥2,401 |
| 49 | ￥5,008,800 | ￥417,400 | ￥2,408 |
| 50 | ￥5,024,400 | ￥418,700 | ￥2,416 |
| 51 | ￥5,041,200 | ￥420,100 | ￥2,424 |
| 52 | ￥5,056,800 | ￥421,400 | ￥2,431 |
| 53 | ￥5,066,400 | ￥422,200 | ￥2,436 |
| 54 | ￥5,078,400 | ￥423,200 | ￥2,442 |
| 55 | ￥5,090,400 | ￥424,200 | ￥2,447 |
| 56 | ￥5,103,600 | ￥425,300 | ￥2,454 |
| 57 | ￥5,114,400 | ￥426,200 | ￥2,459 |
| 58 | ￥5,122,800 | ￥426,900 | ￥2,463 |
| 59 | ￥5,132,400 | ￥427,700 | ￥2,468 |
| 60 | ￥5,140,800 | ￥428,400 | ￥2,472 |
| 61 | ￥5,149,200 | ￥429,100 | ￥2,476 |
| 62 | ￥5,158,800 | ￥429,900 | ￥2,480 |
| 63 | ￥5,168,400 | ￥430,700 | ￥2,485 |
| 64 | ￥5,175,600 | ￥431,300 | ￥2,488 |
| 65 | ￥5,182,800 | ￥431,900 | ￥2,492 |
| 66 | ￥5,186,400 | ￥432,200 | ￥2,493 |
| 67 | ￥5,190,000 | ￥432,500 | ￥2,495 |
| 68 | ￥5,193,600 | ￥432,800 | ￥2,497 |
| 69 | ￥5,197,200 | ￥433,100 | ￥2,499 |
| 70 | ￥5,200,800 | ￥433,400 | ￥2,500 |
| 71 | ￥5,203,200 | ￥433,600 | ￥2,502 |
| 72 | ￥5,206,800 | ￥433,900 | ￥2,503 |
| 73 | ￥5,209,200 | ￥434,100 | ￥2,504 |
| 74 | ￥5,211,600 | ￥434,300 | ￥2,506 |
| 75 | ￥5,215,200 | ￥434,600 | ￥2,507 |
| 76 | ￥5,218,800 | ￥434,900 | ￥2,509 |
| 77 | ￥5,221,200 | ￥435,100 | ￥2,510 |
| 78 | ￥5,223,600 | ￥435,300 | ￥2,511 |
| 79 | ￥5,227,200 | ￥435,600 | ￥2,513 |
| 80 | ￥5,230,800 | ￥435,900 | ￥2,515 |
| 81 | ￥5,233,200 | ￥436,100 | ￥2,516 |
| 82 | ￥5,235,600 | ￥436,300 | ￥2,517 |
| 83 | ￥5,239,200 | ￥436,600 | ￥2,519 |
| 84 | ￥5,242,800 | ￥436,900 | ￥2,521 |
| 85 | ￥5,245,200 | ￥437,100 | ￥2,522 |
| 86 | ￥5,248,800 | ￥437,400 | ￥2,523 |
| 87 | ￥5,252,400 | ￥437,700 | ￥2,525 |
| 88 | ￥5,254,800 | ￥437,900 | ￥2,526 |
| 89 | ￥5,257,200 | ￥438,100 | ￥2,528 |
| 90 | ￥5,260,800 | ￥438,400 | ￥2,529 |
| 91 | ￥5,264,400 | ￥438,700 | ￥2,531 |
| 92 | ￥5,266,800 | ￥438,900 | ￥2,532 |
| 93 | ￥5,269,200 | ￥439,100 | ￥2,533 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the ED1-2 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 | +￥1,593,900 | +￥1,975,950 |
| ED1-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,844,300 | ￥7,245,150 |
Frequently asked
A ED1-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,250,400 and ￥5,269,200 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.