ED1-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
教育職（一） 3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 | ￥4,898,400 | ￥408,200 | ￥2,355 |
| 2 | ￥4,917,600 | ￥409,800 | ￥2,364 |
| 3 | ￥4,933,200 | ￥411,100 | ￥2,372 |
| 4 | ￥4,947,600 | ￥412,300 | ￥2,379 |
| 5 | ￥4,962,000 | ￥413,500 | ￥2,386 |
| 6 | ￥4,974,000 | ￥414,500 | ￥2,391 |
| 7 | ￥4,986,000 | ￥415,500 | ￥2,397 |
| 8 | ￥4,996,800 | ￥416,400 | ￥2,402 |
| 9 | ￥5,007,600 | ￥417,300 | ￥2,408 |
| 10 | ￥5,019,600 | ￥418,300 | ￥2,413 |
| 11 | ￥5,032,800 | ￥419,400 | ￥2,420 |
| 12 | ￥5,046,000 | ￥420,500 | ￥2,426 |
| 13 | ￥5,058,000 | ￥421,500 | ￥2,432 |
| 14 | ￥5,071,200 | ￥422,600 | ￥2,438 |
| 15 | ￥5,083,200 | ￥423,600 | ￥2,444 |
| 16 | ￥5,095,200 | ￥424,600 | ￥2,450 |
| 17 | ￥5,107,200 | ￥425,600 | ￥2,455 |
| 18 | ￥5,120,400 | ￥426,700 | ￥2,462 |
| 19 | ￥5,133,600 | ￥427,800 | ￥2,468 |
| 20 | ￥5,146,800 | ￥428,900 | ￥2,474 |
| 21 | ￥5,158,800 | ￥429,900 | ￥2,480 |
| 22 | ￥5,172,000 | ￥431,000 | ￥2,487 |
| 23 | ￥5,185,200 | ￥432,100 | ￥2,493 |
| 24 | ￥5,198,400 | ￥433,200 | ￥2,499 |
| 25 | ￥5,209,200 | ￥434,100 | ￥2,504 |
| 26 | ￥5,222,400 | ￥435,200 | ￥2,511 |
| 27 | ￥5,234,400 | ￥436,200 | ￥2,517 |
| 28 | ￥5,246,400 | ￥437,200 | ￥2,522 |
| 29 | ￥5,257,200 | ￥438,100 | ￥2,528 |
| 30 | ￥5,270,400 | ￥439,200 | ￥2,534 |
| 31 | ￥5,282,400 | ￥440,200 | ￥2,540 |
| 32 | ￥5,295,600 | ￥441,300 | ￥2,546 |
| 33 | ￥5,307,600 | ￥442,300 | ￥2,552 |
| 34 | ￥5,322,000 | ￥443,500 | ￥2,559 |
| 35 | ￥5,335,200 | ￥444,600 | ￥2,565 |
| 36 | ￥5,349,600 | ￥445,800 | ￥2,572 |
| 37 | ￥5,358,000 | ￥446,500 | ￥2,576 |
| 38 | ￥5,368,800 | ￥447,400 | ￥2,581 |
| 39 | ￥5,379,600 | ￥448,300 | ￥2,586 |
| 40 | ￥5,389,200 | ￥449,100 | ￥2,591 |
| 41 | ￥5,398,800 | ￥449,900 | ￥2,596 |
| 42 | ￥5,409,600 | ￥450,800 | ￥2,601 |
| 43 | ￥5,419,200 | ￥451,600 | ￥2,605 |
| 44 | ￥5,427,600 | ￥452,300 | ￥2,609 |
| 45 | ￥5,436,000 | ￥453,000 | ￥2,613 |
| 46 | ￥5,446,800 | ￥453,900 | ￥2,619 |
| 47 | ￥5,457,600 | ￥454,800 | ￥2,624 |
| 48 | ￥5,468,400 | ￥455,700 | ￥2,629 |
| 49 | ￥5,479,200 | ￥456,600 | ￥2,634 |
| 50 | ￥5,490,000 | ￥457,500 | ￥2,639 |
| 51 | ￥5,502,000 | ￥458,500 | ￥2,645 |
| 52 | ￥5,512,800 | ￥459,400 | ￥2,650 |
| 53 | ￥5,524,800 | ￥460,400 | ￥2,656 |
| 54 | ￥5,536,800 | ￥461,400 | ￥2,662 |
| 55 | ￥5,547,600 | ￥462,300 | ￥2,667 |
| 56 | ￥5,559,600 | ￥463,300 | ￥2,673 |
| 57 | ￥5,570,400 | ￥464,200 | ￥2,678 |
| 58 | ￥5,581,200 | ￥465,100 | ￥2,683 |
| 59 | ￥5,592,000 | ￥466,000 | ￥2,688 |
| 60 | ￥5,604,000 | ￥467,000 | ￥2,694 |
| 61 | ￥5,613,600 | ￥467,800 | ￥2,699 |
| 62 | ￥5,618,400 | ￥468,200 | ￥2,701 |
| 63 | ￥5,625,600 | ￥468,800 | ￥2,705 |
| 64 | ￥5,632,800 | ￥469,400 | ￥2,708 |
| 65 | ￥5,640,000 | ￥470,000 | ￥2,712 |
| 66 | ￥5,648,400 | ￥470,700 | ￥2,716 |
| 67 | ￥5,652,000 | ￥471,000 | ￥2,717 |
| 68 | ￥5,659,200 | ￥471,600 | ￥2,721 |
| 69 | ￥5,664,000 | ￥472,000 | ￥2,723 |
| 70 | ￥5,667,600 | ￥472,300 | ￥2,725 |
| 71 | ￥5,671,200 | ￥472,600 | ￥2,727 |
| 72 | ￥5,674,800 | ￥472,900 | ￥2,728 |
| 73 | ￥5,678,400 | ￥473,200 | ￥2,730 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the ED1-3 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 | +￥1,836,900 | +￥2,129,400 |
| ED1-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,735,300 | ￥7,807,800 |
Frequently asked
A ED1-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,898,400 and ￥5,678,400 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.