MD1-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（一） 1級 — Medical I (Physicians). Physicians at national hospitals / research institutes.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,667,200 | ￥305,600 | ￥1,763 |
| 2 | ￥3,694,800 | ￥307,900 | ￥1,776 |
| 3 | ￥3,722,400 | ￥310,200 | ￥1,790 |
| 4 | ￥3,748,800 | ￥312,400 | ￥1,802 |
| 5 | ￥3,774,000 | ￥314,500 | ￥1,814 |
| 6 | ￥3,816,000 | ￥318,000 | ￥1,835 |
| 7 | ￥3,858,000 | ￥321,500 | ￥1,855 |
| 8 | ￥3,898,800 | ￥324,900 | ￥1,874 |
| 9 | ￥3,939,600 | ￥328,300 | ￥1,894 |
| 10 | ￥3,981,600 | ￥331,800 | ￥1,914 |
| 11 | ￥4,022,400 | ￥335,200 | ￥1,934 |
| 12 | ￥4,063,200 | ￥338,600 | ￥1,953 |
| 13 | ￥4,104,000 | ￥342,000 | ￥1,973 |
| 14 | ￥4,146,000 | ￥345,500 | ￥1,993 |
| 15 | ￥4,186,800 | ￥348,900 | ￥2,013 |
| 16 | ￥4,227,600 | ￥352,300 | ￥2,033 |
| 17 | ￥4,268,400 | ￥355,700 | ￥2,052 |
| 18 | ￥4,305,600 | ￥358,800 | ￥2,070 |
| 19 | ￥4,344,000 | ￥362,000 | ￥2,088 |
| 20 | ￥4,382,400 | ￥365,200 | ￥2,107 |
| 21 | ￥4,422,000 | ￥368,500 | ￥2,126 |
| 22 | ￥4,459,200 | ￥371,600 | ￥2,144 |
| 23 | ￥4,496,400 | ￥374,700 | ￥2,162 |
| 24 | ￥4,532,400 | ￥377,700 | ￥2,179 |
| 25 | ￥4,569,600 | ￥380,800 | ￥2,197 |
| 26 | ￥4,597,200 | ￥383,100 | ￥2,210 |
| 27 | ￥4,624,800 | ￥385,400 | ￥2,223 |
| 28 | ￥4,651,200 | ￥387,600 | ￥2,236 |
| 29 | ￥4,674,000 | ￥389,500 | ￥2,247 |
| 30 | ￥4,694,400 | ￥391,200 | ￥2,257 |
| 31 | ￥4,714,800 | ￥392,900 | ￥2,267 |
| 32 | ￥4,736,400 | ￥394,700 | ￥2,277 |
| 33 | ￥4,756,800 | ￥396,400 | ￥2,287 |
| 34 | ￥4,778,400 | ￥398,200 | ￥2,297 |
| 35 | ￥4,797,600 | ￥399,800 | ￥2,307 |
| 36 | ￥4,813,200 | ￥401,100 | ￥2,314 |
| 37 | ￥4,830,000 | ￥402,500 | ￥2,322 |
| 38 | ￥4,846,800 | ￥403,900 | ￥2,330 |
| 39 | ￥4,863,600 | ￥405,300 | ￥2,338 |
| 40 | ￥4,880,400 | ￥406,700 | ￥2,346 |
| 41 | ￥4,898,400 | ￥408,200 | ￥2,355 |
| 42 | ￥4,906,800 | ￥408,900 | ￥2,359 |
| 43 | ￥4,914,000 | ￥409,500 | ￥2,363 |
| 44 | ￥4,921,200 | ￥410,100 | ￥2,366 |
| 45 | ￥4,930,800 | ￥410,900 | ￥2,371 |
| 46 | ￥4,938,000 | ￥411,500 | ￥2,374 |
| 47 | ￥4,945,200 | ￥412,100 | ￥2,378 |
| 48 | ￥4,951,200 | ￥412,600 | ￥2,380 |
| 49 | ￥4,957,200 | ￥413,100 | ￥2,383 |
| 50 | ￥4,962,000 | ￥413,500 | ￥2,386 |
| 51 | ￥4,968,000 | ￥414,000 | ￥2,388 |
| 52 | ￥4,972,800 | ￥414,400 | ￥2,391 |
| 53 | ￥4,977,600 | ￥414,800 | ￥2,393 |
| 54 | ￥4,981,200 | ￥415,100 | ￥2,395 |
| 55 | ￥4,984,800 | ￥415,400 | ￥2,397 |
| 56 | ￥4,989,600 | ￥415,800 | ￥2,399 |
| 57 | ￥4,993,200 | ￥416,100 | ￥2,401 |
| 58 | ￥4,998,000 | ￥416,500 | ￥2,403 |
| 59 | ￥5,001,600 | ￥416,800 | ￥2,405 |
| 60 | ￥5,006,400 | ￥417,200 | ￥2,407 |
| 61 | ￥5,011,200 | ￥417,600 | ￥2,409 |
| 62 | ￥5,014,800 | ￥417,900 | ￥2,411 |
| 63 | ￥5,018,400 | ￥418,200 | ￥2,413 |
| 64 | ￥5,022,000 | ￥418,500 | ￥2,414 |
| 65 | ￥5,025,600 | ￥418,800 | ￥2,416 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD1-1 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 | +￥1,375,200 | +￥1,884,600 |
| MD1-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,042,400 | ￥6,910,200 |
Frequently asked
A MD1-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,667,200 and ￥5,025,600 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.