MD1-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（一） 2級 — Medical I (Physicians). Physicians at national hospitals / research institutes.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥4,987,200 | ￥415,600 | ￥2,398 |
| 2 | ￥5,019,600 | ￥418,300 | ￥2,413 |
| 3 | ￥5,050,800 | ￥420,900 | ￥2,428 |
| 4 | ￥5,079,600 | ￥423,300 | ￥2,442 |
| 5 | ￥5,107,200 | ￥425,600 | ￥2,455 |
| 6 | ￥5,133,600 | ￥427,800 | ￥2,468 |
| 7 | ￥5,157,600 | ￥429,800 | ￥2,480 |
| 8 | ￥5,182,800 | ￥431,900 | ￥2,492 |
| 9 | ￥5,208,000 | ￥434,000 | ￥2,504 |
| 10 | ￥5,226,000 | ￥435,500 | ￥2,513 |
| 11 | ￥5,244,000 | ￥437,000 | ￥2,521 |
| 12 | ￥5,262,000 | ￥438,500 | ￥2,530 |
| 13 | ￥5,278,800 | ￥439,900 | ￥2,538 |
| 14 | ￥5,295,600 | ￥441,300 | ￥2,546 |
| 15 | ￥5,313,600 | ￥442,800 | ￥2,555 |
| 16 | ￥5,330,400 | ￥444,200 | ￥2,563 |
| 17 | ￥5,346,000 | ￥445,500 | ￥2,570 |
| 18 | ￥5,364,000 | ￥447,000 | ￥2,579 |
| 19 | ￥5,380,800 | ￥448,400 | ￥2,587 |
| 20 | ￥5,397,600 | ￥449,800 | ￥2,595 |
| 21 | ￥5,413,200 | ￥451,100 | ￥2,603 |
| 22 | ￥5,431,200 | ￥452,600 | ￥2,611 |
| 23 | ￥5,448,000 | ￥454,000 | ￥2,619 |
| 24 | ￥5,464,800 | ￥455,400 | ￥2,627 |
| 25 | ￥5,481,600 | ￥456,800 | ￥2,635 |
| 26 | ￥5,498,400 | ￥458,200 | ￥2,643 |
| 27 | ￥5,514,000 | ￥459,500 | ￥2,651 |
| 28 | ￥5,530,800 | ￥460,900 | ￥2,659 |
| 29 | ￥5,547,600 | ￥462,300 | ￥2,667 |
| 30 | ￥5,563,200 | ￥463,600 | ￥2,675 |
| 31 | ￥5,580,000 | ￥465,000 | ￥2,683 |
| 32 | ￥5,596,800 | ￥466,400 | ￥2,691 |
| 33 | ￥5,612,400 | ￥467,700 | ￥2,698 |
| 34 | ￥5,629,200 | ￥469,100 | ￥2,706 |
| 35 | ￥5,644,800 | ￥470,400 | ￥2,714 |
| 36 | ￥5,661,600 | ￥471,800 | ￥2,722 |
| 37 | ￥5,678,400 | ￥473,200 | ￥2,730 |
| 38 | ￥5,698,800 | ￥474,900 | ￥2,740 |
| 39 | ￥5,718,000 | ￥476,500 | ￥2,749 |
| 40 | ￥5,736,000 | ￥478,000 | ￥2,758 |
| 41 | ￥5,755,200 | ￥479,600 | ￥2,767 |
| 42 | ￥5,769,600 | ￥480,800 | ￥2,774 |
| 43 | ￥5,782,800 | ￥481,900 | ￥2,780 |
| 44 | ￥5,796,000 | ￥483,000 | ￥2,787 |
| 45 | ￥5,808,000 | ￥484,000 | ￥2,792 |
| 46 | ￥5,818,800 | ￥484,900 | ￥2,798 |
| 47 | ￥5,829,600 | ￥485,800 | ￥2,803 |
| 48 | ￥5,839,200 | ￥486,600 | ￥2,807 |
| 49 | ￥5,847,600 | ￥487,300 | ￥2,811 |
| 50 | ￥5,856,000 | ￥488,000 | ￥2,815 |
| 51 | ￥5,864,400 | ￥488,700 | ￥2,819 |
| 52 | ￥5,871,600 | ￥489,300 | ￥2,823 |
| 53 | ￥5,878,800 | ￥489,900 | ￥2,826 |
| 54 | ￥5,887,200 | ￥490,600 | ￥2,830 |
| 55 | ￥5,894,400 | ￥491,200 | ￥2,834 |
| 56 | ￥5,901,600 | ￥491,800 | ￥2,837 |
| 57 | ￥5,905,200 | ￥492,100 | ￥2,839 |
| 58 | ￥5,912,400 | ￥492,700 | ￥2,843 |
| 59 | ￥5,919,600 | ￥493,300 | ￥2,846 |
| 60 | ￥5,928,000 | ￥494,000 | ￥2,850 |
| 61 | ￥5,932,800 | ￥494,400 | ￥2,852 |
| 62 | ￥5,940,000 | ￥495,000 | ￥2,856 |
| 63 | ￥5,948,400 | ￥495,700 | ￥2,860 |
| 64 | ￥5,956,800 | ￥496,400 | ￥2,864 |
| 65 | ￥5,961,600 | ￥496,800 | ￥2,866 |
| 66 | ￥5,968,800 | ￥497,400 | ￥2,870 |
| 67 | ￥5,976,000 | ￥498,000 | ￥2,873 |
| 68 | ￥5,982,000 | ￥498,500 | ￥2,876 |
| 69 | ￥5,988,000 | ￥499,000 | ￥2,879 |
| 70 | ￥5,994,000 | ￥499,500 | ￥2,882 |
| 71 | ￥6,000,000 | ￥500,000 | ￥2,885 |
| 72 | ￥6,006,000 | ￥500,500 | ￥2,888 |
| 73 | ￥6,010,800 | ￥500,900 | ￥2,890 |
| 74 | ￥6,016,800 | ￥501,400 | ￥2,893 |
| 75 | ￥6,021,600 | ￥501,800 | ￥2,895 |
| 76 | ￥6,026,400 | ￥502,200 | ￥2,897 |
| 77 | ￥6,032,400 | ￥502,700 | ￥2,900 |
| 78 | ￥6,039,600 | ￥503,300 | ￥2,904 |
| 79 | ￥6,045,600 | ￥503,800 | ￥2,907 |
| 80 | ￥6,050,400 | ￥504,200 | ￥2,909 |
| 81 | ￥6,056,400 | ￥504,700 | ￥2,912 |
| 82 | ￥6,063,600 | ￥505,300 | ￥2,915 |
| 83 | ￥6,070,800 | ￥505,900 | ￥2,919 |
| 84 | ￥6,076,800 | ￥506,400 | ￥2,922 |
| 85 | ￥6,082,800 | ￥506,900 | ￥2,924 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD1-2 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 | +￥1,870,200 | +￥2,281,050 |
| MD1-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,857,400 | ￥8,363,850 |
Frequently asked
A MD1-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,987,200 and ￥6,082,800 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.