MD1-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（一） 3級 — Medical I (Physicians). Physicians at national hospitals / research institutes.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥5,643,600 | ￥470,300 | ￥2,713 |
| 2 | ￥5,667,600 | ￥472,300 | ￥2,725 |
| 3 | ￥5,690,400 | ￥474,200 | ￥2,736 |
| 4 | ￥5,713,200 | ￥476,100 | ￥2,747 |
| 5 | ￥5,730,000 | ￥477,500 | ￥2,755 |
| 6 | ￥5,750,400 | ￥479,200 | ￥2,765 |
| 7 | ￥5,772,000 | ￥481,000 | ￥2,775 |
| 8 | ￥5,793,600 | ￥482,800 | ￥2,785 |
| 9 | ￥5,815,200 | ￥484,600 | ￥2,796 |
| 10 | ￥5,835,600 | ￥486,300 | ￥2,806 |
| 11 | ￥5,857,200 | ￥488,100 | ￥2,816 |
| 12 | ￥5,878,800 | ￥489,900 | ￥2,826 |
| 13 | ￥5,900,400 | ￥491,700 | ￥2,837 |
| 14 | ￥5,920,800 | ￥493,400 | ￥2,847 |
| 15 | ￥5,942,400 | ￥495,200 | ￥2,857 |
| 16 | ￥5,964,000 | ￥497,000 | ￥2,867 |
| 17 | ￥5,985,600 | ￥498,800 | ￥2,878 |
| 18 | ￥6,008,400 | ￥500,700 | ￥2,889 |
| 19 | ￥6,031,200 | ￥502,600 | ￥2,900 |
| 20 | ￥6,054,000 | ￥504,500 | ￥2,911 |
| 21 | ￥6,076,800 | ￥506,400 | ￥2,922 |
| 22 | ￥6,097,200 | ￥508,100 | ￥2,931 |
| 23 | ￥6,118,800 | ￥509,900 | ￥2,942 |
| 24 | ￥6,140,400 | ￥511,700 | ￥2,952 |
| 25 | ￥6,159,600 | ￥513,300 | ￥2,961 |
| 26 | ￥6,181,200 | ￥515,100 | ￥2,972 |
| 27 | ￥6,202,800 | ￥516,900 | ￥2,982 |
| 28 | ￥6,220,800 | ￥518,400 | ￥2,991 |
| 29 | ￥6,237,600 | ￥519,800 | ￥2,999 |
| 30 | ￥6,258,000 | ￥521,500 | ￥3,009 |
| 31 | ￥6,279,600 | ￥523,300 | ￥3,019 |
| 32 | ￥6,300,000 | ￥525,000 | ￥3,029 |
| 33 | ￥6,318,000 | ￥526,500 | ￥3,038 |
| 34 | ￥6,333,600 | ￥527,800 | ￥3,045 |
| 35 | ￥6,349,200 | ￥529,100 | ￥3,053 |
| 36 | ￥6,364,800 | ￥530,400 | ￥3,060 |
| 37 | ￥6,376,800 | ￥531,400 | ￥3,066 |
| 38 | ￥6,392,400 | ￥532,700 | ￥3,073 |
| 39 | ￥6,408,000 | ￥534,000 | ￥3,081 |
| 40 | ￥6,423,600 | ￥535,300 | ￥3,088 |
| 41 | ￥6,435,600 | ￥536,300 | ￥3,094 |
| 42 | ￥6,445,200 | ￥537,100 | ￥3,099 |
| 43 | ￥6,454,800 | ￥537,900 | ￥3,103 |
| 44 | ￥6,464,400 | ￥538,700 | ￥3,108 |
| 45 | ￥6,475,200 | ￥539,600 | ￥3,113 |
| 46 | ￥6,484,800 | ￥540,400 | ￥3,118 |
| 47 | ￥6,494,400 | ￥541,200 | ￥3,122 |
| 48 | ￥6,502,800 | ￥541,900 | ￥3,126 |
| 49 | ￥6,512,400 | ￥542,700 | ￥3,131 |
| 50 | ￥6,522,000 | ￥543,500 | ￥3,136 |
| 51 | ￥6,530,400 | ￥544,200 | ￥3,140 |
| 52 | ￥6,541,200 | ￥545,100 | ￥3,145 |
| 53 | ￥6,552,000 | ￥546,000 | ￥3,150 |
| 54 | ￥6,561,600 | ￥546,800 | ￥3,155 |
| 55 | ￥6,572,400 | ￥547,700 | ￥3,160 |
| 56 | ￥6,583,200 | ￥548,600 | ￥3,165 |
| 57 | ￥6,592,800 | ￥549,400 | ￥3,170 |
| 58 | ￥6,602,400 | ￥550,200 | ￥3,174 |
| 59 | ￥6,612,000 | ￥551,000 | ￥3,179 |
| 60 | ￥6,620,400 | ￥551,700 | ￥3,183 |
| 61 | ￥6,630,000 | ￥552,500 | ￥3,188 |
| 62 | ￥6,640,800 | ￥553,400 | ￥3,193 |
| 63 | ￥6,651,600 | ￥554,300 | ￥3,198 |
| 64 | ￥6,662,400 | ￥555,200 | ￥3,203 |
| 65 | ￥6,672,000 | ￥556,000 | ￥3,208 |
| 66 | ￥6,682,800 | ￥556,900 | ￥3,213 |
| 67 | ￥6,693,600 | ￥557,800 | ￥3,218 |
| 68 | ￥6,704,400 | ￥558,700 | ￥3,223 |
| 69 | ￥6,714,000 | ￥559,500 | ￥3,228 |
| 70 | ￥6,724,800 | ￥560,400 | ￥3,233 |
| 71 | ￥6,735,600 | ￥561,300 | ￥3,238 |
| 72 | ￥6,746,400 | ￥562,200 | ￥3,243 |
| 73 | ￥6,756,000 | ￥563,000 | ￥3,248 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD1-3 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 | +￥2,116,350 | +￥2,533,500 |
| MD1-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥7,759,950 | ￥9,289,500 |
Frequently asked
A MD1-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,643,600 and ￥6,756,000 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.