Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD2-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（二） 2級 — Medical II. Pharmacists, dietitians, radiographers.
2026 salary range
￥2,877,600 – ￥3,693,600
Annual base in JPY (¥). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥2,877,600 | ￥239,800 | ￥1,383 |
| 2 | ￥2,893,200 | ￥241,100 | ￥1,391 |
| 3 | ￥2,908,800 | ￥242,400 | ￥1,398 |
| 4 | ￥2,924,400 | ￥243,700 | ￥1,406 |
| 5 | ￥2,938,800 | ￥244,900 | ￥1,413 |
| 6 | ￥2,952,000 | ￥246,000 | ￥1,419 |
| 7 | ￥2,964,000 | ￥247,000 | ￥1,425 |
| 8 | ￥2,974,800 | ￥247,900 | ￥1,430 |
| 9 | ￥2,988,000 | ￥249,000 | ￥1,437 |
| 10 | ￥3,001,200 | ￥250,100 | ￥1,443 |
| 11 | ￥3,014,400 | ￥251,200 | ￥1,449 |
| 12 | ￥3,028,800 | ￥252,400 | ￥1,456 |
| 13 | ￥3,043,200 | ￥253,600 | ￥1,463 |
| 14 | ￥3,057,600 | ￥254,800 | ￥1,470 |
| 15 | ￥3,072,000 | ￥256,000 | ￥1,477 |
| 16 | ￥3,085,200 | ￥257,100 | ￥1,483 |
| 17 | ￥3,097,200 | ￥258,100 | ￥1,489 |
| 18 | ￥3,109,200 | ￥259,100 | ￥1,495 |
| 19 | ￥3,122,400 | ￥260,200 | ￥1,501 |
| 20 | ￥3,134,400 | ￥261,200 | ￥1,507 |
| 21 | ￥3,147,600 | ￥262,300 | ￥1,513 |
| 22 | ￥3,158,400 | ￥263,200 | ￥1,518 |
| 23 | ￥3,168,000 | ￥264,000 | ￥1,523 |
| 24 | ￥3,177,600 | ￥264,800 | ￥1,528 |
| 25 | ￥3,187,200 | ￥265,600 | ￥1,532 |
| 26 | ￥3,196,800 | ￥266,400 | ￥1,537 |
| 27 | ￥3,206,400 | ￥267,200 | ￥1,542 |
| 28 | ￥3,216,000 | ￥268,000 | ￥1,546 |
| 29 | ￥3,224,400 | ￥268,700 | ￥1,550 |
| 30 | ￥3,234,000 | ￥269,500 | ￥1,555 |
| 31 | ￥3,243,600 | ￥270,300 | ￥1,559 |
| 32 | ￥3,253,200 | ￥271,100 | ￥1,564 |
| 33 | ￥3,262,800 | ￥271,900 | ￥1,569 |
| 34 | ￥3,272,400 | ￥272,700 | ￥1,573 |
| 35 | ￥3,279,600 | ￥273,300 | ￥1,577 |
| 36 | ￥3,289,200 | ￥274,100 | ￥1,581 |
| 37 | ￥3,300,000 | ￥275,000 | ￥1,587 |
| 38 | ￥3,309,600 | ￥275,800 | ￥1,591 |
| 39 | ￥3,319,200 | ￥276,600 | ￥1,596 |
| 40 | ￥3,327,600 | ￥277,300 | ￥1,600 |
| 41 | ￥3,336,000 | ￥278,000 | ￥1,604 |
| 42 | ￥3,345,600 | ￥278,800 | ￥1,608 |
| 43 | ￥3,355,200 | ￥279,600 | ￥1,613 |
| 44 | ￥3,363,600 | ￥280,300 | ￥1,617 |
| 45 | ￥3,372,000 | ￥281,000 | ￥1,621 |
| 46 | ￥3,381,600 | ￥281,800 | ￥1,626 |
| 47 | ￥3,391,200 | ￥282,600 | ￥1,630 |
| 48 | ￥3,399,600 | ￥283,300 | ￥1,634 |
| 49 | ￥3,408,000 | ￥284,000 | ￥1,638 |
| 50 | ￥3,416,400 | ￥284,700 | ￥1,643 |
| 51 | ￥3,423,600 | ￥285,300 | ￥1,646 |
| 52 | ￥3,432,000 | ￥286,000 | ￥1,650 |
| 53 | ￥3,440,400 | ￥286,700 | ￥1,654 |
| 54 | ￥3,447,600 | ￥287,300 | ￥1,658 |
| 55 | ￥3,456,000 | ￥288,000 | ￥1,662 |
| 56 | ￥3,463,200 | ￥288,600 | ￥1,665 |
| 57 | ￥3,471,600 | ￥289,300 | ￥1,669 |
| 58 | ￥3,480,000 | ￥290,000 | ￥1,673 |
| 59 | ￥3,488,400 | ￥290,700 | ￥1,677 |
| 60 | ￥3,495,600 | ￥291,300 | ￥1,681 |
| 61 | ￥3,501,600 | ￥291,800 | ￥1,683 |
| 62 | ￥3,508,800 | ￥292,400 | ￥1,687 |
| 63 | ￥3,517,200 | ￥293,100 | ￥1,691 |
| 64 | ￥3,524,400 | ￥293,700 | ￥1,694 |
| 65 | ￥3,530,400 | ￥294,200 | ￥1,697 |
| 66 | ￥3,537,600 | ￥294,800 | ￥1,701 |
| 67 | ￥3,546,000 | ￥295,500 | ￥1,705 |
| 68 | ￥3,553,200 | ￥296,100 | ￥1,708 |
| 69 | ￥3,560,400 | ￥296,700 | ￥1,712 |
| 70 | ￥3,567,600 | ￥297,300 | ￥1,715 |
| 71 | ￥3,574,800 | ￥297,900 | ￥1,719 |
| 72 | ￥3,582,000 | ￥298,500 | ￥1,722 |
| 73 | ￥3,589,200 | ￥299,100 | ￥1,726 |
| 74 | ￥3,595,200 | ￥299,600 | ￥1,728 |
| 75 | ￥3,600,000 | ￥300,000 | ￥1,731 |
| 76 | ￥3,604,800 | ￥300,400 | ￥1,733 |
| 77 | ￥3,608,400 | ￥300,700 | ￥1,735 |
| 78 | ￥3,612,000 | ￥301,000 | ￥1,737 |
| 79 | ￥3,614,400 | ￥301,200 | ￥1,738 |
| 80 | ￥3,618,000 | ￥301,500 | ￥1,739 |
| 81 | ￥3,621,600 | ￥301,800 | ￥1,741 |
| 82 | ￥3,624,000 | ￥302,000 | ￥1,742 |
| 83 | ￥3,627,600 | ￥302,300 | ￥1,744 |
| 84 | ￥3,631,200 | ￥302,600 | ￥1,746 |
| 85 | ￥3,633,600 | ￥302,800 | ￥1,747 |
| 86 | ￥3,636,000 | ￥303,000 | ￥1,748 |
| 87 | ￥3,638,400 | ￥303,200 | ￥1,749 |
| 88 | ￥3,640,800 | ￥303,400 | ￥1,750 |
| 89 | ￥3,645,600 | ￥303,800 | ￥1,753 |
| 90 | ￥3,648,000 | ￥304,000 | ￥1,754 |
| 91 | ￥3,650,400 | ￥304,200 | ￥1,755 |
| 92 | ￥3,652,800 | ￥304,400 | ￥1,756 |
| 93 | ￥3,657,600 | ￥304,800 | ￥1,758 |
| 94 | ￥3,660,000 | ￥305,000 | ￥1,760 |
| 95 | ￥3,662,400 | ￥305,200 | ￥1,761 |
| 96 | ￥3,666,000 | ￥305,500 | ￥1,763 |
| 97 | ￥3,669,600 | ￥305,800 | ￥1,764 |
| 98 | ￥3,672,000 | ￥306,000 | ￥1,765 |
| 99 | ￥3,674,400 | ￥306,200 | ￥1,767 |
| 100 | ￥3,678,000 | ￥306,500 | ￥1,768 |
| 101 | ￥3,681,600 | ￥306,800 | ￥1,770 |
| 102 | ￥3,684,000 | ￥307,000 | ￥1,771 |
| 103 | ￥3,686,400 | ￥307,200 | ￥1,772 |
| 104 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 105 | ￥3,693,600 | ￥307,800 | ￥1,776 |
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD2-2 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 | +￥1,079,100 | +￥1,385,100 |
| MD2-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥3,956,700 | ￥5,078,700 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD2-2 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD2-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥2,877,600 and ￥3,693,600 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD2-2 schedule · grade (俸給表 · 級) the same in every agency?
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.
Where does this data come from?
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.