Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD2-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（二） 3級 — Medical II. Pharmacists, dietitians, radiographers.
2026 salary range
￥3,292,800 – ￥4,168,800
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 | ￥3,292,800 | ￥274,400 | ￥1,583 |
| 2 | ￥3,302,400 | ￥275,200 | ￥1,588 |
| 3 | ￥3,310,800 | ￥275,900 | ￥1,592 |
| 4 | ￥3,320,400 | ￥276,700 | ￥1,596 |
| 5 | ￥3,330,000 | ￥277,500 | ￥1,601 |
| 6 | ￥3,339,600 | ￥278,300 | ￥1,606 |
| 7 | ￥3,349,200 | ￥279,100 | ￥1,610 |
| 8 | ￥3,357,600 | ￥279,800 | ￥1,614 |
| 9 | ￥3,366,000 | ￥280,500 | ￥1,618 |
| 10 | ￥3,375,600 | ￥281,300 | ￥1,623 |
| 11 | ￥3,385,200 | ￥282,100 | ￥1,628 |
| 12 | ￥3,394,800 | ￥282,900 | ￥1,632 |
| 13 | ￥3,404,400 | ￥283,700 | ￥1,637 |
| 14 | ￥3,414,000 | ￥284,500 | ￥1,641 |
| 15 | ￥3,422,400 | ￥285,200 | ￥1,645 |
| 16 | ￥3,432,000 | ￥286,000 | ￥1,650 |
| 17 | ￥3,441,600 | ￥286,800 | ￥1,655 |
| 18 | ￥3,451,200 | ￥287,600 | ￥1,659 |
| 19 | ￥3,460,800 | ￥288,400 | ￥1,664 |
| 20 | ￥3,469,200 | ￥289,100 | ￥1,668 |
| 21 | ￥3,478,800 | ￥289,900 | ￥1,673 |
| 22 | ￥3,489,600 | ￥290,800 | ￥1,678 |
| 23 | ￥3,500,400 | ￥291,700 | ￥1,683 |
| 24 | ￥3,508,800 | ￥292,400 | ￥1,687 |
| 25 | ￥3,517,200 | ￥293,100 | ￥1,691 |
| 26 | ￥3,528,000 | ￥294,000 | ￥1,696 |
| 27 | ￥3,538,800 | ￥294,900 | ￥1,701 |
| 28 | ￥3,547,200 | ￥295,600 | ￥1,705 |
| 29 | ￥3,556,800 | ￥296,400 | ￥1,710 |
| 30 | ￥3,568,800 | ￥297,400 | ￥1,716 |
| 31 | ￥3,579,600 | ￥298,300 | ￥1,721 |
| 32 | ￥3,591,600 | ￥299,300 | ￥1,727 |
| 33 | ￥3,603,600 | ￥300,300 | ￥1,733 |
| 34 | ￥3,616,800 | ￥301,400 | ￥1,739 |
| 35 | ￥3,628,800 | ￥302,400 | ￥1,745 |
| 36 | ￥3,639,600 | ￥303,300 | ￥1,750 |
| 37 | ￥3,651,600 | ￥304,300 | ￥1,756 |
| 38 | ￥3,663,600 | ￥305,300 | ￥1,761 |
| 39 | ￥3,675,600 | ￥306,300 | ￥1,767 |
| 40 | ￥3,687,600 | ￥307,300 | ￥1,773 |
| 41 | ￥3,698,400 | ￥308,200 | ￥1,778 |
| 42 | ￥3,712,800 | ￥309,400 | ￥1,785 |
| 43 | ￥3,726,000 | ￥310,500 | ￥1,791 |
| 44 | ￥3,739,200 | ￥311,600 | ￥1,798 |
| 45 | ￥3,751,200 | ￥312,600 | ￥1,803 |
| 46 | ￥3,764,400 | ￥313,700 | ￥1,810 |
| 47 | ￥3,777,600 | ￥314,800 | ￥1,816 |
| 48 | ￥3,789,600 | ￥315,800 | ￥1,822 |
| 49 | ￥3,802,800 | ￥316,900 | ￥1,828 |
| 50 | ￥3,814,800 | ￥317,900 | ￥1,834 |
| 51 | ￥3,828,000 | ￥319,000 | ￥1,840 |
| 52 | ￥3,841,200 | ￥320,100 | ￥1,847 |
| 53 | ￥3,853,200 | ￥321,100 | ￥1,853 |
| 54 | ￥3,865,200 | ￥322,100 | ￥1,858 |
| 55 | ￥3,877,200 | ￥323,100 | ￥1,864 |
| 56 | ￥3,889,200 | ￥324,100 | ￥1,870 |
| 57 | ￥3,900,000 | ￥325,000 | ￥1,875 |
| 58 | ￥3,912,000 | ￥326,000 | ￥1,881 |
| 59 | ￥3,924,000 | ￥327,000 | ￥1,887 |
| 60 | ￥3,934,800 | ￥327,900 | ￥1,892 |
| 61 | ￥3,945,600 | ￥328,800 | ￥1,897 |
| 62 | ￥3,954,000 | ￥329,500 | ￥1,901 |
| 63 | ￥3,962,400 | ￥330,200 | ￥1,905 |
| 64 | ￥3,969,600 | ￥330,800 | ￥1,908 |
| 65 | ￥3,976,800 | ￥331,400 | ￥1,912 |
| 66 | ￥3,985,200 | ￥332,100 | ￥1,916 |
| 67 | ￥3,992,400 | ￥332,700 | ￥1,919 |
| 68 | ￥3,999,600 | ￥333,300 | ￥1,923 |
| 69 | ￥4,006,800 | ￥333,900 | ￥1,926 |
| 70 | ￥4,009,200 | ￥334,100 | ￥1,928 |
| 71 | ￥4,014,000 | ￥334,500 | ￥1,930 |
| 72 | ￥4,020,000 | ￥335,000 | ￥1,933 |
| 73 | ￥4,027,200 | ￥335,600 | ￥1,936 |
| 74 | ￥4,033,200 | ￥336,100 | ￥1,939 |
| 75 | ￥4,039,200 | ￥336,600 | ￥1,942 |
| 76 | ￥4,044,000 | ￥337,000 | ￥1,944 |
| 77 | ￥4,051,200 | ￥337,600 | ￥1,948 |
| 78 | ￥4,057,200 | ￥338,100 | ￥1,951 |
| 79 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 80 | ￥4,068,000 | ￥339,000 | ￥1,956 |
| 81 | ￥4,074,000 | ￥339,500 | ￥1,959 |
| 82 | ￥4,077,600 | ￥339,800 | ￥1,960 |
| 83 | ￥4,080,000 | ￥340,000 | ￥1,962 |
| 84 | ￥4,083,600 | ￥340,300 | ￥1,963 |
| 85 | ￥4,088,400 | ￥340,700 | ￥1,966 |
| 86 | ￥4,093,200 | ￥341,100 | ￥1,968 |
| 87 | ￥4,096,800 | ￥341,400 | ￥1,970 |
| 88 | ￥4,100,400 | ￥341,700 | ￥1,971 |
| 89 | ￥4,104,000 | ￥342,000 | ￥1,973 |
| 90 | ￥4,106,400 | ￥342,200 | ￥1,974 |
| 91 | ￥4,111,200 | ￥342,600 | ￥1,977 |
| 92 | ￥4,114,800 | ￥342,900 | ￥1,978 |
| 93 | ￥4,117,200 | ￥343,100 | ￥1,979 |
| 94 | ￥4,120,800 | ￥343,400 | ￥1,981 |
| 95 | ￥4,124,400 | ￥343,700 | ￥1,983 |
| 96 | ￥4,126,800 | ￥343,900 | ￥1,984 |
| 97 | ￥4,129,200 | ￥344,100 | ￥1,985 |
| 98 | ￥4,132,800 | ￥344,400 | ￥1,987 |
| 99 | ￥4,136,400 | ￥344,700 | ￥1,989 |
| 100 | ￥4,138,800 | ￥344,900 | ￥1,990 |
| 101 | ￥4,141,200 | ￥345,100 | ￥1,991 |
| 102 | ￥4,143,600 | ￥345,300 | ￥1,992 |
| 103 | ￥4,148,400 | ￥345,700 | ￥1,994 |
| 104 | ￥4,150,800 | ￥345,900 | ￥1,996 |
| 105 | ￥4,153,200 | ￥346,100 | ￥1,997 |
| 106 | ￥4,156,800 | ￥346,400 | ￥1,998 |
| 107 | ￥4,161,600 | ￥346,800 | ￥2,001 |
| 108 | ￥4,166,400 | ￥347,200 | ￥2,003 |
| 109 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
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 MD2-3 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 | +￥1,234,800 | +￥1,563,300 |
| MD2-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,527,600 | ￥5,732,100 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD2-3 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD2-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,292,800 and ￥4,168,800 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD2-3 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.