Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD2-4 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（二） 4級 — Medical II. Pharmacists, dietitians, radiographers.
2026 salary range
￥3,519,600 – ￥4,413,600
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 | ￥3,519,600 | ￥293,300 | ￥1,692 |
| 2 | ￥3,529,200 | ￥294,100 | ￥1,697 |
| 3 | ￥3,537,600 | ￥294,800 | ￥1,701 |
| 4 | ￥3,546,000 | ￥295,500 | ￥1,705 |
| 5 | ￥3,554,400 | ￥296,200 | ￥1,709 |
| 6 | ￥3,562,800 | ￥296,900 | ￥1,713 |
| 7 | ￥3,571,200 | ￥297,600 | ￥1,717 |
| 8 | ￥3,579,600 | ￥298,300 | ￥1,721 |
| 9 | ￥3,589,200 | ￥299,100 | ￥1,726 |
| 10 | ￥3,597,600 | ￥299,800 | ￥1,730 |
| 11 | ￥3,607,200 | ￥300,600 | ￥1,734 |
| 12 | ￥3,614,400 | ￥301,200 | ￥1,738 |
| 13 | ￥3,621,600 | ￥301,800 | ￥1,741 |
| 14 | ￥3,634,800 | ￥302,900 | ￥1,748 |
| 15 | ￥3,648,000 | ￥304,000 | ￥1,754 |
| 16 | ￥3,662,400 | ￥305,200 | ￥1,761 |
| 17 | ￥3,675,600 | ￥306,300 | ￥1,767 |
| 18 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 19 | ￥3,703,200 | ￥308,600 | ￥1,780 |
| 20 | ￥3,717,600 | ￥309,800 | ￥1,787 |
| 21 | ￥3,732,000 | ￥311,000 | ￥1,794 |
| 22 | ￥3,746,400 | ￥312,200 | ￥1,801 |
| 23 | ￥3,760,800 | ￥313,400 | ￥1,808 |
| 24 | ￥3,774,000 | ￥314,500 | ￥1,814 |
| 25 | ￥3,788,400 | ￥315,700 | ￥1,821 |
| 26 | ￥3,802,800 | ￥316,900 | ￥1,828 |
| 27 | ￥3,816,000 | ￥318,000 | ￥1,835 |
| 28 | ￥3,830,400 | ￥319,200 | ￥1,842 |
| 29 | ￥3,844,800 | ￥320,400 | ￥1,848 |
| 30 | ￥3,859,200 | ￥321,600 | ￥1,855 |
| 31 | ￥3,873,600 | ￥322,800 | ￥1,862 |
| 32 | ￥3,888,000 | ￥324,000 | ￥1,869 |
| 33 | ￥3,901,200 | ￥325,100 | ￥1,876 |
| 34 | ￥3,914,400 | ￥326,200 | ￥1,882 |
| 35 | ￥3,928,800 | ￥327,400 | ￥1,889 |
| 36 | ￥3,943,200 | ￥328,600 | ￥1,896 |
| 37 | ￥3,957,600 | ￥329,800 | ￥1,903 |
| 38 | ￥3,972,000 | ￥331,000 | ￥1,910 |
| 39 | ￥3,987,600 | ￥332,300 | ￥1,917 |
| 40 | ￥4,002,000 | ￥333,500 | ￥1,924 |
| 41 | ￥4,012,800 | ￥334,400 | ￥1,929 |
| 42 | ￥4,027,200 | ￥335,600 | ￥1,936 |
| 43 | ￥4,041,600 | ￥336,800 | ￥1,943 |
| 44 | ￥4,056,000 | ￥338,000 | ￥1,950 |
| 45 | ￥4,066,800 | ￥338,900 | ￥1,955 |
| 46 | ￥4,078,800 | ￥339,900 | ￥1,961 |
| 47 | ￥4,090,800 | ￥340,900 | ￥1,967 |
| 48 | ￥4,101,600 | ￥341,800 | ￥1,972 |
| 49 | ￥4,112,400 | ￥342,700 | ￥1,977 |
| 50 | ￥4,123,200 | ￥343,600 | ￥1,982 |
| 51 | ￥4,135,200 | ￥344,600 | ￥1,988 |
| 52 | ￥4,146,000 | ￥345,500 | ￥1,993 |
| 53 | ￥4,152,000 | ￥346,000 | ￥1,996 |
| 54 | ￥4,162,800 | ￥346,900 | ￥2,001 |
| 55 | ￥4,171,200 | ￥347,600 | ￥2,005 |
| 56 | ￥4,182,000 | ￥348,500 | ￥2,011 |
| 57 | ￥4,190,400 | ￥349,200 | ￥2,015 |
| 58 | ￥4,194,000 | ￥349,500 | ￥2,016 |
| 59 | ￥4,198,800 | ￥349,900 | ￥2,019 |
| 60 | ￥4,206,000 | ￥350,500 | ￥2,022 |
| 61 | ￥4,213,200 | ￥351,100 | ￥2,026 |
| 62 | ￥4,221,600 | ￥351,800 | ￥2,030 |
| 63 | ￥4,230,000 | ￥352,500 | ￥2,034 |
| 64 | ￥4,237,200 | ￥353,100 | ￥2,037 |
| 65 | ￥4,245,600 | ￥353,800 | ￥2,041 |
| 66 | ￥4,251,600 | ￥354,300 | ￥2,044 |
| 67 | ￥4,258,800 | ￥354,900 | ￥2,048 |
| 68 | ￥4,266,000 | ￥355,500 | ￥2,051 |
| 69 | ￥4,269,600 | ￥355,800 | ￥2,053 |
| 70 | ￥4,275,600 | ￥356,300 | ￥2,056 |
| 71 | ￥4,280,400 | ￥356,700 | ￥2,058 |
| 72 | ￥4,286,400 | ￥357,200 | ￥2,061 |
| 73 | ￥4,292,400 | ￥357,700 | ￥2,064 |
| 74 | ￥4,298,400 | ￥358,200 | ￥2,067 |
| 75 | ￥4,304,400 | ￥358,700 | ￥2,069 |
| 76 | ￥4,309,200 | ￥359,100 | ￥2,072 |
| 77 | ￥4,312,800 | ￥359,400 | ￥2,073 |
| 78 | ￥4,316,400 | ￥359,700 | ￥2,075 |
| 79 | ￥4,318,800 | ￥359,900 | ￥2,076 |
| 80 | ￥4,322,400 | ￥360,200 | ￥2,078 |
| 81 | ￥4,328,400 | ￥360,700 | ￥2,081 |
| 82 | ￥4,332,000 | ￥361,000 | ￥2,083 |
| 83 | ￥4,335,600 | ￥361,300 | ￥2,084 |
| 84 | ￥4,339,200 | ￥361,600 | ￥2,086 |
| 85 | ￥4,344,000 | ￥362,000 | ￥2,088 |
| 86 | ￥4,347,600 | ￥362,300 | ￥2,090 |
| 87 | ￥4,351,200 | ￥362,600 | ￥2,092 |
| 88 | ￥4,354,800 | ￥362,900 | ￥2,094 |
| 89 | ￥4,359,600 | ￥363,300 | ￥2,096 |
| 90 | ￥4,363,200 | ￥363,600 | ￥2,098 |
| 91 | ￥4,365,600 | ￥363,800 | ￥2,099 |
| 92 | ￥4,369,200 | ￥364,100 | ￥2,101 |
| 93 | ￥4,372,800 | ￥364,400 | ￥2,102 |
| 94 | ￥4,377,600 | ￥364,800 | ￥2,105 |
| 95 | ￥4,382,400 | ￥365,200 | ￥2,107 |
| 96 | ￥4,387,200 | ￥365,600 | ￥2,109 |
| 97 | ￥4,393,200 | ￥366,100 | ￥2,112 |
| 98 | ￥4,398,000 | ￥366,500 | ￥2,114 |
| 99 | ￥4,402,800 | ￥366,900 | ￥2,117 |
| 100 | ￥4,407,600 | ￥367,300 | ￥2,119 |
| 101 | ￥4,413,600 | ￥367,800 | ￥2,122 |
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 MD2-4 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 | +￥1,319,850 | +￥1,655,100 |
| MD2-4 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,839,450 | ￥6,068,700 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD2-4 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD2-4 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,519,600 and ￥4,413,600 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD2-4 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.