MD2-5 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（二） 5級 — Medical II. Pharmacists, dietitians, radiographers.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,915,600 | ￥326,300 | ￥1,883 |
| 2 | ￥3,932,400 | ￥327,700 | ￥1,891 |
| 3 | ￥3,949,200 | ￥329,100 | ￥1,899 |
| 4 | ￥3,966,000 | ￥330,500 | ￥1,907 |
| 5 | ￥3,982,800 | ￥331,900 | ￥1,915 |
| 6 | ￥4,002,000 | ￥333,500 | ￥1,924 |
| 7 | ￥4,020,000 | ￥335,000 | ￥1,933 |
| 8 | ￥4,038,000 | ￥336,500 | ￥1,941 |
| 9 | ￥4,054,800 | ￥337,900 | ￥1,949 |
| 10 | ￥4,074,000 | ￥339,500 | ￥1,959 |
| 11 | ￥4,092,000 | ￥341,000 | ￥1,967 |
| 12 | ￥4,110,000 | ￥342,500 | ￥1,976 |
| 13 | ￥4,126,800 | ￥343,900 | ￥1,984 |
| 14 | ￥4,146,000 | ￥345,500 | ￥1,993 |
| 15 | ￥4,164,000 | ￥347,000 | ￥2,002 |
| 16 | ￥4,182,000 | ￥348,500 | ￥2,011 |
| 17 | ￥4,200,000 | ￥350,000 | ￥2,019 |
| 18 | ￥4,219,200 | ￥351,600 | ￥2,028 |
| 19 | ￥4,238,400 | ￥353,200 | ￥2,038 |
| 20 | ￥4,256,400 | ￥354,700 | ￥2,046 |
| 21 | ￥4,272,000 | ￥356,000 | ￥2,054 |
| 22 | ￥4,290,000 | ￥357,500 | ￥2,063 |
| 23 | ￥4,308,000 | ￥359,000 | ￥2,071 |
| 24 | ￥4,326,000 | ￥360,500 | ￥2,080 |
| 25 | ￥4,342,800 | ￥361,900 | ￥2,088 |
| 26 | ￥4,360,800 | ￥363,400 | ￥2,097 |
| 27 | ￥4,378,800 | ￥364,900 | ￥2,105 |
| 28 | ￥4,395,600 | ￥366,300 | ￥2,113 |
| 29 | ￥4,412,400 | ￥367,700 | ￥2,121 |
| 30 | ￥4,431,600 | ￥369,300 | ￥2,131 |
| 31 | ￥4,448,400 | ￥370,700 | ￥2,139 |
| 32 | ￥4,466,400 | ￥372,200 | ￥2,147 |
| 33 | ￥4,480,800 | ￥373,400 | ￥2,154 |
| 34 | ￥4,494,000 | ￥374,500 | ￥2,161 |
| 35 | ￥4,508,400 | ￥375,700 | ￥2,168 |
| 36 | ￥4,521,600 | ￥376,800 | ￥2,174 |
| 37 | ￥4,533,600 | ￥377,800 | ￥2,180 |
| 38 | ￥4,543,200 | ￥378,600 | ￥2,184 |
| 39 | ￥4,554,000 | ￥379,500 | ￥2,189 |
| 40 | ￥4,567,200 | ￥380,600 | ￥2,196 |
| 41 | ￥4,579,200 | ￥381,600 | ￥2,202 |
| 42 | ￥4,591,200 | ￥382,600 | ￥2,207 |
| 43 | ￥4,603,200 | ￥383,600 | ￥2,213 |
| 44 | ￥4,614,000 | ￥384,500 | ￥2,218 |
| 45 | ￥4,623,600 | ￥385,300 | ￥2,223 |
| 46 | ￥4,633,200 | ￥386,100 | ￥2,228 |
| 47 | ￥4,644,000 | ￥387,000 | ￥2,233 |
| 48 | ￥4,653,600 | ￥387,800 | ￥2,237 |
| 49 | ￥4,659,600 | ￥388,300 | ￥2,240 |
| 50 | ￥4,669,200 | ￥389,100 | ￥2,245 |
| 51 | ￥4,678,800 | ￥389,900 | ￥2,249 |
| 52 | ￥4,688,400 | ￥390,700 | ￥2,254 |
| 53 | ￥4,693,200 | ￥391,100 | ￥2,256 |
| 54 | ￥4,701,600 | ￥391,800 | ￥2,260 |
| 55 | ￥4,710,000 | ￥392,500 | ￥2,264 |
| 56 | ￥4,717,200 | ￥393,100 | ￥2,268 |
| 57 | ￥4,722,000 | ￥393,500 | ￥2,270 |
| 58 | ￥4,728,000 | ￥394,000 | ￥2,273 |
| 59 | ￥4,735,200 | ￥394,600 | ￥2,277 |
| 60 | ￥4,742,400 | ￥395,200 | ￥2,280 |
| 61 | ￥4,747,200 | ￥395,600 | ￥2,282 |
| 62 | ￥4,753,200 | ￥396,100 | ￥2,285 |
| 63 | ￥4,759,200 | ￥396,600 | ￥2,288 |
| 64 | ￥4,765,200 | ￥397,100 | ￥2,291 |
| 65 | ￥4,772,400 | ￥397,700 | ￥2,294 |
| 66 | ￥4,778,400 | ￥398,200 | ￥2,297 |
| 67 | ￥4,785,600 | ￥398,800 | ￥2,301 |
| 68 | ￥4,792,800 | ￥399,400 | ￥2,304 |
| 69 | ￥4,798,800 | ￥399,900 | ￥2,307 |
| 70 | ￥4,804,800 | ￥400,400 | ￥2,310 |
| 71 | ￥4,809,600 | ￥400,800 | ￥2,312 |
| 72 | ￥4,814,400 | ￥401,200 | ￥2,315 |
| 73 | ￥4,818,000 | ￥401,500 | ￥2,316 |
| 74 | ￥4,824,000 | ￥402,000 | ￥2,319 |
| 75 | ￥4,828,800 | ￥402,400 | ￥2,322 |
| 76 | ￥4,833,600 | ￥402,800 | ￥2,324 |
| 77 | ￥4,838,400 | ￥403,200 | ￥2,326 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD2-5 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 | +￥1,468,350 | +￥1,814,400 |
| MD2-5 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,383,950 | ￥6,652,800 |
Frequently asked
A MD2-5 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,915,600 and ￥4,838,400 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.