Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD3-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 1級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
2026 salary range
￥2,660,400 – ￥3,879,600
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 | ￥2,660,400 | ￥221,700 | ￥1,279 |
| 2 | ￥2,683,200 | ￥223,600 | ￥1,290 |
| 3 | ￥2,704,800 | ￥225,400 | ￥1,300 |
| 4 | ￥2,725,200 | ￥227,100 | ￥1,310 |
| 5 | ￥2,745,600 | ￥228,800 | ￥1,320 |
| 6 | ￥2,768,400 | ￥230,700 | ￥1,331 |
| 7 | ￥2,790,000 | ￥232,500 | ￥1,341 |
| 8 | ￥2,810,400 | ￥234,200 | ￥1,351 |
| 9 | ￥2,830,800 | ￥235,900 | ￥1,361 |
| 10 | ￥2,853,600 | ￥237,800 | ￥1,372 |
| 11 | ￥2,876,400 | ￥239,700 | ￥1,383 |
| 12 | ￥2,899,200 | ￥241,600 | ￥1,394 |
| 13 | ￥2,920,800 | ￥243,400 | ￥1,404 |
| 14 | ￥2,944,800 | ￥245,400 | ￥1,416 |
| 15 | ￥2,968,800 | ￥247,400 | ￥1,427 |
| 16 | ￥2,992,800 | ￥249,400 | ￥1,439 |
| 17 | ￥3,016,800 | ￥251,400 | ￥1,450 |
| 18 | ￥3,040,800 | ￥253,400 | ￥1,462 |
| 19 | ￥3,066,000 | ￥255,500 | ￥1,474 |
| 20 | ￥3,090,000 | ￥257,500 | ￥1,486 |
| 21 | ￥3,112,800 | ￥259,400 | ￥1,497 |
| 22 | ￥3,127,200 | ￥260,600 | ￥1,503 |
| 23 | ￥3,140,400 | ￥261,700 | ￥1,510 |
| 24 | ￥3,153,600 | ￥262,800 | ￥1,516 |
| 25 | ￥3,166,800 | ￥263,900 | ￥1,523 |
| 26 | ￥3,176,400 | ￥264,700 | ￥1,527 |
| 27 | ￥3,187,200 | ￥265,600 | ￥1,532 |
| 28 | ￥3,196,800 | ￥266,400 | ￥1,537 |
| 29 | ￥3,206,400 | ￥267,200 | ￥1,542 |
| 30 | ￥3,214,800 | ￥267,900 | ￥1,546 |
| 31 | ￥3,223,200 | ￥268,600 | ￥1,550 |
| 32 | ￥3,231,600 | ￥269,300 | ￥1,554 |
| 33 | ￥3,241,200 | ￥270,100 | ￥1,558 |
| 34 | ￥3,248,400 | ￥270,700 | ￥1,562 |
| 35 | ￥3,255,600 | ￥271,300 | ￥1,565 |
| 36 | ￥3,261,600 | ￥271,800 | ￥1,568 |
| 37 | ￥3,268,800 | ￥272,400 | ￥1,572 |
| 38 | ￥3,277,200 | ￥273,100 | ￥1,576 |
| 39 | ￥3,285,600 | ￥273,800 | ￥1,580 |
| 40 | ￥3,294,000 | ￥274,500 | ￥1,584 |
| 41 | ￥3,302,400 | ￥275,200 | ￥1,588 |
| 42 | ￥3,309,600 | ￥275,800 | ￥1,591 |
| 43 | ￥3,318,000 | ￥276,500 | ￥1,595 |
| 44 | ￥3,325,200 | ￥277,100 | ￥1,599 |
| 45 | ￥3,334,800 | ￥277,900 | ￥1,603 |
| 46 | ￥3,343,200 | ￥278,600 | ￥1,607 |
| 47 | ￥3,351,600 | ￥279,300 | ￥1,611 |
| 48 | ￥3,358,800 | ￥279,900 | ￥1,615 |
| 49 | ￥3,364,800 | ￥280,400 | ￥1,618 |
| 50 | ￥3,370,800 | ￥280,900 | ￥1,621 |
| 51 | ￥3,375,600 | ￥281,300 | ￥1,623 |
| 52 | ￥3,380,400 | ￥281,700 | ￥1,625 |
| 53 | ￥3,384,000 | ￥282,000 | ￥1,627 |
| 54 | ￥3,390,000 | ￥282,500 | ￥1,630 |
| 55 | ￥3,394,800 | ￥282,900 | ￥1,632 |
| 56 | ￥3,399,600 | ￥283,300 | ￥1,634 |
| 57 | ￥3,404,400 | ￥283,700 | ￥1,637 |
| 58 | ￥3,409,200 | ￥284,100 | ￥1,639 |
| 59 | ￥3,412,800 | ￥284,400 | ￥1,641 |
| 60 | ￥3,416,400 | ￥284,700 | ￥1,643 |
| 61 | ￥3,421,200 | ￥285,100 | ￥1,645 |
| 62 | ￥3,426,000 | ￥285,500 | ￥1,647 |
| 63 | ￥3,430,800 | ￥285,900 | ￥1,649 |
| 64 | ￥3,434,400 | ￥286,200 | ￥1,651 |
| 65 | ￥3,438,000 | ￥286,500 | ￥1,653 |
| 66 | ￥3,442,800 | ￥286,900 | ￥1,655 |
| 67 | ￥3,447,600 | ￥287,300 | ￥1,658 |
| 68 | ￥3,451,200 | ￥287,600 | ￥1,659 |
| 69 | ￥3,456,000 | ￥288,000 | ￥1,662 |
| 70 | ￥3,462,000 | ￥288,500 | ￥1,664 |
| 71 | ￥3,466,800 | ￥288,900 | ￥1,667 |
| 72 | ￥3,470,400 | ￥289,200 | ￥1,668 |
| 73 | ￥3,475,200 | ￥289,600 | ￥1,671 |
| 74 | ￥3,481,200 | ￥290,100 | ￥1,674 |
| 75 | ￥3,487,200 | ￥290,600 | ￥1,677 |
| 76 | ￥3,493,200 | ￥291,100 | ￥1,679 |
| 77 | ￥3,499,200 | ￥291,600 | ￥1,682 |
| 78 | ￥3,505,200 | ￥292,100 | ￥1,685 |
| 79 | ￥3,512,400 | ￥292,700 | ￥1,689 |
| 80 | ￥3,517,200 | ￥293,100 | ￥1,691 |
| 81 | ￥3,523,200 | ￥293,600 | ￥1,694 |
| 82 | ￥3,528,000 | ￥294,000 | ￥1,696 |
| 83 | ￥3,534,000 | ￥294,500 | ￥1,699 |
| 84 | ￥3,540,000 | ￥295,000 | ￥1,702 |
| 85 | ￥3,544,800 | ￥295,400 | ￥1,704 |
| 86 | ￥3,549,600 | ￥295,800 | ￥1,707 |
| 87 | ￥3,555,600 | ￥296,300 | ￥1,709 |
| 88 | ￥3,561,600 | ￥296,800 | ￥1,712 |
| 89 | ￥3,566,400 | ￥297,200 | ￥1,715 |
| 90 | ￥3,572,400 | ￥297,700 | ￥1,718 |
| 91 | ￥3,578,400 | ￥298,200 | ￥1,720 |
| 92 | ￥3,584,400 | ￥298,700 | ￥1,723 |
| 93 | ￥3,590,400 | ￥299,200 | ￥1,726 |
| 94 | ￥3,595,200 | ￥299,600 | ￥1,728 |
| 95 | ￥3,601,200 | ￥300,100 | ￥1,731 |
| 96 | ￥3,608,400 | ￥300,700 | ￥1,735 |
| 97 | ￥3,615,600 | ￥301,300 | ￥1,738 |
| 98 | ￥3,621,600 | ￥301,800 | ￥1,741 |
| 99 | ￥3,627,600 | ￥302,300 | ￥1,744 |
| 100 | ￥3,633,600 | ￥302,800 | ￥1,747 |
| 101 | ￥3,638,400 | ￥303,200 | ￥1,749 |
| 102 | ￥3,644,400 | ￥303,700 | ￥1,752 |
| 103 | ￥3,649,200 | ￥304,100 | ￥1,754 |
| 104 | ￥3,654,000 | ￥304,500 | ￥1,757 |
| 105 | ￥3,658,800 | ￥304,900 | ￥1,759 |
| 106 | ￥3,663,600 | ￥305,300 | ￥1,761 |
| 107 | ￥3,668,400 | ￥305,700 | ￥1,764 |
| 108 | ￥3,672,000 | ￥306,000 | ￥1,765 |
| 109 | ￥3,674,400 | ￥306,200 | ￥1,767 |
| 110 | ￥3,678,000 | ￥306,500 | ￥1,768 |
| 111 | ￥3,680,400 | ￥306,700 | ￥1,769 |
| 112 | ￥3,684,000 | ￥307,000 | ￥1,771 |
| 113 | ￥3,687,600 | ￥307,300 | ￥1,773 |
| 114 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 115 | ￥3,693,600 | ￥307,800 | ￥1,776 |
| 116 | ￥3,696,000 | ￥308,000 | ￥1,777 |
| 117 | ￥3,699,600 | ￥308,300 | ￥1,779 |
| 118 | ￥3,702,000 | ￥308,500 | ￥1,780 |
| 119 | ￥3,705,600 | ￥308,800 | ￥1,782 |
| 120 | ￥3,709,200 | ￥309,100 | ￥1,783 |
| 121 | ￥3,712,800 | ￥309,400 | ￥1,785 |
| 122 | ￥3,716,400 | ￥309,700 | ￥1,787 |
| 123 | ￥3,720,000 | ￥310,000 | ￥1,788 |
| 124 | ￥3,723,600 | ￥310,300 | ￥1,790 |
| 125 | ￥3,726,000 | ￥310,500 | ￥1,791 |
| 126 | ￥3,728,400 | ￥310,700 | ￥1,793 |
| 127 | ￥3,732,000 | ￥311,000 | ￥1,794 |
| 128 | ￥3,736,800 | ￥311,400 | ￥1,797 |
| 129 | ￥3,739,200 | ￥311,600 | ￥1,798 |
| 130 | ￥3,742,800 | ￥311,900 | ￥1,799 |
| 131 | ￥3,746,400 | ￥312,200 | ￥1,801 |
| 132 | ￥3,751,200 | ￥312,600 | ￥1,803 |
| 133 | ￥3,753,600 | ￥312,800 | ￥1,805 |
| 134 | ￥3,757,200 | ￥313,100 | ￥1,806 |
| 135 | ￥3,760,800 | ￥313,400 | ￥1,808 |
| 136 | ￥3,764,400 | ￥313,700 | ￥1,810 |
| 137 | ￥3,766,800 | ￥313,900 | ￥1,811 |
| 138 | ￥3,770,400 | ￥314,200 | ￥1,813 |
| 139 | ￥3,774,000 | ￥314,500 | ￥1,814 |
| 140 | ￥3,777,600 | ￥314,800 | ￥1,816 |
| 141 | ￥3,780,000 | ￥315,000 | ￥1,817 |
| 142 | ￥3,783,600 | ￥315,300 | ￥1,819 |
| 143 | ￥3,788,400 | ￥315,700 | ￥1,821 |
| 144 | ￥3,792,000 | ￥316,000 | ￥1,823 |
| 145 | ￥3,794,400 | ￥316,200 | ￥1,824 |
| 146 | ￥3,796,800 | ￥316,400 | ￥1,825 |
| 147 | ￥3,800,400 | ￥316,700 | ￥1,827 |
| 148 | ￥3,804,000 | ￥317,000 | ￥1,829 |
| 149 | ￥3,806,400 | ￥317,200 | ￥1,830 |
| 150 | ￥3,808,800 | ￥317,400 | ￥1,831 |
| 151 | ￥3,812,400 | ￥317,700 | ￥1,833 |
| 152 | ￥3,816,000 | ￥318,000 | ￥1,835 |
| 153 | ￥3,820,800 | ￥318,400 | ￥1,837 |
| 154 | ￥3,823,200 | ￥318,600 | ￥1,838 |
| 155 | ￥3,825,600 | ￥318,800 | ￥1,839 |
| 156 | ￥3,829,200 | ￥319,100 | ￥1,841 |
| 157 | ￥3,832,800 | ￥319,400 | ￥1,843 |
| 158 | ￥3,836,400 | ￥319,700 | ￥1,844 |
| 159 | ￥3,840,000 | ￥320,000 | ￥1,846 |
| 160 | ￥3,843,600 | ￥320,300 | ￥1,848 |
| 161 | ￥3,848,400 | ￥320,700 | ￥1,850 |
| 162 | ￥3,852,000 | ￥321,000 | ￥1,852 |
| 163 | ￥3,855,600 | ￥321,300 | ￥1,854 |
| 164 | ￥3,859,200 | ￥321,600 | ￥1,855 |
| 165 | ￥3,864,000 | ￥322,000 | ￥1,858 |
| 166 | ￥3,867,600 | ￥322,300 | ￥1,859 |
| 167 | ￥3,871,200 | ￥322,600 | ￥1,861 |
| 168 | ￥3,874,800 | ￥322,900 | ￥1,863 |
| 169 | ￥3,879,600 | ￥323,300 | ￥1,865 |
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 MD3-1 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 | +￥997,650 | +￥1,454,850 |
| MD3-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥3,658,050 | ￥5,334,450 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD3-1 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD3-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥2,660,400 and ￥3,879,600 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD3-1 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.