Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD3-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 2級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
2026 salary range
￥3,056,400 – ￥4,216,800
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 | ￥3,056,400 | ￥254,700 | ￥1,469 |
| 2 | ￥3,081,600 | ￥256,800 | ￥1,482 |
| 3 | ￥3,108,000 | ￥259,000 | ￥1,494 |
| 4 | ￥3,134,400 | ￥261,200 | ￥1,507 |
| 5 | ￥3,160,800 | ￥263,400 | ￥1,520 |
| 6 | ￥3,172,800 | ￥264,400 | ￥1,525 |
| 7 | ￥3,182,400 | ￥265,200 | ￥1,530 |
| 8 | ￥3,193,200 | ￥266,100 | ￥1,535 |
| 9 | ￥3,202,800 | ￥266,900 | ￥1,540 |
| 10 | ￥3,216,000 | ￥268,000 | ￥1,546 |
| 11 | ￥3,229,200 | ￥269,100 | ￥1,553 |
| 12 | ￥3,240,000 | ￥270,000 | ￥1,558 |
| 13 | ￥3,249,600 | ￥270,800 | ￥1,562 |
| 14 | ￥3,258,000 | ￥271,500 | ￥1,566 |
| 15 | ￥3,266,400 | ￥272,200 | ￥1,570 |
| 16 | ￥3,276,000 | ￥273,000 | ￥1,575 |
| 17 | ￥3,289,200 | ￥274,100 | ￥1,581 |
| 18 | ￥3,300,000 | ￥275,000 | ￥1,587 |
| 19 | ￥3,310,800 | ￥275,900 | ￥1,592 |
| 20 | ￥3,321,600 | ￥276,800 | ￥1,597 |
| 21 | ￥3,333,600 | ￥277,800 | ￥1,603 |
| 22 | ￥3,345,600 | ￥278,800 | ￥1,608 |
| 23 | ￥3,356,400 | ￥279,700 | ￥1,614 |
| 24 | ￥3,368,400 | ￥280,700 | ￥1,619 |
| 25 | ￥3,378,000 | ￥281,500 | ￥1,624 |
| 26 | ￥3,388,800 | ￥282,400 | ￥1,629 |
| 27 | ￥3,399,600 | ￥283,300 | ￥1,634 |
| 28 | ￥3,410,400 | ￥284,200 | ￥1,640 |
| 29 | ￥3,422,400 | ￥285,200 | ￥1,645 |
| 30 | ￥3,430,800 | ￥285,900 | ￥1,649 |
| 31 | ￥3,439,200 | ￥286,600 | ￥1,653 |
| 32 | ￥3,447,600 | ￥287,300 | ￥1,658 |
| 33 | ￥3,454,800 | ￥287,900 | ￥1,661 |
| 34 | ￥3,462,000 | ￥288,500 | ￥1,664 |
| 35 | ￥3,468,000 | ￥289,000 | ￥1,667 |
| 36 | ￥3,472,800 | ￥289,400 | ￥1,670 |
| 37 | ￥3,477,600 | ￥289,800 | ￥1,672 |
| 38 | ￥3,484,800 | ￥290,400 | ￥1,675 |
| 39 | ￥3,490,800 | ￥290,900 | ￥1,678 |
| 40 | ￥3,495,600 | ￥291,300 | ￥1,681 |
| 41 | ￥3,500,400 | ￥291,700 | ￥1,683 |
| 42 | ￥3,506,400 | ￥292,200 | ￥1,686 |
| 43 | ￥3,511,200 | ￥292,600 | ￥1,688 |
| 44 | ￥3,517,200 | ￥293,100 | ￥1,691 |
| 45 | ￥3,523,200 | ￥293,600 | ￥1,694 |
| 46 | ￥3,528,000 | ￥294,000 | ￥1,696 |
| 47 | ￥3,534,000 | ￥294,500 | ￥1,699 |
| 48 | ￥3,538,800 | ￥294,900 | ￥1,701 |
| 49 | ￥3,544,800 | ￥295,400 | ￥1,704 |
| 50 | ￥3,549,600 | ￥295,800 | ￥1,707 |
| 51 | ￥3,555,600 | ￥296,300 | ￥1,709 |
| 52 | ￥3,561,600 | ￥296,800 | ￥1,712 |
| 53 | ￥3,566,400 | ￥297,200 | ￥1,715 |
| 54 | ￥3,571,200 | ￥297,600 | ￥1,717 |
| 55 | ￥3,577,200 | ￥298,100 | ￥1,720 |
| 56 | ￥3,582,000 | ￥298,500 | ￥1,722 |
| 57 | ￥3,588,000 | ￥299,000 | ￥1,725 |
| 58 | ￥3,596,400 | ￥299,700 | ￥1,729 |
| 59 | ￥3,604,800 | ￥300,400 | ￥1,733 |
| 60 | ￥3,613,200 | ￥301,100 | ￥1,737 |
| 61 | ￥3,621,600 | ￥301,800 | ￥1,741 |
| 62 | ￥3,632,400 | ￥302,700 | ￥1,746 |
| 63 | ￥3,643,200 | ￥303,600 | ￥1,752 |
| 64 | ￥3,651,600 | ￥304,300 | ￥1,756 |
| 65 | ￥3,660,000 | ￥305,000 | ￥1,760 |
| 66 | ￥3,670,800 | ￥305,900 | ￥1,765 |
| 67 | ￥3,680,400 | ￥306,700 | ￥1,769 |
| 68 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 69 | ￥3,698,400 | ￥308,200 | ￥1,778 |
| 70 | ￥3,709,200 | ￥309,100 | ￥1,783 |
| 71 | ￥3,720,000 | ￥310,000 | ￥1,788 |
| 72 | ￥3,729,600 | ￥310,800 | ￥1,793 |
| 73 | ￥3,740,400 | ￥311,700 | ￥1,798 |
| 74 | ￥3,750,000 | ￥312,500 | ￥1,803 |
| 75 | ￥3,760,800 | ￥313,400 | ￥1,808 |
| 76 | ￥3,771,600 | ￥314,300 | ￥1,813 |
| 77 | ￥3,781,200 | ￥315,100 | ￥1,818 |
| 78 | ￥3,792,000 | ￥316,000 | ￥1,823 |
| 79 | ￥3,804,000 | ￥317,000 | ￥1,829 |
| 80 | ￥3,814,800 | ￥317,900 | ￥1,834 |
| 81 | ￥3,820,800 | ￥318,400 | ￥1,837 |
| 82 | ￥3,830,400 | ￥319,200 | ￥1,842 |
| 83 | ￥3,841,200 | ￥320,100 | ￥1,847 |
| 84 | ￥3,850,800 | ￥320,900 | ￥1,851 |
| 85 | ￥3,860,400 | ￥321,700 | ￥1,856 |
| 86 | ￥3,871,200 | ￥322,600 | ￥1,861 |
| 87 | ￥3,883,200 | ￥323,600 | ￥1,867 |
| 88 | ￥3,895,200 | ￥324,600 | ￥1,873 |
| 89 | ￥3,906,000 | ￥325,500 | ￥1,878 |
| 90 | ￥3,918,000 | ￥326,500 | ￥1,884 |
| 91 | ￥3,930,000 | ￥327,500 | ￥1,889 |
| 92 | ￥3,942,000 | ￥328,500 | ￥1,895 |
| 93 | ￥3,951,600 | ￥329,300 | ￥1,900 |
| 94 | ￥3,960,000 | ￥330,000 | ￥1,904 |
| 95 | ￥3,968,400 | ￥330,700 | ￥1,908 |
| 96 | ￥3,975,600 | ￥331,300 | ￥1,911 |
| 97 | ￥3,981,600 | ￥331,800 | ￥1,914 |
| 98 | ￥3,985,200 | ￥332,100 | ￥1,916 |
| 99 | ￥3,991,200 | ￥332,600 | ￥1,919 |
| 100 | ￥3,998,400 | ￥333,200 | ￥1,922 |
| 101 | ￥4,003,200 | ￥333,600 | ￥1,925 |
| 102 | ￥4,009,200 | ￥334,100 | ￥1,928 |
| 103 | ￥4,016,400 | ￥334,700 | ￥1,931 |
| 104 | ￥4,022,400 | ￥335,200 | ￥1,934 |
| 105 | ￥4,027,200 | ￥335,600 | ￥1,936 |
| 106 | ￥4,033,200 | ￥336,100 | ￥1,939 |
| 107 | ￥4,039,200 | ￥336,600 | ￥1,942 |
| 108 | ￥4,045,200 | ￥337,100 | ￥1,945 |
| 109 | ￥4,050,000 | ￥337,500 | ￥1,947 |
| 110 | ￥4,053,600 | ￥337,800 | ￥1,949 |
| 111 | ￥4,057,200 | ￥338,100 | ￥1,951 |
| 112 | ￥4,060,800 | ￥338,400 | ￥1,952 |
| 113 | ￥4,064,400 | ￥338,700 | ￥1,954 |
| 114 | ￥4,069,200 | ￥339,100 | ￥1,956 |
| 115 | ￥4,072,800 | ￥339,400 | ￥1,958 |
| 116 | ￥4,076,400 | ￥339,700 | ￥1,960 |
| 117 | ￥4,078,800 | ￥339,900 | ￥1,961 |
| 118 | ￥4,082,400 | ￥340,200 | ￥1,963 |
| 119 | ￥4,086,000 | ￥340,500 | ￥1,964 |
| 120 | ￥4,088,400 | ￥340,700 | ￥1,966 |
| 121 | ￥4,090,800 | ￥340,900 | ￥1,967 |
| 122 | ￥4,094,400 | ￥341,200 | ￥1,968 |
| 123 | ￥4,098,000 | ￥341,500 | ￥1,970 |
| 124 | ￥4,101,600 | ￥341,800 | ￥1,972 |
| 125 | ￥4,104,000 | ￥342,000 | ￥1,973 |
| 126 | ￥4,107,600 | ￥342,300 | ￥1,975 |
| 127 | ￥4,111,200 | ￥342,600 | ￥1,977 |
| 128 | ￥4,113,600 | ￥342,800 | ￥1,978 |
| 129 | ￥4,116,000 | ￥343,000 | ￥1,979 |
| 130 | ￥4,118,400 | ￥343,200 | ￥1,980 |
| 131 | ￥4,122,000 | ￥343,500 | ￥1,982 |
| 132 | ￥4,124,400 | ￥343,700 | ￥1,983 |
| 133 | ￥4,128,000 | ￥344,000 | ￥1,985 |
| 134 | ￥4,132,800 | ￥344,400 | ￥1,987 |
| 135 | ￥4,137,600 | ￥344,800 | ￥1,989 |
| 136 | ￥4,142,400 | ￥345,200 | ￥1,992 |
| 137 | ￥4,146,000 | ￥345,500 | ￥1,993 |
| 138 | ￥4,150,800 | ￥345,900 | ￥1,996 |
| 139 | ￥4,155,600 | ￥346,300 | ￥1,998 |
| 140 | ￥4,160,400 | ￥346,700 | ￥2,000 |
| 141 | ￥4,164,000 | ￥347,000 | ￥2,002 |
| 142 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
| 143 | ￥4,172,400 | ￥347,700 | ￥2,006 |
| 144 | ￥4,177,200 | ￥348,100 | ￥2,008 |
| 145 | ￥4,180,800 | ￥348,400 | ￥2,010 |
| 146 | ￥4,185,600 | ￥348,800 | ￥2,012 |
| 147 | ￥4,190,400 | ￥349,200 | ￥2,015 |
| 148 | ￥4,195,200 | ￥349,600 | ￥2,017 |
| 149 | ￥4,198,800 | ￥349,900 | ￥2,019 |
| 150 | ￥4,203,600 | ￥350,300 | ￥2,021 |
| 151 | ￥4,208,400 | ￥350,700 | ￥2,023 |
| 152 | ￥4,213,200 | ￥351,100 | ￥2,026 |
| 153 | ￥4,216,800 | ￥351,400 | ￥2,027 |
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 MD3-2 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 | +￥1,146,150 | +￥1,581,300 |
| MD3-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,202,550 | ￥5,798,100 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD3-2 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD3-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,056,400 and ￥4,216,800 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD3-2 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.