Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD3-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 3級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
2026 salary range
￥3,526,800 – ￥4,527,600
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 | ￥3,526,800 | ￥293,900 | ￥1,696 |
| 2 | ￥3,532,800 | ￥294,400 | ￥1,698 |
| 3 | ￥3,538,800 | ￥294,900 | ￥1,701 |
| 4 | ￥3,544,800 | ￥295,400 | ￥1,704 |
| 5 | ￥3,549,600 | ￥295,800 | ￥1,707 |
| 6 | ￥3,555,600 | ￥296,300 | ￥1,709 |
| 7 | ￥3,561,600 | ￥296,800 | ￥1,712 |
| 8 | ￥3,566,400 | ￥297,200 | ￥1,715 |
| 9 | ￥3,571,200 | ￥297,600 | ￥1,717 |
| 10 | ￥3,577,200 | ￥298,100 | ￥1,720 |
| 11 | ￥3,583,200 | ￥298,600 | ￥1,723 |
| 12 | ￥3,589,200 | ￥299,100 | ￥1,726 |
| 13 | ￥3,594,000 | ￥299,500 | ￥1,728 |
| 14 | ￥3,600,000 | ￥300,000 | ￥1,731 |
| 15 | ￥3,604,800 | ￥300,400 | ￥1,733 |
| 16 | ￥3,610,800 | ￥300,900 | ￥1,736 |
| 17 | ￥3,616,800 | ￥301,400 | ￥1,739 |
| 18 | ￥3,621,600 | ￥301,800 | ￥1,741 |
| 19 | ￥3,627,600 | ￥302,300 | ￥1,744 |
| 20 | ￥3,632,400 | ￥302,700 | ￥1,746 |
| 21 | ￥3,638,400 | ￥303,200 | ￥1,749 |
| 22 | ￥3,643,200 | ￥303,600 | ￥1,752 |
| 23 | ￥3,649,200 | ￥304,100 | ￥1,754 |
| 24 | ￥3,654,000 | ￥304,500 | ￥1,757 |
| 25 | ￥3,660,000 | ￥305,000 | ￥1,760 |
| 26 | ￥3,667,200 | ￥305,600 | ￥1,763 |
| 27 | ￥3,675,600 | ￥306,300 | ￥1,767 |
| 28 | ￥3,684,000 | ￥307,000 | ￥1,771 |
| 29 | ￥3,692,400 | ￥307,700 | ￥1,775 |
| 30 | ￥3,700,800 | ￥308,400 | ￥1,779 |
| 31 | ￥3,709,200 | ￥309,100 | ￥1,783 |
| 32 | ￥3,718,800 | ￥309,900 | ￥1,788 |
| 33 | ￥3,727,200 | ￥310,600 | ￥1,792 |
| 34 | ￥3,736,800 | ￥311,400 | ￥1,797 |
| 35 | ￥3,745,200 | ￥312,100 | ￥1,801 |
| 36 | ￥3,753,600 | ￥312,800 | ￥1,805 |
| 37 | ￥3,762,000 | ￥313,500 | ￥1,809 |
| 38 | ￥3,771,600 | ￥314,300 | ￥1,813 |
| 39 | ￥3,781,200 | ￥315,100 | ￥1,818 |
| 40 | ￥3,790,800 | ￥315,900 | ￥1,823 |
| 41 | ￥3,798,000 | ￥316,500 | ￥1,826 |
| 42 | ￥3,808,800 | ￥317,400 | ￥1,831 |
| 43 | ￥3,820,800 | ￥318,400 | ￥1,837 |
| 44 | ￥3,831,600 | ￥319,300 | ￥1,842 |
| 45 | ￥3,841,200 | ￥320,100 | ￥1,847 |
| 46 | ￥3,853,200 | ￥321,100 | ￥1,853 |
| 47 | ￥3,865,200 | ￥322,100 | ￥1,858 |
| 48 | ￥3,876,000 | ￥323,000 | ￥1,863 |
| 49 | ￥3,886,800 | ￥323,900 | ￥1,869 |
| 50 | ￥3,897,600 | ￥324,800 | ￥1,874 |
| 51 | ￥3,909,600 | ￥325,800 | ￥1,880 |
| 52 | ￥3,921,600 | ￥326,800 | ￥1,885 |
| 53 | ￥3,931,200 | ￥327,600 | ￥1,890 |
| 54 | ￥3,942,000 | ￥328,500 | ￥1,895 |
| 55 | ￥3,954,000 | ￥329,500 | ￥1,901 |
| 56 | ￥3,964,800 | ￥330,400 | ￥1,906 |
| 57 | ￥3,975,600 | ￥331,300 | ￥1,911 |
| 58 | ￥3,986,400 | ￥332,200 | ￥1,917 |
| 59 | ￥3,998,400 | ￥333,200 | ￥1,922 |
| 60 | ￥4,009,200 | ￥334,100 | ￥1,928 |
| 61 | ￥4,020,000 | ￥335,000 | ￥1,933 |
| 62 | ￥4,033,200 | ￥336,100 | ￥1,939 |
| 63 | ￥4,047,600 | ￥337,300 | ￥1,946 |
| 64 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 65 | ￥4,070,400 | ￥339,200 | ￥1,957 |
| 66 | ￥4,083,600 | ￥340,300 | ￥1,963 |
| 67 | ￥4,096,800 | ￥341,400 | ￥1,970 |
| 68 | ￥4,107,600 | ￥342,300 | ￥1,975 |
| 69 | ￥4,120,800 | ￥343,400 | ￥1,981 |
| 70 | ￥4,129,200 | ￥344,100 | ￥1,985 |
| 71 | ￥4,142,400 | ￥345,200 | ￥1,992 |
| 72 | ￥4,155,600 | ￥346,300 | ￥1,998 |
| 73 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
| 74 | ￥4,183,200 | ￥348,600 | ￥2,011 |
| 75 | ￥4,196,400 | ￥349,700 | ￥2,018 |
| 76 | ￥4,209,600 | ￥350,800 | ￥2,024 |
| 77 | ￥4,222,800 | ￥351,900 | ￥2,030 |
| 78 | ￥4,236,000 | ￥353,000 | ￥2,037 |
| 79 | ￥4,248,000 | ￥354,000 | ￥2,042 |
| 80 | ￥4,261,200 | ￥355,100 | ￥2,049 |
| 81 | ￥4,272,000 | ￥356,000 | ￥2,054 |
| 82 | ￥4,284,000 | ￥357,000 | ￥2,060 |
| 83 | ￥4,294,800 | ￥357,900 | ￥2,065 |
| 84 | ￥4,306,800 | ￥358,900 | ￥2,071 |
| 85 | ￥4,317,600 | ￥359,800 | ￥2,076 |
| 86 | ￥4,327,200 | ￥360,600 | ￥2,080 |
| 87 | ￥4,336,800 | ￥361,400 | ￥2,085 |
| 88 | ￥4,346,400 | ￥362,200 | ￥2,090 |
| 89 | ￥4,353,600 | ￥362,800 | ￥2,093 |
| 90 | ￥4,360,800 | ￥363,400 | ￥2,097 |
| 91 | ￥4,368,000 | ￥364,000 | ￥2,100 |
| 92 | ￥4,375,200 | ￥364,600 | ￥2,103 |
| 93 | ￥4,380,000 | ￥365,000 | ￥2,106 |
| 94 | ￥4,384,800 | ￥365,400 | ￥2,108 |
| 95 | ￥4,390,800 | ￥365,900 | ￥2,111 |
| 96 | ￥4,395,600 | ￥366,300 | ￥2,113 |
| 97 | ￥4,401,600 | ￥366,800 | ￥2,116 |
| 98 | ￥4,406,400 | ￥367,200 | ￥2,118 |
| 99 | ￥4,412,400 | ￥367,700 | ￥2,121 |
| 100 | ￥4,417,200 | ￥368,100 | ￥2,124 |
| 101 | ￥4,420,800 | ￥368,400 | ￥2,125 |
| 102 | ￥4,426,800 | ￥368,900 | ￥2,128 |
| 103 | ￥4,430,400 | ￥369,200 | ￥2,130 |
| 104 | ￥4,434,000 | ￥369,500 | ￥2,132 |
| 105 | ￥4,438,800 | ￥369,900 | ￥2,134 |
| 106 | ￥4,444,800 | ￥370,400 | ￥2,137 |
| 107 | ￥4,450,800 | ￥370,900 | ￥2,140 |
| 108 | ￥4,456,800 | ￥371,400 | ￥2,143 |
| 109 | ￥4,462,800 | ￥371,900 | ￥2,146 |
| 110 | ￥4,468,800 | ￥372,400 | ￥2,148 |
| 111 | ￥4,474,800 | ￥372,900 | ￥2,151 |
| 112 | ￥4,479,600 | ￥373,300 | ￥2,154 |
| 113 | ￥4,484,400 | ￥373,700 | ￥2,156 |
| 114 | ￥4,489,200 | ￥374,100 | ￥2,158 |
| 115 | ￥4,495,200 | ￥374,600 | ￥2,161 |
| 116 | ￥4,501,200 | ￥375,100 | ￥2,164 |
| 117 | ￥4,506,000 | ￥375,500 | ￥2,166 |
| 118 | ￥4,512,000 | ￥376,000 | ￥2,169 |
| 119 | ￥4,518,000 | ￥376,500 | ￥2,172 |
| 120 | ￥4,524,000 | ￥377,000 | ￥2,175 |
| 121 | ￥4,527,600 | ￥377,300 | ￥2,177 |
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 MD3-3 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 | +￥1,322,550 | +￥1,697,850 |
| MD3-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,849,350 | ￥6,225,450 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD3-3 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD3-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,526,800 and ￥4,527,600 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD3-3 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.