Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MD3-4 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 4級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
2026 salary range
￥3,687,600 – ￥4,694,400
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 | ￥3,687,600 | ￥307,300 | ￥1,773 |
| 2 | ￥3,693,600 | ￥307,800 | ￥1,776 |
| 3 | ￥3,699,600 | ￥308,300 | ￥1,779 |
| 4 | ￥3,705,600 | ￥308,800 | ￥1,782 |
| 5 | ￥3,711,600 | ￥309,300 | ￥1,784 |
| 6 | ￥3,717,600 | ￥309,800 | ￥1,787 |
| 7 | ￥3,724,800 | ￥310,400 | ￥1,791 |
| 8 | ￥3,729,600 | ￥310,800 | ￥1,793 |
| 9 | ￥3,735,600 | ￥311,300 | ￥1,796 |
| 10 | ￥3,741,600 | ￥311,800 | ￥1,799 |
| 11 | ￥3,748,800 | ￥312,400 | ￥1,802 |
| 12 | ￥3,754,800 | ￥312,900 | ￥1,805 |
| 13 | ￥3,759,600 | ￥313,300 | ￥1,808 |
| 14 | ￥3,766,800 | ￥313,900 | ￥1,811 |
| 15 | ￥3,775,200 | ￥314,600 | ￥1,815 |
| 16 | ￥3,782,400 | ￥315,200 | ￥1,818 |
| 17 | ￥3,789,600 | ￥315,800 | ￥1,822 |
| 18 | ￥3,800,400 | ￥316,700 | ￥1,827 |
| 19 | ￥3,810,000 | ￥317,500 | ￥1,832 |
| 20 | ￥3,820,800 | ￥318,400 | ￥1,837 |
| 21 | ￥3,830,400 | ￥319,200 | ￥1,842 |
| 22 | ￥3,841,200 | ￥320,100 | ￥1,847 |
| 23 | ￥3,852,000 | ￥321,000 | ￥1,852 |
| 24 | ￥3,861,600 | ￥321,800 | ￥1,857 |
| 25 | ￥3,871,200 | ￥322,600 | ￥1,861 |
| 26 | ￥3,880,800 | ￥323,400 | ￥1,866 |
| 27 | ￥3,891,600 | ￥324,300 | ￥1,871 |
| 28 | ￥3,902,400 | ￥325,200 | ￥1,876 |
| 29 | ￥3,910,800 | ￥325,900 | ￥1,880 |
| 30 | ￥3,924,000 | ￥327,000 | ￥1,887 |
| 31 | ￥3,937,200 | ￥328,100 | ￥1,893 |
| 32 | ￥3,949,200 | ￥329,100 | ￥1,899 |
| 33 | ￥3,962,400 | ￥330,200 | ￥1,905 |
| 34 | ￥3,974,400 | ￥331,200 | ￥1,911 |
| 35 | ￥3,987,600 | ￥332,300 | ￥1,917 |
| 36 | ￥4,000,800 | ￥333,400 | ￥1,923 |
| 37 | ￥4,014,000 | ￥334,500 | ￥1,930 |
| 38 | ￥4,027,200 | ￥335,600 | ￥1,936 |
| 39 | ￥4,040,400 | ￥336,700 | ￥1,943 |
| 40 | ￥4,053,600 | ￥337,800 | ￥1,949 |
| 41 | ￥4,063,200 | ￥338,600 | ￥1,953 |
| 42 | ￥4,076,400 | ￥339,700 | ￥1,960 |
| 43 | ￥4,089,600 | ￥340,800 | ￥1,966 |
| 44 | ￥4,101,600 | ￥341,800 | ￥1,972 |
| 45 | ￥4,112,400 | ￥342,700 | ￥1,977 |
| 46 | ￥4,123,200 | ￥343,600 | ￥1,982 |
| 47 | ￥4,135,200 | ￥344,600 | ￥1,988 |
| 48 | ￥4,147,200 | ￥345,600 | ￥1,994 |
| 49 | ￥4,161,600 | ￥346,800 | ￥2,001 |
| 50 | ￥4,177,200 | ￥348,100 | ￥2,008 |
| 51 | ￥4,191,600 | ￥349,300 | ￥2,015 |
| 52 | ￥4,206,000 | ￥350,500 | ￥2,022 |
| 53 | ￥4,216,800 | ￥351,400 | ￥2,027 |
| 54 | ￥4,231,200 | ￥352,600 | ￥2,034 |
| 55 | ￥4,244,400 | ￥353,700 | ￥2,041 |
| 56 | ￥4,260,000 | ￥355,000 | ￥2,048 |
| 57 | ￥4,272,000 | ￥356,000 | ￥2,054 |
| 58 | ￥4,282,800 | ￥356,900 | ￥2,059 |
| 59 | ￥4,296,000 | ￥358,000 | ￥2,065 |
| 60 | ￥4,310,400 | ￥359,200 | ￥2,072 |
| 61 | ￥4,323,600 | ￥360,300 | ￥2,079 |
| 62 | ￥4,338,000 | ￥361,500 | ￥2,086 |
| 63 | ￥4,352,400 | ￥362,700 | ￥2,093 |
| 64 | ￥4,364,400 | ￥363,700 | ￥2,098 |
| 65 | ￥4,376,400 | ￥364,700 | ￥2,104 |
| 66 | ￥4,388,400 | ￥365,700 | ￥2,110 |
| 67 | ￥4,401,600 | ￥366,800 | ￥2,116 |
| 68 | ￥4,414,800 | ￥367,900 | ￥2,123 |
| 69 | ￥4,424,400 | ￥368,700 | ￥2,127 |
| 70 | ￥4,437,600 | ￥369,800 | ￥2,133 |
| 71 | ￥4,450,800 | ￥370,900 | ￥2,140 |
| 72 | ￥4,462,800 | ￥371,900 | ￥2,146 |
| 73 | ￥4,471,200 | ￥372,600 | ￥2,150 |
| 74 | ￥4,480,800 | ￥373,400 | ￥2,154 |
| 75 | ￥4,490,400 | ￥374,200 | ￥2,159 |
| 76 | ￥4,498,800 | ￥374,900 | ￥2,163 |
| 77 | ￥4,506,000 | ￥375,500 | ￥2,166 |
| 78 | ￥4,512,000 | ￥376,000 | ￥2,169 |
| 79 | ￥4,518,000 | ￥376,500 | ￥2,172 |
| 80 | ￥4,524,000 | ￥377,000 | ￥2,175 |
| 81 | ￥4,531,200 | ￥377,600 | ￥2,178 |
| 82 | ￥4,537,200 | ￥378,100 | ￥2,181 |
| 83 | ￥4,543,200 | ￥378,600 | ￥2,184 |
| 84 | ￥4,549,200 | ￥379,100 | ￥2,187 |
| 85 | ￥4,554,000 | ￥379,500 | ￥2,189 |
| 86 | ￥4,558,800 | ￥379,900 | ￥2,192 |
| 87 | ￥4,566,000 | ￥380,500 | ￥2,195 |
| 88 | ￥4,572,000 | ￥381,000 | ￥2,198 |
| 89 | ￥4,575,600 | ￥381,300 | ￥2,200 |
| 90 | ￥4,581,600 | ￥381,800 | ￥2,203 |
| 91 | ￥4,585,200 | ￥382,100 | ￥2,204 |
| 92 | ￥4,588,800 | ￥382,400 | ￥2,206 |
| 93 | ￥4,596,000 | ￥383,000 | ￥2,210 |
| 94 | ￥4,602,000 | ￥383,500 | ￥2,213 |
| 95 | ￥4,608,000 | ￥384,000 | ￥2,215 |
| 96 | ￥4,614,000 | ￥384,500 | ￥2,218 |
| 97 | ￥4,621,200 | ￥385,100 | ￥2,222 |
| 98 | ￥4,627,200 | ￥385,600 | ￥2,225 |
| 99 | ￥4,633,200 | ￥386,100 | ￥2,228 |
| 100 | ￥4,638,000 | ￥386,500 | ￥2,230 |
| 101 | ￥4,645,200 | ￥387,100 | ￥2,233 |
| 102 | ￥4,651,200 | ￥387,600 | ￥2,236 |
| 103 | ￥4,657,200 | ￥388,100 | ￥2,239 |
| 104 | ￥4,663,200 | ￥388,600 | ￥2,242 |
| 105 | ￥4,670,400 | ￥389,200 | ￥2,245 |
| 106 | ￥4,675,200 | ￥389,600 | ￥2,248 |
| 107 | ￥4,681,200 | ￥390,100 | ￥2,251 |
| 108 | ￥4,687,200 | ￥390,600 | ￥2,253 |
| 109 | ￥4,694,400 | ￥391,200 | ￥2,257 |
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 MD3-4 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 | +￥1,382,850 | +￥1,760,400 |
| MD3-4 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,070,450 | ￥6,454,800 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MD3-4 make in the Japan federal government?
A MD3-4 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,687,600 and ￥4,694,400 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MD3-4 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.