MD3-5 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 5級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,969,600 | ￥330,800 | ￥1,908 |
| 2 | ￥3,981,600 | ￥331,800 | ￥1,914 |
| 3 | ￥3,993,600 | ￥332,800 | ￥1,920 |
| 4 | ￥4,004,400 | ￥333,700 | ￥1,925 |
| 5 | ￥4,016,400 | ￥334,700 | ￥1,931 |
| 6 | ￥4,030,800 | ￥335,900 | ￥1,938 |
| 7 | ￥4,045,200 | ￥337,100 | ￥1,945 |
| 8 | ￥4,059,600 | ￥338,300 | ￥1,952 |
| 9 | ￥4,070,400 | ￥339,200 | ￥1,957 |
| 10 | ￥4,084,800 | ￥340,400 | ￥1,964 |
| 11 | ￥4,098,000 | ￥341,500 | ￥1,970 |
| 12 | ￥4,111,200 | ￥342,600 | ￥1,977 |
| 13 | ￥4,123,200 | ￥343,600 | ￥1,982 |
| 14 | ￥4,136,400 | ￥344,700 | ￥1,989 |
| 15 | ￥4,149,600 | ￥345,800 | ￥1,995 |
| 16 | ￥4,162,800 | ￥346,900 | ￥2,001 |
| 17 | ￥4,176,000 | ￥348,000 | ￥2,008 |
| 18 | ￥4,189,200 | ￥349,100 | ￥2,014 |
| 19 | ￥4,202,400 | ￥350,200 | ￥2,020 |
| 20 | ￥4,215,600 | ￥351,300 | ￥2,027 |
| 21 | ￥4,228,800 | ￥352,400 | ￥2,033 |
| 22 | ￥4,243,200 | ￥353,600 | ￥2,040 |
| 23 | ￥4,256,400 | ￥354,700 | ￥2,046 |
| 24 | ￥4,269,600 | ￥355,800 | ￥2,053 |
| 25 | ￥4,281,600 | ￥356,800 | ￥2,058 |
| 26 | ￥4,297,200 | ￥358,100 | ￥2,066 |
| 27 | ￥4,312,800 | ￥359,400 | ￥2,073 |
| 28 | ￥4,328,400 | ￥360,700 | ￥2,081 |
| 29 | ￥4,342,800 | ￥361,900 | ￥2,088 |
| 30 | ￥4,360,800 | ￥363,400 | ￥2,097 |
| 31 | ￥4,378,800 | ￥364,900 | ￥2,105 |
| 32 | ￥4,396,800 | ￥366,400 | ￥2,114 |
| 33 | ￥4,411,200 | ￥367,600 | ￥2,121 |
| 34 | ￥4,429,200 | ￥369,100 | ￥2,129 |
| 35 | ￥4,446,000 | ￥370,500 | ￥2,138 |
| 36 | ￥4,462,800 | ￥371,900 | ￥2,146 |
| 37 | ￥4,479,600 | ￥373,300 | ￥2,154 |
| 38 | ￥4,491,600 | ￥374,300 | ￥2,159 |
| 39 | ￥4,508,400 | ￥375,700 | ￥2,168 |
| 40 | ￥4,524,000 | ￥377,000 | ￥2,175 |
| 41 | ￥4,539,600 | ￥378,300 | ￥2,183 |
| 42 | ￥4,556,400 | ￥379,700 | ￥2,191 |
| 43 | ￥4,572,000 | ￥381,000 | ￥2,198 |
| 44 | ￥4,587,600 | ￥382,300 | ￥2,206 |
| 45 | ￥4,605,600 | ￥383,800 | ￥2,214 |
| 46 | ￥4,620,000 | ￥385,000 | ￥2,221 |
| 47 | ￥4,633,200 | ￥386,100 | ￥2,228 |
| 48 | ￥4,647,600 | ￥387,300 | ￥2,234 |
| 49 | ￥4,660,800 | ￥388,400 | ￥2,241 |
| 50 | ￥4,671,600 | ￥389,300 | ￥2,246 |
| 51 | ￥4,683,600 | ￥390,300 | ￥2,252 |
| 52 | ￥4,694,400 | ￥391,200 | ￥2,257 |
| 53 | ￥4,701,600 | ￥391,800 | ￥2,260 |
| 54 | ￥4,711,200 | ￥392,600 | ￥2,265 |
| 55 | ￥4,720,800 | ￥393,400 | ￥2,270 |
| 56 | ￥4,730,400 | ￥394,200 | ￥2,274 |
| 57 | ￥4,738,800 | ￥394,900 | ￥2,278 |
| 58 | ￥4,747,200 | ￥395,600 | ￥2,282 |
| 59 | ￥4,755,600 | ￥396,300 | ￥2,286 |
| 60 | ￥4,762,800 | ￥396,900 | ￥2,290 |
| 61 | ￥4,770,000 | ￥397,500 | ￥2,293 |
| 62 | ￥4,777,200 | ￥398,100 | ￥2,297 |
| 63 | ￥4,785,600 | ￥398,800 | ￥2,301 |
| 64 | ￥4,792,800 | ￥399,400 | ￥2,304 |
| 65 | ￥4,801,200 | ￥400,100 | ￥2,308 |
| 66 | ￥4,807,200 | ￥400,600 | ￥2,311 |
| 67 | ￥4,814,400 | ￥401,200 | ￥2,315 |
| 68 | ￥4,820,400 | ￥401,700 | ￥2,318 |
| 69 | ￥4,825,200 | ￥402,100 | ￥2,320 |
| 70 | ￥4,832,400 | ￥402,700 | ￥2,323 |
| 71 | ￥4,837,200 | ￥403,100 | ￥2,326 |
| 72 | ￥4,840,800 | ￥403,400 | ￥2,327 |
| 73 | ￥4,844,400 | ￥403,700 | ￥2,329 |
| 74 | ￥4,850,400 | ￥404,200 | ￥2,332 |
| 75 | ￥4,855,200 | ￥404,600 | ￥2,334 |
| 76 | ￥4,858,800 | ￥404,900 | ￥2,336 |
| 77 | ￥4,862,400 | ￥405,200 | ￥2,338 |
| 78 | ￥4,868,400 | ￥405,700 | ￥2,341 |
| 79 | ￥4,874,400 | ￥406,200 | ￥2,343 |
| 80 | ￥4,879,200 | ￥406,600 | ￥2,346 |
| 81 | ￥4,882,800 | ￥406,900 | ￥2,348 |
| 82 | ￥4,887,600 | ￥407,300 | ￥2,350 |
| 83 | ￥4,893,600 | ￥407,800 | ￥2,353 |
| 84 | ￥4,898,400 | ￥408,200 | ￥2,355 |
| 85 | ￥4,903,200 | ￥408,600 | ￥2,357 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD3-5 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 | +￥1,488,600 | +￥1,838,700 |
| MD3-5 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,458,200 | ￥6,741,900 |
Frequently asked
A MD3-5 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,969,600 and ￥4,903,200 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.