MD3-6 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 6級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥4,480,800 | ￥373,400 | ￥2,154 |
| 2 | ￥4,501,200 | ￥375,100 | ￥2,164 |
| 3 | ￥4,521,600 | ￥376,800 | ￥2,174 |
| 4 | ￥4,542,000 | ￥378,500 | ￥2,184 |
| 5 | ￥4,563,600 | ￥380,300 | ￥2,194 |
| 6 | ￥4,587,600 | ￥382,300 | ￥2,206 |
| 7 | ￥4,611,600 | ￥384,300 | ￥2,217 |
| 8 | ￥4,635,600 | ￥386,300 | ￥2,229 |
| 9 | ￥4,656,000 | ￥388,000 | ￥2,238 |
| 10 | ￥4,681,200 | ￥390,100 | ￥2,251 |
| 11 | ￥4,706,400 | ￥392,200 | ￥2,263 |
| 12 | ￥4,730,400 | ￥394,200 | ￥2,274 |
| 13 | ￥4,753,200 | ￥396,100 | ￥2,285 |
| 14 | ￥4,772,400 | ￥397,700 | ￥2,294 |
| 15 | ￥4,794,000 | ￥399,500 | ￥2,305 |
| 16 | ￥4,815,600 | ￥401,300 | ￥2,315 |
| 17 | ￥4,836,000 | ￥403,000 | ￥2,325 |
| 18 | ￥4,856,400 | ￥404,700 | ￥2,335 |
| 19 | ￥4,880,400 | ￥406,700 | ￥2,346 |
| 20 | ￥4,900,800 | ￥408,400 | ￥2,356 |
| 21 | ￥4,921,200 | ￥410,100 | ￥2,366 |
| 22 | ￥4,941,600 | ￥411,800 | ￥2,376 |
| 23 | ￥4,963,200 | ￥413,600 | ￥2,386 |
| 24 | ￥4,984,800 | ￥415,400 | ￥2,397 |
| 25 | ￥5,004,000 | ￥417,000 | ￥2,406 |
| 26 | ￥5,024,400 | ￥418,700 | ￥2,416 |
| 27 | ￥5,046,000 | ￥420,500 | ￥2,426 |
| 28 | ￥5,067,600 | ￥422,300 | ￥2,436 |
| 29 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 30 | ￥5,103,600 | ￥425,300 | ￥2,454 |
| 31 | ￥5,121,600 | ￥426,800 | ￥2,462 |
| 32 | ￥5,137,200 | ￥428,100 | ￥2,470 |
| 33 | ￥5,151,600 | ￥429,300 | ￥2,477 |
| 34 | ￥5,164,800 | ￥430,400 | ￥2,483 |
| 35 | ￥5,179,200 | ￥431,600 | ￥2,490 |
| 36 | ￥5,193,600 | ￥432,800 | ￥2,497 |
| 37 | ￥5,209,200 | ￥434,100 | ￥2,504 |
| 38 | ￥5,222,400 | ￥435,200 | ￥2,511 |
| 39 | ￥5,236,800 | ￥436,400 | ￥2,518 |
| 40 | ￥5,251,200 | ￥437,600 | ￥2,525 |
| 41 | ￥5,265,600 | ￥438,800 | ￥2,532 |
| 42 | ￥5,277,600 | ￥439,800 | ￥2,537 |
| 43 | ￥5,290,800 | ￥440,900 | ￥2,544 |
| 44 | ￥5,304,000 | ￥442,000 | ￥2,550 |
| 45 | ￥5,316,000 | ￥443,000 | ￥2,556 |
| 46 | ￥5,322,000 | ￥443,500 | ￥2,559 |
| 47 | ￥5,328,000 | ￥444,000 | ￥2,562 |
| 48 | ￥5,332,800 | ￥444,400 | ￥2,564 |
| 49 | ￥5,340,000 | ￥445,000 | ￥2,567 |
| 50 | ￥5,346,000 | ￥445,500 | ￥2,570 |
| 51 | ￥5,350,800 | ￥445,900 | ￥2,573 |
| 52 | ￥5,356,800 | ￥446,400 | ￥2,575 |
| 53 | ￥5,362,800 | ￥446,900 | ￥2,578 |
| 54 | ￥5,367,600 | ￥447,300 | ￥2,581 |
| 55 | ￥5,371,200 | ￥447,600 | ￥2,582 |
| 56 | ￥5,374,800 | ￥447,900 | ￥2,584 |
| 57 | ￥5,379,600 | ￥448,300 | ￥2,586 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD3-6 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 | +￥1,680,300 | +￥2,017,350 |
| MD3-6 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,161,100 | ￥7,396,950 |
Frequently asked
A MD3-6 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,480,800 and ￥5,379,600 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.