MD3-7 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
医療職（三） 7級 — Medical III. Nurses and nursing staff.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥5,142,000 | ￥428,500 | ￥2,472 |
| 2 | ￥5,168,400 | ￥430,700 | ￥2,485 |
| 3 | ￥5,194,800 | ￥432,900 | ￥2,498 |
| 4 | ￥5,220,000 | ￥435,000 | ￥2,510 |
| 5 | ￥5,242,800 | ￥436,900 | ￥2,521 |
| 6 | ￥5,265,600 | ￥438,800 | ￥2,532 |
| 7 | ￥5,287,200 | ￥440,600 | ￥2,542 |
| 8 | ￥5,310,000 | ￥442,500 | ￥2,553 |
| 9 | ￥5,330,400 | ￥444,200 | ￥2,563 |
| 10 | ￥5,349,600 | ￥445,800 | ￥2,572 |
| 11 | ￥5,371,200 | ￥447,600 | ￥2,582 |
| 12 | ￥5,390,400 | ￥449,200 | ￥2,592 |
| 13 | ￥5,406,000 | ￥450,500 | ￥2,599 |
| 14 | ￥5,421,600 | ￥451,800 | ￥2,607 |
| 15 | ￥5,440,800 | ￥453,400 | ￥2,616 |
| 16 | ￥5,460,000 | ￥455,000 | ￥2,625 |
| 17 | ￥5,480,400 | ￥456,700 | ￥2,635 |
| 18 | ￥5,499,600 | ￥458,300 | ￥2,644 |
| 19 | ￥5,517,600 | ￥459,800 | ￥2,653 |
| 20 | ￥5,534,400 | ￥461,200 | ￥2,661 |
| 21 | ￥5,547,600 | ￥462,300 | ￥2,667 |
| 22 | ￥5,563,200 | ￥463,600 | ￥2,675 |
| 23 | ￥5,578,800 | ￥464,900 | ￥2,682 |
| 24 | ￥5,596,800 | ￥466,400 | ￥2,691 |
| 25 | ￥5,608,800 | ￥467,400 | ￥2,697 |
| 26 | ￥5,616,000 | ￥468,000 | ￥2,700 |
| 27 | ￥5,624,400 | ￥468,700 | ￥2,704 |
| 28 | ￥5,631,600 | ￥469,300 | ￥2,708 |
| 29 | ￥5,642,400 | ￥470,200 | ￥2,713 |
| 30 | ￥5,650,800 | ￥470,900 | ￥2,717 |
| 31 | ￥5,660,400 | ￥471,700 | ￥2,721 |
| 32 | ￥5,670,000 | ￥472,500 | ￥2,726 |
| 33 | ￥5,678,400 | ￥473,200 | ￥2,730 |
| 34 | ￥5,686,800 | ￥473,900 | ￥2,734 |
| 35 | ￥5,695,200 | ￥474,600 | ￥2,738 |
| 36 | ￥5,704,800 | ￥475,400 | ￥2,743 |
| 37 | ￥5,714,400 | ￥476,200 | ￥2,747 |
| 38 | ￥5,724,000 | ￥477,000 | ￥2,752 |
| 39 | ￥5,732,400 | ￥477,700 | ￥2,756 |
| 40 | ￥5,740,800 | ￥478,400 | ￥2,760 |
| 41 | ￥5,750,400 | ￥479,200 | ￥2,765 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MD3-7 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 | +￥1,928,250 | +￥2,156,400 |
| MD3-7 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥7,070,250 | ￥7,906,800 |
Frequently asked
A MD3-7 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,142,000 and ￥5,750,400 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.