Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-1LT Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
2等陸尉 / 2等海尉 / 2等空尉 — 1st Lieutenant / Lieutenant Junior Grade.
2026 salary range
￥3,760,800 – ￥5,498,400
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 | ￥3,760,800 | ￥313,400 | ￥1,808 |
| 2 | ￥3,776,400 | ￥314,700 | ￥1,816 |
| 3 | ￥3,792,000 | ￥316,000 | ￥1,823 |
| 4 | ￥3,807,600 | ￥317,300 | ￥1,831 |
| 5 | ￥3,823,200 | ￥318,600 | ￥1,838 |
| 6 | ￥3,848,400 | ￥320,700 | ￥1,850 |
| 7 | ￥3,873,600 | ￥322,800 | ￥1,862 |
| 8 | ￥3,898,800 | ￥324,900 | ￥1,874 |
| 9 | ￥3,921,600 | ￥326,800 | ￥1,885 |
| 10 | ￥3,933,600 | ￥327,800 | ￥1,891 |
| 11 | ￥3,945,600 | ￥328,800 | ￥1,897 |
| 12 | ￥3,957,600 | ￥329,800 | ￥1,903 |
| 13 | ￥3,969,600 | ￥330,800 | ￥1,908 |
| 14 | ￥3,978,000 | ￥331,500 | ￥1,913 |
| 15 | ￥3,986,400 | ￥332,200 | ￥1,917 |
| 16 | ￥3,994,800 | ￥332,900 | ￥1,921 |
| 17 | ￥4,003,200 | ￥333,600 | ￥1,925 |
| 18 | ￥4,012,800 | ￥334,400 | ￥1,929 |
| 19 | ￥4,022,400 | ￥335,200 | ￥1,934 |
| 20 | ￥4,032,000 | ￥336,000 | ￥1,938 |
| 21 | ￥4,040,400 | ￥336,700 | ￥1,943 |
| 22 | ￥4,047,600 | ￥337,300 | ￥1,946 |
| 23 | ￥4,054,800 | ￥337,900 | ￥1,949 |
| 24 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 25 | ￥4,066,800 | ￥338,900 | ￥1,955 |
| 26 | ￥4,074,000 | ￥339,500 | ￥1,959 |
| 27 | ￥4,081,200 | ￥340,100 | ￥1,962 |
| 28 | ￥4,088,400 | ￥340,700 | ￥1,966 |
| 29 | ￥4,095,600 | ￥341,300 | ￥1,969 |
| 30 | ￥4,107,600 | ￥342,300 | ￥1,975 |
| 31 | ￥4,119,600 | ￥343,300 | ￥1,981 |
| 32 | ￥4,131,600 | ￥344,300 | ￥1,986 |
| 33 | ￥4,141,200 | ￥345,100 | ￥1,991 |
| 34 | ￥4,153,200 | ￥346,100 | ￥1,997 |
| 35 | ￥4,165,200 | ￥347,100 | ￥2,003 |
| 36 | ￥4,177,200 | ￥348,100 | ￥2,008 |
| 37 | ￥4,186,800 | ￥348,900 | ￥2,013 |
| 38 | ￥4,206,000 | ￥350,500 | ￥2,022 |
| 39 | ￥4,225,200 | ￥352,100 | ￥2,031 |
| 40 | ￥4,244,400 | ￥353,700 | ￥2,041 |
| 41 | ￥4,261,200 | ￥355,100 | ￥2,049 |
| 42 | ￥4,275,600 | ￥356,300 | ￥2,056 |
| 43 | ￥4,290,000 | ￥357,500 | ￥2,063 |
| 44 | ￥4,304,400 | ￥358,700 | ￥2,069 |
| 45 | ￥4,320,000 | ￥360,000 | ￥2,077 |
| 46 | ￥4,336,800 | ￥361,400 | ￥2,085 |
| 47 | ￥4,353,600 | ￥362,800 | ￥2,093 |
| 48 | ￥4,370,400 | ￥364,200 | ￥2,101 |
| 49 | ￥4,388,400 | ￥365,700 | ￥2,110 |
| 50 | ￥4,404,000 | ￥367,000 | ￥2,117 |
| 51 | ￥4,419,600 | ￥368,300 | ￥2,125 |
| 52 | ￥4,435,200 | ￥369,600 | ￥2,132 |
| 53 | ￥4,452,000 | ￥371,000 | ￥2,140 |
| 54 | ￥4,467,600 | ￥372,300 | ￥2,148 |
| 55 | ￥4,483,200 | ￥373,600 | ￥2,155 |
| 56 | ￥4,498,800 | ￥374,900 | ￥2,163 |
| 57 | ￥4,514,400 | ￥376,200 | ￥2,170 |
| 58 | ￥4,536,000 | ￥378,000 | ￥2,181 |
| 59 | ￥4,557,600 | ￥379,800 | ￥2,191 |
| 60 | ￥4,579,200 | ￥381,600 | ￥2,202 |
| 61 | ￥4,598,400 | ￥383,200 | ￥2,211 |
| 62 | ￥4,614,000 | ￥384,500 | ￥2,218 |
| 63 | ￥4,629,600 | ￥385,800 | ￥2,226 |
| 64 | ￥4,645,200 | ￥387,100 | ￥2,233 |
| 65 | ￥4,659,600 | ￥388,300 | ￥2,240 |
| 66 | ￥4,675,200 | ￥389,600 | ￥2,248 |
| 67 | ￥4,690,800 | ￥390,900 | ￥2,255 |
| 68 | ￥4,706,400 | ￥392,200 | ￥2,263 |
| 69 | ￥4,719,600 | ￥393,300 | ￥2,269 |
| 70 | ￥4,734,000 | ￥394,500 | ￥2,276 |
| 71 | ￥4,748,400 | ￥395,700 | ￥2,283 |
| 72 | ￥4,762,800 | ￥396,900 | ￥2,290 |
| 73 | ￥4,777,200 | ￥398,100 | ￥2,297 |
| 74 | ￥4,795,200 | ￥399,600 | ￥2,305 |
| 75 | ￥4,813,200 | ￥401,100 | ￥2,314 |
| 76 | ￥4,831,200 | ￥402,600 | ￥2,323 |
| 77 | ￥4,850,400 | ￥404,200 | ￥2,332 |
| 78 | ￥4,868,400 | ￥405,700 | ￥2,341 |
| 79 | ￥4,886,400 | ￥407,200 | ￥2,349 |
| 80 | ￥4,904,400 | ￥408,700 | ￥2,358 |
| 81 | ￥4,922,400 | ￥410,200 | ￥2,367 |
| 82 | ￥4,941,600 | ￥411,800 | ￥2,376 |
| 83 | ￥4,960,800 | ￥413,400 | ￥2,385 |
| 84 | ￥4,980,000 | ￥415,000 | ￥2,394 |
| 85 | ￥4,996,800 | ￥416,400 | ￥2,402 |
| 86 | ￥5,011,200 | ￥417,600 | ￥2,409 |
| 87 | ￥5,025,600 | ￥418,800 | ￥2,416 |
| 88 | ￥5,040,000 | ￥420,000 | ￥2,423 |
| 89 | ￥5,054,400 | ￥421,200 | ￥2,430 |
| 90 | ￥5,068,800 | ￥422,400 | ￥2,437 |
| 91 | ￥5,083,200 | ￥423,600 | ￥2,444 |
| 92 | ￥5,097,600 | ￥424,800 | ￥2,451 |
| 93 | ￥5,110,800 | ￥425,900 | ￥2,457 |
| 94 | ￥5,121,600 | ￥426,800 | ￥2,462 |
| 95 | ￥5,132,400 | ￥427,700 | ￥2,468 |
| 96 | ￥5,143,200 | ￥428,600 | ￥2,473 |
| 97 | ￥5,154,000 | ￥429,500 | ￥2,478 |
| 98 | ￥5,163,600 | ￥430,300 | ￥2,483 |
| 99 | ￥5,173,200 | ￥431,100 | ￥2,487 |
| 100 | ￥5,182,800 | ￥431,900 | ￥2,492 |
| 101 | ￥5,193,600 | ￥432,800 | ￥2,497 |
| 102 | ￥5,203,200 | ￥433,600 | ￥2,502 |
| 103 | ￥5,212,800 | ￥434,400 | ￥2,506 |
| 104 | ￥5,222,400 | ￥435,200 | ￥2,511 |
| 105 | ￥5,232,000 | ￥436,000 | ￥2,515 |
| 106 | ￥5,242,800 | ￥436,900 | ￥2,521 |
| 107 | ￥5,253,600 | ￥437,800 | ￥2,526 |
| 108 | ￥5,264,400 | ￥438,700 | ￥2,531 |
| 109 | ￥5,274,000 | ￥439,500 | ￥2,536 |
| 110 | ￥5,282,400 | ￥440,200 | ￥2,540 |
| 111 | ￥5,290,800 | ￥440,900 | ￥2,544 |
| 112 | ￥5,299,200 | ￥441,600 | ￥2,548 |
| 113 | ￥5,308,800 | ￥442,400 | ￥2,552 |
| 114 | ￥5,317,200 | ￥443,100 | ￥2,556 |
| 115 | ￥5,325,600 | ￥443,800 | ￥2,560 |
| 116 | ￥5,334,000 | ￥444,500 | ￥2,564 |
| 117 | ￥5,341,200 | ￥445,100 | ￥2,568 |
| 118 | ￥5,349,600 | ￥445,800 | ￥2,572 |
| 119 | ￥5,358,000 | ￥446,500 | ￥2,576 |
| 120 | ￥5,366,400 | ￥447,200 | ￥2,580 |
| 121 | ￥5,372,400 | ￥447,700 | ￥2,583 |
| 122 | ￥5,380,800 | ￥448,400 | ￥2,587 |
| 123 | ￥5,389,200 | ￥449,100 | ￥2,591 |
| 124 | ￥5,397,600 | ￥449,800 | ￥2,595 |
| 125 | ￥5,404,800 | ￥450,400 | ￥2,598 |
| 126 | ￥5,413,200 | ￥451,100 | ￥2,603 |
| 127 | ￥5,421,600 | ￥451,800 | ￥2,607 |
| 128 | ￥5,430,000 | ￥452,500 | ￥2,611 |
| 129 | ￥5,437,200 | ￥453,100 | ￥2,614 |
| 130 | ￥5,445,600 | ￥453,800 | ￥2,618 |
| 131 | ￥5,454,000 | ￥454,500 | ￥2,622 |
| 132 | ￥5,462,400 | ￥455,200 | ￥2,626 |
| 133 | ￥5,468,400 | ￥455,700 | ￥2,629 |
| 134 | ￥5,475,600 | ￥456,300 | ￥2,633 |
| 135 | ￥5,482,800 | ￥456,900 | ￥2,636 |
| 136 | ￥5,490,000 | ￥457,500 | ￥2,639 |
| 137 | ￥5,498,400 | ￥458,200 | ￥2,643 |
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 MIL-1LT 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 | +￥1,410,300 | +￥2,061,900 |
| MIL-1LT total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,171,100 | ￥7,560,300 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-1LT make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-1LT in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,760,800 and ￥5,498,400 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MIL-1LT 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.