Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-2LT Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
3等陸尉 / 3等海尉 / 3等空尉 — 2nd Lieutenant / Ensign.
2026 salary range
￥3,698,400 – ￥5,475,600
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 | ￥3,698,400 | ￥308,200 | ￥1,778 |
| 2 | ￥3,706,800 | ￥308,900 | ￥1,782 |
| 3 | ￥3,715,200 | ￥309,600 | ￥1,786 |
| 4 | ￥3,723,600 | ￥310,300 | ￥1,790 |
| 5 | ￥3,732,000 | ￥311,000 | ￥1,794 |
| 6 | ￥3,740,400 | ￥311,700 | ￥1,798 |
| 7 | ￥3,748,800 | ￥312,400 | ￥1,802 |
| 8 | ￥3,757,200 | ￥313,100 | ￥1,806 |
| 9 | ￥3,766,800 | ￥313,900 | ￥1,811 |
| 10 | ￥3,781,200 | ￥315,100 | ￥1,818 |
| 11 | ￥3,795,600 | ￥316,300 | ￥1,825 |
| 12 | ￥3,810,000 | ￥317,500 | ￥1,832 |
| 13 | ￥3,825,600 | ￥318,800 | ￥1,839 |
| 14 | ￥3,838,800 | ￥319,900 | ￥1,846 |
| 15 | ￥3,853,200 | ￥321,100 | ￥1,853 |
| 16 | ￥3,866,400 | ￥322,200 | ￥1,859 |
| 17 | ￥3,878,400 | ￥323,200 | ￥1,865 |
| 18 | ￥3,886,800 | ￥323,900 | ￥1,869 |
| 19 | ￥3,895,200 | ￥324,600 | ￥1,873 |
| 20 | ￥3,903,600 | ￥325,300 | ￥1,877 |
| 21 | ￥3,909,600 | ￥325,800 | ￥1,880 |
| 22 | ￥3,916,800 | ￥326,400 | ￥1,883 |
| 23 | ￥3,924,000 | ￥327,000 | ￥1,887 |
| 24 | ￥3,930,000 | ￥327,500 | ￥1,889 |
| 25 | ￥3,936,000 | ￥328,000 | ￥1,892 |
| 26 | ￥3,943,200 | ￥328,600 | ￥1,896 |
| 27 | ￥3,950,400 | ￥329,200 | ￥1,899 |
| 28 | ￥3,957,600 | ￥329,800 | ￥1,903 |
| 29 | ￥3,964,800 | ￥330,400 | ￥1,906 |
| 30 | ￥3,970,800 | ￥330,900 | ￥1,909 |
| 31 | ￥3,976,800 | ￥331,400 | ￥1,912 |
| 32 | ￥3,982,800 | ￥331,900 | ￥1,915 |
| 33 | ￥3,988,800 | ￥332,400 | ￥1,918 |
| 34 | ￥3,996,000 | ￥333,000 | ￥1,921 |
| 35 | ￥4,003,200 | ￥333,600 | ￥1,925 |
| 36 | ￥4,010,400 | ￥334,200 | ￥1,928 |
| 37 | ￥4,015,200 | ￥334,600 | ￥1,930 |
| 38 | ￥4,023,600 | ￥335,300 | ￥1,934 |
| 39 | ￥4,032,000 | ￥336,000 | ￥1,938 |
| 40 | ￥4,040,400 | ￥336,700 | ￥1,943 |
| 41 | ￥4,050,000 | ￥337,500 | ￥1,947 |
| 42 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 43 | ￥4,074,000 | ￥339,500 | ￥1,959 |
| 44 | ￥4,086,000 | ￥340,500 | ￥1,964 |
| 45 | ￥4,095,600 | ￥341,300 | ￥1,969 |
| 46 | ￥4,110,000 | ￥342,500 | ￥1,976 |
| 47 | ￥4,124,400 | ￥343,700 | ￥1,983 |
| 48 | ￥4,138,800 | ￥344,900 | ￥1,990 |
| 49 | ￥4,153,200 | ￥346,100 | ￥1,997 |
| 50 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
| 51 | ￥4,184,400 | ￥348,700 | ￥2,012 |
| 52 | ￥4,200,000 | ￥350,000 | ￥2,019 |
| 53 | ￥4,214,400 | ￥351,200 | ￥2,026 |
| 54 | ￥4,228,800 | ￥352,400 | ￥2,033 |
| 55 | ￥4,243,200 | ￥353,600 | ￥2,040 |
| 56 | ￥4,257,600 | ￥354,800 | ￥2,047 |
| 57 | ￥4,273,200 | ￥356,100 | ￥2,054 |
| 58 | ￥4,288,800 | ￥357,400 | ￥2,062 |
| 59 | ￥4,304,400 | ￥358,700 | ￥2,069 |
| 60 | ￥4,320,000 | ￥360,000 | ￥2,077 |
| 61 | ￥4,336,800 | ￥361,400 | ￥2,085 |
| 62 | ￥4,354,800 | ￥362,900 | ￥2,094 |
| 63 | ￥4,372,800 | ￥364,400 | ￥2,102 |
| 64 | ￥4,390,800 | ￥365,900 | ￥2,111 |
| 65 | ￥4,408,800 | ￥367,400 | ￥2,120 |
| 66 | ￥4,435,200 | ￥369,600 | ￥2,132 |
| 67 | ￥4,461,600 | ￥371,800 | ￥2,145 |
| 68 | ￥4,488,000 | ￥374,000 | ￥2,158 |
| 69 | ￥4,515,600 | ￥376,300 | ￥2,171 |
| 70 | ￥4,532,400 | ￥377,700 | ￥2,179 |
| 71 | ￥4,549,200 | ￥379,100 | ￥2,187 |
| 72 | ￥4,566,000 | ￥380,500 | ￥2,195 |
| 73 | ￥4,582,800 | ￥381,900 | ￥2,203 |
| 74 | ￥4,599,600 | ￥383,300 | ￥2,211 |
| 75 | ￥4,616,400 | ￥384,700 | ￥2,219 |
| 76 | ￥4,633,200 | ￥386,100 | ￥2,228 |
| 77 | ￥4,648,800 | ￥387,400 | ￥2,235 |
| 78 | ￥4,664,400 | ￥388,700 | ￥2,243 |
| 79 | ￥4,680,000 | ￥390,000 | ￥2,250 |
| 80 | ￥4,695,600 | ￥391,300 | ￥2,258 |
| 81 | ￥4,711,200 | ￥392,600 | ￥2,265 |
| 82 | ￥4,728,000 | ￥394,000 | ￥2,273 |
| 83 | ￥4,744,800 | ￥395,400 | ￥2,281 |
| 84 | ￥4,761,600 | ￥396,800 | ￥2,289 |
| 85 | ￥4,777,200 | ￥398,100 | ￥2,297 |
| 86 | ￥4,794,000 | ￥399,500 | ￥2,305 |
| 87 | ￥4,810,800 | ￥400,900 | ￥2,313 |
| 88 | ￥4,827,600 | ￥402,300 | ￥2,321 |
| 89 | ￥4,843,200 | ￥403,600 | ￥2,328 |
| 90 | ￥4,861,200 | ￥405,100 | ￥2,337 |
| 91 | ￥4,879,200 | ￥406,600 | ￥2,346 |
| 92 | ￥4,897,200 | ￥408,100 | ￥2,354 |
| 93 | ￥4,916,400 | ￥409,700 | ￥2,364 |
| 94 | ￥4,933,200 | ￥411,100 | ￥2,372 |
| 95 | ￥4,950,000 | ￥412,500 | ￥2,380 |
| 96 | ￥4,966,800 | ￥413,900 | ￥2,388 |
| 97 | ￥4,984,800 | ￥415,400 | ￥2,397 |
| 98 | ￥5,000,400 | ￥416,700 | ￥2,404 |
| 99 | ￥5,016,000 | ￥418,000 | ￥2,412 |
| 100 | ￥5,031,600 | ￥419,300 | ￥2,419 |
| 101 | ￥5,048,400 | ￥420,700 | ￥2,427 |
| 102 | ￥5,060,400 | ￥421,700 | ￥2,433 |
| 103 | ￥5,072,400 | ￥422,700 | ￥2,439 |
| 104 | ￥5,084,400 | ￥423,700 | ￥2,444 |
| 105 | ￥5,094,000 | ￥424,500 | ￥2,449 |
| 106 | ￥5,106,000 | ￥425,500 | ￥2,455 |
| 107 | ￥5,118,000 | ￥426,500 | ￥2,461 |
| 108 | ￥5,130,000 | ￥427,500 | ￥2,466 |
| 109 | ￥5,139,600 | ￥428,300 | ￥2,471 |
| 110 | ￥5,150,400 | ￥429,200 | ￥2,476 |
| 111 | ￥5,161,200 | ￥430,100 | ￥2,481 |
| 112 | ￥5,172,000 | ￥431,000 | ￥2,487 |
| 113 | ￥5,180,400 | ￥431,700 | ￥2,491 |
| 114 | ￥5,191,200 | ￥432,600 | ￥2,496 |
| 115 | ￥5,202,000 | ￥433,500 | ￥2,501 |
| 116 | ￥5,212,800 | ￥434,400 | ￥2,506 |
| 117 | ￥5,222,400 | ￥435,200 | ￥2,511 |
| 118 | ￥5,232,000 | ￥436,000 | ￥2,515 |
| 119 | ￥5,241,600 | ￥436,800 | ￥2,520 |
| 120 | ￥5,251,200 | ￥437,600 | ￥2,525 |
| 121 | ￥5,260,800 | ￥438,400 | ￥2,529 |
| 122 | ￥5,269,200 | ￥439,100 | ￥2,533 |
| 123 | ￥5,277,600 | ￥439,800 | ￥2,537 |
| 124 | ￥5,286,000 | ￥440,500 | ￥2,541 |
| 125 | ￥5,295,600 | ￥441,300 | ￥2,546 |
| 126 | ￥5,304,000 | ￥442,000 | ￥2,550 |
| 127 | ￥5,312,400 | ￥442,700 | ￥2,554 |
| 128 | ￥5,320,800 | ￥443,400 | ￥2,558 |
| 129 | ￥5,330,400 | ￥444,200 | ￥2,563 |
| 130 | ￥5,340,000 | ￥445,000 | ￥2,567 |
| 131 | ￥5,349,600 | ￥445,800 | ￥2,572 |
| 132 | ￥5,359,200 | ￥446,600 | ￥2,577 |
| 133 | ￥5,368,800 | ￥447,400 | ￥2,581 |
| 134 | ￥5,377,200 | ￥448,100 | ￥2,585 |
| 135 | ￥5,385,600 | ￥448,800 | ￥2,589 |
| 136 | ￥5,394,000 | ￥449,500 | ￥2,593 |
| 137 | ￥5,402,400 | ￥450,200 | ￥2,597 |
| 138 | ￥5,412,000 | ￥451,000 | ￥2,602 |
| 139 | ￥5,421,600 | ￥451,800 | ￥2,607 |
| 140 | ￥5,431,200 | ￥452,600 | ￥2,611 |
| 141 | ￥5,442,000 | ￥453,500 | ￥2,616 |
| 142 | ￥5,450,400 | ￥454,200 | ￥2,620 |
| 143 | ￥5,458,800 | ￥454,900 | ￥2,624 |
| 144 | ￥5,467,200 | ￥455,600 | ￥2,628 |
| 145 | ￥5,475,600 | ￥456,300 | ￥2,633 |
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-2LT 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 | +￥1,386,900 | +￥2,053,350 |
| MIL-2LT total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,085,300 | ￥7,528,950 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-2LT make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-2LT in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,698,400 and ￥5,475,600 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-2LT 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.