MIL-COL Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
1等陸佐 / 1等海佐 / 1等空佐 — Colonel / Captain (Navy).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥5,508,000 | ￥459,000 | ￥2,648 |
| 2 | ￥5,530,800 | ￥460,900 | ￥2,659 |
| 3 | ￥5,553,600 | ￥462,800 | ￥2,670 |
| 4 | ￥5,576,400 | ￥464,700 | ￥2,681 |
| 5 | ￥5,599,200 | ￥466,600 | ￥2,692 |
| 6 | ￥5,622,000 | ￥468,500 | ￥2,703 |
| 7 | ￥5,644,800 | ￥470,400 | ￥2,714 |
| 8 | ￥5,667,600 | ￥472,300 | ￥2,725 |
| 9 | ￥5,688,000 | ￥474,000 | ￥2,735 |
| 10 | ￥5,706,000 | ￥475,500 | ￥2,743 |
| 11 | ￥5,724,000 | ￥477,000 | ￥2,752 |
| 12 | ￥5,742,000 | ￥478,500 | ￥2,761 |
| 13 | ￥5,758,800 | ￥479,900 | ￥2,769 |
| 14 | ￥5,776,800 | ￥481,400 | ￥2,777 |
| 15 | ￥5,794,800 | ￥482,900 | ￥2,786 |
| 16 | ￥5,812,800 | ￥484,400 | ￥2,795 |
| 17 | ￥5,829,600 | ￥485,800 | ￥2,803 |
| 18 | ￥5,845,200 | ￥487,100 | ￥2,810 |
| 19 | ￥5,860,800 | ￥488,400 | ￥2,818 |
| 20 | ￥5,876,400 | ￥489,700 | ￥2,825 |
| 21 | ￥5,889,600 | ￥490,800 | ￥2,832 |
| 22 | ￥5,898,000 | ￥491,500 | ￥2,836 |
| 23 | ￥5,906,400 | ￥492,200 | ￥2,840 |
| 24 | ￥5,914,800 | ￥492,900 | ￥2,844 |
| 25 | ￥5,923,200 | ￥493,600 | ￥2,848 |
| 26 | ￥5,931,600 | ￥494,300 | ￥2,852 |
| 27 | ￥5,940,000 | ￥495,000 | ￥2,856 |
| 28 | ￥5,948,400 | ￥495,700 | ￥2,860 |
| 29 | ￥5,954,400 | ￥496,200 | ￥2,863 |
| 30 | ￥5,962,800 | ￥496,900 | ￥2,867 |
| 31 | ￥5,971,200 | ￥497,600 | ￥2,871 |
| 32 | ￥5,979,600 | ￥498,300 | ￥2,875 |
| 33 | ￥5,985,600 | ￥498,800 | ￥2,878 |
| 34 | ￥5,991,600 | ￥499,300 | ￥2,881 |
| 35 | ￥5,997,600 | ￥499,800 | ￥2,883 |
| 36 | ￥6,003,600 | ￥500,300 | ￥2,886 |
| 37 | ￥6,010,800 | ￥500,900 | ￥2,890 |
| 38 | ￥6,018,000 | ￥501,500 | ￥2,893 |
| 39 | ￥6,025,200 | ￥502,100 | ￥2,897 |
| 40 | ￥6,032,400 | ￥502,700 | ￥2,900 |
| 41 | ￥6,038,400 | ￥503,200 | ￥2,903 |
| 42 | ￥6,044,400 | ￥503,700 | ￥2,906 |
| 43 | ￥6,050,400 | ￥504,200 | ￥2,909 |
| 44 | ￥6,056,400 | ￥504,700 | ￥2,912 |
| 45 | ￥6,063,600 | ￥505,300 | ￥2,915 |
| 46 | ￥6,070,800 | ￥505,900 | ￥2,919 |
| 47 | ￥6,078,000 | ￥506,500 | ￥2,922 |
| 48 | ￥6,085,200 | ￥507,100 | ￥2,926 |
| 49 | ￥6,092,400 | ￥507,700 | ￥2,929 |
| 50 | ￥6,098,400 | ￥508,200 | ￥2,932 |
| 51 | ￥6,104,400 | ￥508,700 | ￥2,935 |
| 52 | ￥6,110,400 | ￥509,200 | ￥2,938 |
| 53 | ￥6,114,000 | ￥509,500 | ￥2,939 |
| 54 | ￥6,120,000 | ￥510,000 | ￥2,942 |
| 55 | ￥6,126,000 | ￥510,500 | ￥2,945 |
| 56 | ￥6,132,000 | ￥511,000 | ￥2,948 |
| 57 | ￥6,135,600 | ￥511,300 | ￥2,950 |
| 58 | ￥6,141,600 | ￥511,800 | ￥2,953 |
| 59 | ￥6,147,600 | ￥512,300 | ￥2,956 |
| 60 | ￥6,153,600 | ￥512,800 | ￥2,958 |
| 61 | ￥6,158,400 | ￥513,200 | ￥2,961 |
| 62 | ￥6,164,400 | ￥513,700 | ￥2,964 |
| 63 | ￥6,170,400 | ￥514,200 | ￥2,967 |
| 64 | ￥6,176,400 | ￥514,700 | ￥2,969 |
| 65 | ￥6,180,000 | ￥515,000 | ￥2,971 |
| 66 | ￥6,184,800 | ￥515,400 | ￥2,973 |
| 67 | ￥6,189,600 | ￥515,800 | ￥2,976 |
| 68 | ￥6,194,400 | ￥516,200 | ￥2,978 |
| 69 | ￥6,200,400 | ￥516,700 | ￥2,981 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MIL-COL 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 | +￥2,065,500 | +￥2,325,150 |
| MIL-COL total with mandatory adjustments | ￥7,573,500 | ￥8,525,550 |
Frequently asked
A MIL-COL in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,508,000 and ￥6,200,400 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.