MIL-LP Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
陸士長 / 海士長 / 空士長 — Leading Private / Leading Seaman / Leading Airman.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,002,400 | ￥250,200 | ￥1,443 |
| 2 | ￥3,031,200 | ￥252,600 | ￥1,457 |
| 3 | ￥3,060,000 | ￥255,000 | ￥1,471 |
| 4 | ￥3,088,800 | ￥257,400 | ￥1,485 |
| 5 | ￥3,118,800 | ￥259,900 | ￥1,499 |
| 6 | ￥3,141,600 | ￥261,800 | ￥1,510 |
| 7 | ￥3,164,400 | ￥263,700 | ￥1,521 |
| 8 | ￥3,187,200 | ￥265,600 | ￥1,532 |
| 9 | ￥3,210,000 | ￥267,500 | ￥1,543 |
| 10 | ￥3,232,800 | ￥269,400 | ￥1,554 |
| 11 | ￥3,255,600 | ￥271,300 | ￥1,565 |
| 12 | ￥3,278,400 | ￥273,200 | ￥1,576 |
| 13 | ￥3,301,200 | ￥275,100 | ￥1,587 |
| 14 | ￥3,319,200 | ￥276,600 | ￥1,596 |
| 15 | ￥3,337,200 | ￥278,100 | ￥1,604 |
| 16 | ￥3,355,200 | ￥279,600 | ￥1,613 |
| 17 | ￥3,372,000 | ￥281,000 | ￥1,621 |
| 18 | ￥3,391,200 | ￥282,600 | ￥1,630 |
| 19 | ￥3,410,400 | ￥284,200 | ￥1,640 |
| 20 | ￥3,429,600 | ￥285,800 | ￥1,649 |
| 21 | ￥3,447,600 | ￥287,300 | ￥1,658 |
| 22 | ￥3,459,600 | ￥288,300 | ￥1,663 |
| 23 | ￥3,471,600 | ￥289,300 | ￥1,669 |
| 24 | ￥3,483,600 | ￥290,300 | ￥1,675 |
| 25 | ￥3,495,600 | ￥291,300 | ￥1,681 |
| 26 | ￥3,508,800 | ￥292,400 | ￥1,687 |
| 27 | ￥3,522,000 | ￥293,500 | ￥1,693 |
| 28 | ￥3,535,200 | ￥294,600 | ￥1,700 |
| 29 | ￥3,548,400 | ￥295,700 | ￥1,706 |
| 30 | ￥3,555,600 | ￥296,300 | ￥1,709 |
| 31 | ￥3,562,800 | ￥296,900 | ￥1,713 |
| 32 | ￥3,570,000 | ￥297,500 | ￥1,716 |
| 33 | ￥3,576,000 | ￥298,000 | ￥1,719 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MIL-LP 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 | +￥1,125,900 | +￥1,341,000 |
| MIL-LP total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,128,300 | ￥4,917,000 |
Frequently asked
A MIL-LP in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,002,400 and ￥3,576,000 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.