Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-LTC Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
2等陸佐 / 2等海佐 / 2等空佐 — Lieutenant Colonel / Commander.
2026 salary range
￥4,785,600 – ￥6,092,400
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 | ￥4,785,600 | ￥398,800 | ￥2,301 |
| 2 | ￥4,816,800 | ￥401,400 | ￥2,316 |
| 3 | ￥4,848,000 | ￥404,000 | ￥2,331 |
| 4 | ￥4,879,200 | ￥406,600 | ￥2,346 |
| 5 | ￥4,908,000 | ￥409,000 | ￥2,360 |
| 6 | ￥4,928,400 | ￥410,700 | ￥2,369 |
| 7 | ￥4,948,800 | ￥412,400 | ￥2,379 |
| 8 | ￥4,969,200 | ￥414,100 | ￥2,389 |
| 9 | ￥4,990,800 | ￥415,900 | ￥2,399 |
| 10 | ￥5,014,800 | ￥417,900 | ￥2,411 |
| 11 | ￥5,038,800 | ￥419,900 | ￥2,423 |
| 12 | ￥5,062,800 | ￥421,900 | ￥2,434 |
| 13 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 14 | ￥5,110,800 | ￥425,900 | ￥2,457 |
| 15 | ￥5,136,000 | ￥428,000 | ￥2,469 |
| 16 | ￥5,161,200 | ￥430,100 | ￥2,481 |
| 17 | ￥5,185,200 | ￥432,100 | ￥2,493 |
| 18 | ￥5,208,000 | ￥434,000 | ￥2,504 |
| 19 | ￥5,230,800 | ￥435,900 | ￥2,515 |
| 20 | ￥5,253,600 | ￥437,800 | ￥2,526 |
| 21 | ￥5,275,200 | ￥439,600 | ￥2,536 |
| 22 | ￥5,295,600 | ￥441,300 | ￥2,546 |
| 23 | ￥5,316,000 | ￥443,000 | ￥2,556 |
| 24 | ￥5,336,400 | ￥444,700 | ￥2,566 |
| 25 | ￥5,356,800 | ￥446,400 | ￥2,575 |
| 26 | ￥5,378,400 | ￥448,200 | ￥2,586 |
| 27 | ￥5,400,000 | ￥450,000 | ￥2,596 |
| 28 | ￥5,421,600 | ￥451,800 | ￥2,607 |
| 29 | ￥5,440,800 | ￥453,400 | ￥2,616 |
| 30 | ￥5,463,600 | ￥455,300 | ￥2,627 |
| 31 | ￥5,486,400 | ￥457,200 | ￥2,638 |
| 32 | ￥5,509,200 | ￥459,100 | ￥2,649 |
| 33 | ￥5,529,600 | ￥460,800 | ￥2,658 |
| 34 | ￥5,551,200 | ￥462,600 | ￥2,669 |
| 35 | ￥5,572,800 | ￥464,400 | ￥2,679 |
| 36 | ￥5,594,400 | ￥466,200 | ￥2,690 |
| 37 | ￥5,614,800 | ￥467,900 | ￥2,699 |
| 38 | ￥5,632,800 | ￥469,400 | ￥2,708 |
| 39 | ￥5,650,800 | ￥470,900 | ￥2,717 |
| 40 | ￥5,668,800 | ￥472,400 | ￥2,725 |
| 41 | ￥5,688,000 | ￥474,000 | ￥2,735 |
| 42 | ￥5,702,400 | ￥475,200 | ￥2,742 |
| 43 | ￥5,716,800 | ￥476,400 | ￥2,748 |
| 44 | ￥5,731,200 | ￥477,600 | ￥2,755 |
| 45 | ￥5,745,600 | ￥478,800 | ￥2,762 |
| 46 | ￥5,760,000 | ￥480,000 | ￥2,769 |
| 47 | ￥5,774,400 | ￥481,200 | ￥2,776 |
| 48 | ￥5,788,800 | ￥482,400 | ￥2,783 |
| 49 | ￥5,800,800 | ￥483,400 | ￥2,789 |
| 50 | ￥5,811,600 | ￥484,300 | ￥2,794 |
| 51 | ￥5,822,400 | ￥485,200 | ￥2,799 |
| 52 | ￥5,833,200 | ￥486,100 | ￥2,804 |
| 53 | ￥5,844,000 | ￥487,000 | ￥2,810 |
| 54 | ￥5,851,200 | ￥487,600 | ￥2,813 |
| 55 | ￥5,858,400 | ￥488,200 | ￥2,817 |
| 56 | ￥5,865,600 | ￥488,800 | ￥2,820 |
| 57 | ￥5,870,400 | ￥489,200 | ￥2,822 |
| 58 | ￥5,876,400 | ￥489,700 | ￥2,825 |
| 59 | ￥5,882,400 | ￥490,200 | ￥2,828 |
| 60 | ￥5,888,400 | ￥490,700 | ￥2,831 |
| 61 | ￥5,892,000 | ￥491,000 | ￥2,833 |
| 62 | ￥5,898,000 | ￥491,500 | ￥2,836 |
| 63 | ￥5,904,000 | ￥492,000 | ￥2,838 |
| 64 | ￥5,910,000 | ￥492,500 | ￥2,841 |
| 65 | ￥5,916,000 | ￥493,000 | ￥2,844 |
| 66 | ￥5,922,000 | ￥493,500 | ￥2,847 |
| 67 | ￥5,928,000 | ￥494,000 | ￥2,850 |
| 68 | ￥5,934,000 | ￥494,500 | ￥2,853 |
| 69 | ￥5,940,000 | ￥495,000 | ￥2,856 |
| 70 | ￥5,946,000 | ￥495,500 | ￥2,859 |
| 71 | ￥5,952,000 | ￥496,000 | ￥2,862 |
| 72 | ￥5,958,000 | ￥496,500 | ￥2,864 |
| 73 | ￥5,961,600 | ￥496,800 | ￥2,866 |
| 74 | ￥5,967,600 | ￥497,300 | ￥2,869 |
| 75 | ￥5,973,600 | ￥497,800 | ￥2,872 |
| 76 | ￥5,979,600 | ￥498,300 | ￥2,875 |
| 77 | ￥5,985,600 | ￥498,800 | ￥2,878 |
| 78 | ￥5,991,600 | ￥499,300 | ￥2,881 |
| 79 | ￥5,997,600 | ￥499,800 | ￥2,883 |
| 80 | ￥6,003,600 | ￥500,300 | ￥2,886 |
| 81 | ￥6,008,400 | ￥500,700 | ￥2,889 |
| 82 | ￥6,014,400 | ￥501,200 | ￥2,892 |
| 83 | ￥6,020,400 | ￥501,700 | ￥2,894 |
| 84 | ￥6,026,400 | ￥502,200 | ￥2,897 |
| 85 | ￥6,032,400 | ￥502,700 | ￥2,900 |
| 86 | ￥6,038,400 | ￥503,200 | ￥2,903 |
| 87 | ￥6,044,400 | ￥503,700 | ￥2,906 |
| 88 | ￥6,050,400 | ￥504,200 | ￥2,909 |
| 89 | ￥6,056,400 | ￥504,700 | ￥2,912 |
| 90 | ￥6,061,200 | ￥505,100 | ￥2,914 |
| 91 | ￥6,066,000 | ￥505,500 | ￥2,916 |
| 92 | ￥6,070,800 | ￥505,900 | ￥2,919 |
| 93 | ￥6,074,400 | ￥506,200 | ￥2,920 |
| 94 | ￥6,079,200 | ￥506,600 | ￥2,923 |
| 95 | ￥6,084,000 | ￥507,000 | ￥2,925 |
| 96 | ￥6,088,800 | ￥507,400 | ￥2,927 |
| 97 | ￥6,092,400 | ￥507,700 | ￥2,929 |
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-LTC 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 | +￥1,794,600 | +￥2,284,650 |
| MIL-LTC total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,580,200 | ￥8,377,050 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-LTC make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-LTC in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,785,600 and ￥6,092,400 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-LTC 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.