Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-MAJ Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
3等陸佐 / 3等海佐 / 3等空佐 — Major / Lieutenant Commander.
2026 salary range
￥4,489,200 – ￥5,848,800
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 | ￥4,489,200 | ￥374,100 | ￥2,158 |
| 2 | ￥4,519,200 | ￥376,600 | ￥2,173 |
| 3 | ￥4,549,200 | ￥379,100 | ￥2,187 |
| 4 | ￥4,579,200 | ￥381,600 | ￥2,202 |
| 5 | ￥4,608,000 | ￥384,000 | ￥2,215 |
| 6 | ￥4,629,600 | ￥385,800 | ￥2,226 |
| 7 | ￥4,651,200 | ￥387,600 | ￥2,236 |
| 8 | ￥4,672,800 | ￥389,400 | ￥2,247 |
| 9 | ￥4,694,400 | ￥391,200 | ￥2,257 |
| 10 | ￥4,713,600 | ￥392,800 | ￥2,266 |
| 11 | ￥4,732,800 | ￥394,400 | ￥2,275 |
| 12 | ￥4,752,000 | ￥396,000 | ￥2,285 |
| 13 | ￥4,770,000 | ￥397,500 | ￥2,293 |
| 14 | ￥4,791,600 | ￥399,300 | ￥2,304 |
| 15 | ￥4,813,200 | ￥401,100 | ￥2,314 |
| 16 | ￥4,834,800 | ￥402,900 | ￥2,324 |
| 17 | ￥4,856,400 | ￥404,700 | ￥2,335 |
| 18 | ￥4,876,800 | ￥406,400 | ￥2,345 |
| 19 | ￥4,897,200 | ￥408,100 | ￥2,354 |
| 20 | ￥4,917,600 | ￥409,800 | ￥2,364 |
| 21 | ￥4,938,000 | ￥411,500 | ￥2,374 |
| 22 | ￥4,959,600 | ￥413,300 | ￥2,384 |
| 23 | ￥4,981,200 | ￥415,100 | ￥2,395 |
| 24 | ￥5,002,800 | ￥416,900 | ￥2,405 |
| 25 | ￥5,025,600 | ￥418,800 | ￥2,416 |
| 26 | ￥5,046,000 | ￥420,500 | ￥2,426 |
| 27 | ￥5,066,400 | ￥422,200 | ￥2,436 |
| 28 | ￥5,086,800 | ￥423,900 | ￥2,446 |
| 29 | ￥5,108,400 | ￥425,700 | ￥2,456 |
| 30 | ￥5,127,600 | ￥427,300 | ￥2,465 |
| 31 | ￥5,146,800 | ￥428,900 | ￥2,474 |
| 32 | ￥5,166,000 | ￥430,500 | ￥2,484 |
| 33 | ￥5,186,400 | ￥432,200 | ￥2,493 |
| 34 | ￥5,206,800 | ￥433,900 | ￥2,503 |
| 35 | ￥5,227,200 | ￥435,600 | ￥2,513 |
| 36 | ￥5,247,600 | ￥437,300 | ￥2,523 |
| 37 | ￥5,269,200 | ￥439,100 | ￥2,533 |
| 38 | ￥5,292,000 | ￥441,000 | ￥2,544 |
| 39 | ￥5,314,800 | ￥442,900 | ￥2,555 |
| 40 | ￥5,337,600 | ￥444,800 | ￥2,566 |
| 41 | ￥5,359,200 | ￥446,600 | ￥2,577 |
| 42 | ￥5,372,400 | ￥447,700 | ￥2,583 |
| 43 | ￥5,385,600 | ￥448,800 | ￥2,589 |
| 44 | ￥5,398,800 | ￥449,900 | ￥2,596 |
| 45 | ￥5,409,600 | ￥450,800 | ￥2,601 |
| 46 | ￥5,420,400 | ￥451,700 | ￥2,606 |
| 47 | ￥5,431,200 | ￥452,600 | ￥2,611 |
| 48 | ￥5,442,000 | ￥453,500 | ￥2,616 |
| 49 | ￥5,451,600 | ￥454,300 | ￥2,621 |
| 50 | ￥5,461,200 | ￥455,100 | ￥2,626 |
| 51 | ￥5,470,800 | ￥455,900 | ￥2,630 |
| 52 | ￥5,480,400 | ￥456,700 | ￥2,635 |
| 53 | ￥5,491,200 | ￥457,600 | ￥2,640 |
| 54 | ￥5,500,800 | ￥458,400 | ￥2,645 |
| 55 | ￥5,510,400 | ￥459,200 | ￥2,649 |
| 56 | ￥5,520,000 | ￥460,000 | ￥2,654 |
| 57 | ￥5,527,200 | ￥460,600 | ￥2,657 |
| 58 | ￥5,536,800 | ￥461,400 | ￥2,662 |
| 59 | ￥5,546,400 | ￥462,200 | ￥2,667 |
| 60 | ￥5,556,000 | ￥463,000 | ￥2,671 |
| 61 | ￥5,563,200 | ￥463,600 | ￥2,675 |
| 62 | ￥5,572,800 | ￥464,400 | ￥2,679 |
| 63 | ￥5,582,400 | ￥465,200 | ￥2,684 |
| 64 | ￥5,592,000 | ￥466,000 | ￥2,688 |
| 65 | ￥5,599,200 | ￥466,600 | ￥2,692 |
| 66 | ￥5,607,600 | ￥467,300 | ￥2,696 |
| 67 | ￥5,616,000 | ￥468,000 | ￥2,700 |
| 68 | ￥5,624,400 | ￥468,700 | ￥2,704 |
| 69 | ￥5,632,800 | ￥469,400 | ￥2,708 |
| 70 | ￥5,641,200 | ￥470,100 | ￥2,712 |
| 71 | ￥5,649,600 | ￥470,800 | ￥2,716 |
| 72 | ￥5,658,000 | ￥471,500 | ￥2,720 |
| 73 | ￥5,664,000 | ￥472,000 | ￥2,723 |
| 74 | ￥5,671,200 | ￥472,600 | ￥2,727 |
| 75 | ￥5,678,400 | ￥473,200 | ￥2,730 |
| 76 | ￥5,685,600 | ￥473,800 | ￥2,733 |
| 77 | ￥5,691,600 | ￥474,300 | ￥2,736 |
| 78 | ￥5,697,600 | ￥474,800 | ￥2,739 |
| 79 | ￥5,703,600 | ￥475,300 | ￥2,742 |
| 80 | ￥5,709,600 | ￥475,800 | ￥2,745 |
| 81 | ￥5,716,800 | ￥476,400 | ￥2,748 |
| 82 | ￥5,722,800 | ￥476,900 | ￥2,751 |
| 83 | ￥5,728,800 | ￥477,400 | ￥2,754 |
| 84 | ￥5,734,800 | ￥477,900 | ￥2,757 |
| 85 | ￥5,740,800 | ￥478,400 | ￥2,760 |
| 86 | ￥5,746,800 | ￥478,900 | ￥2,763 |
| 87 | ￥5,752,800 | ￥479,400 | ￥2,766 |
| 88 | ￥5,758,800 | ￥479,900 | ￥2,769 |
| 89 | ￥5,764,800 | ￥480,400 | ￥2,772 |
| 90 | ￥5,770,800 | ￥480,900 | ￥2,774 |
| 91 | ￥5,776,800 | ￥481,400 | ￥2,777 |
| 92 | ￥5,782,800 | ￥481,900 | ￥2,780 |
| 93 | ￥5,788,800 | ￥482,400 | ￥2,783 |
| 94 | ￥5,794,800 | ￥482,900 | ￥2,786 |
| 95 | ￥5,800,800 | ￥483,400 | ￥2,789 |
| 96 | ￥5,806,800 | ￥483,900 | ￥2,792 |
| 97 | ￥5,811,600 | ￥484,300 | ￥2,794 |
| 98 | ￥5,816,400 | ￥484,700 | ￥2,796 |
| 99 | ￥5,821,200 | ￥485,100 | ￥2,799 |
| 100 | ￥5,826,000 | ￥485,500 | ￥2,801 |
| 101 | ￥5,829,600 | ￥485,800 | ￥2,803 |
| 102 | ￥5,834,400 | ￥486,200 | ￥2,805 |
| 103 | ￥5,839,200 | ￥486,600 | ￥2,807 |
| 104 | ￥5,844,000 | ￥487,000 | ￥2,810 |
| 105 | ￥5,848,800 | ￥487,400 | ￥2,812 |
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-MAJ 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 | +￥1,683,450 | +￥2,193,300 |
| MIL-MAJ total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,172,650 | ￥8,042,100 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-MAJ make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-MAJ in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,489,200 and ￥5,848,800 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-MAJ 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.