Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-SGM Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
陸曹長 / 海曹長 / 空曹長 — Master Sergeant / Chief Petty Officer.
2026 salary range
￥3,541,200 – ￥5,288,400
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 | ￥3,541,200 | ￥295,100 | ￥1,703 |
| 2 | ￥3,559,200 | ￥296,600 | ￥1,711 |
| 3 | ￥3,577,200 | ￥298,100 | ￥1,720 |
| 4 | ￥3,595,200 | ￥299,600 | ￥1,728 |
| 5 | ￥3,610,800 | ￥300,900 | ￥1,736 |
| 6 | ￥3,627,600 | ￥302,300 | ￥1,744 |
| 7 | ￥3,644,400 | ￥303,700 | ￥1,752 |
| 8 | ￥3,661,200 | ￥305,100 | ￥1,760 |
| 9 | ￥3,675,600 | ￥306,300 | ￥1,767 |
| 10 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 11 | ￥3,704,400 | ￥308,700 | ￥1,781 |
| 12 | ￥3,718,800 | ￥309,900 | ￥1,788 |
| 13 | ￥3,730,800 | ￥310,900 | ￥1,794 |
| 14 | ￥3,745,200 | ￥312,100 | ￥1,801 |
| 15 | ￥3,759,600 | ￥313,300 | ￥1,808 |
| 16 | ￥3,774,000 | ￥314,500 | ￥1,814 |
| 17 | ￥3,786,000 | ￥315,500 | ￥1,820 |
| 18 | ￥3,794,400 | ￥316,200 | ￥1,824 |
| 19 | ￥3,802,800 | ￥316,900 | ￥1,828 |
| 20 | ￥3,811,200 | ￥317,600 | ￥1,832 |
| 21 | ￥3,817,200 | ￥318,100 | ￥1,835 |
| 22 | ￥3,823,200 | ￥318,600 | ￥1,838 |
| 23 | ￥3,829,200 | ￥319,100 | ￥1,841 |
| 24 | ￥3,835,200 | ￥319,600 | ￥1,844 |
| 25 | ￥3,842,400 | ￥320,200 | ￥1,847 |
| 26 | ￥3,849,600 | ￥320,800 | ￥1,851 |
| 27 | ￥3,856,800 | ￥321,400 | ￥1,854 |
| 28 | ￥3,864,000 | ￥322,000 | ￥1,858 |
| 29 | ￥3,871,200 | ￥322,600 | ￥1,861 |
| 30 | ￥3,877,200 | ￥323,100 | ￥1,864 |
| 31 | ￥3,883,200 | ￥323,600 | ￥1,867 |
| 32 | ￥3,889,200 | ￥324,100 | ￥1,870 |
| 33 | ￥3,896,400 | ￥324,700 | ￥1,873 |
| 34 | ￥3,903,600 | ￥325,300 | ￥1,877 |
| 35 | ￥3,910,800 | ￥325,900 | ￥1,880 |
| 36 | ￥3,918,000 | ￥326,500 | ￥1,884 |
| 37 | ￥3,924,000 | ￥327,000 | ￥1,887 |
| 38 | ￥3,932,400 | ￥327,700 | ￥1,891 |
| 39 | ￥3,940,800 | ￥328,400 | ￥1,895 |
| 40 | ￥3,949,200 | ￥329,100 | ￥1,899 |
| 41 | ￥3,956,400 | ￥329,700 | ￥1,902 |
| 42 | ￥3,967,200 | ￥330,600 | ￥1,907 |
| 43 | ￥3,978,000 | ￥331,500 | ￥1,913 |
| 44 | ￥3,988,800 | ￥332,400 | ￥1,918 |
| 45 | ￥3,997,200 | ￥333,100 | ￥1,922 |
| 46 | ￥4,010,400 | ￥334,200 | ￥1,928 |
| 47 | ￥4,023,600 | ￥335,300 | ￥1,934 |
| 48 | ￥4,036,800 | ￥336,400 | ￥1,941 |
| 49 | ￥4,047,600 | ￥337,300 | ￥1,946 |
| 50 | ￥4,063,200 | ￥338,600 | ￥1,953 |
| 51 | ￥4,078,800 | ￥339,900 | ￥1,961 |
| 52 | ￥4,094,400 | ￥341,200 | ￥1,968 |
| 53 | ￥4,108,800 | ￥342,400 | ￥1,975 |
| 54 | ￥4,122,000 | ￥343,500 | ￥1,982 |
| 55 | ￥4,135,200 | ￥344,600 | ￥1,988 |
| 56 | ￥4,148,400 | ￥345,700 | ￥1,994 |
| 57 | ￥4,159,200 | ￥346,600 | ￥2,000 |
| 58 | ￥4,173,600 | ￥347,800 | ￥2,007 |
| 59 | ￥4,188,000 | ￥349,000 | ￥2,013 |
| 60 | ￥4,202,400 | ￥350,200 | ￥2,020 |
| 61 | ￥4,216,800 | ￥351,400 | ￥2,027 |
| 62 | ￥4,232,400 | ￥352,700 | ￥2,035 |
| 63 | ￥4,248,000 | ￥354,000 | ￥2,042 |
| 64 | ￥4,263,600 | ￥355,300 | ￥2,050 |
| 65 | ￥4,280,400 | ￥356,700 | ￥2,058 |
| 66 | ￥4,297,200 | ￥358,100 | ￥2,066 |
| 67 | ￥4,314,000 | ￥359,500 | ￥2,074 |
| 68 | ￥4,330,800 | ￥360,900 | ￥2,082 |
| 69 | ￥4,346,400 | ￥362,200 | ￥2,090 |
| 70 | ￥4,362,000 | ￥363,500 | ￥2,097 |
| 71 | ￥4,377,600 | ￥364,800 | ￥2,105 |
| 72 | ￥4,393,200 | ￥366,100 | ￥2,112 |
| 73 | ￥4,407,600 | ￥367,300 | ￥2,119 |
| 74 | ￥4,425,600 | ￥368,800 | ￥2,128 |
| 75 | ￥4,443,600 | ￥370,300 | ￥2,136 |
| 76 | ￥4,461,600 | ￥371,800 | ￥2,145 |
| 77 | ￥4,479,600 | ￥373,300 | ￥2,154 |
| 78 | ￥4,497,600 | ￥374,800 | ￥2,162 |
| 79 | ￥4,515,600 | ￥376,300 | ￥2,171 |
| 80 | ￥4,533,600 | ￥377,800 | ￥2,180 |
| 81 | ￥4,550,400 | ￥379,200 | ￥2,188 |
| 82 | ￥4,569,600 | ￥380,800 | ￥2,197 |
| 83 | ￥4,588,800 | ￥382,400 | ￥2,206 |
| 84 | ￥4,608,000 | ￥384,000 | ￥2,215 |
| 85 | ￥4,624,800 | ￥385,400 | ￥2,223 |
| 86 | ￥4,640,400 | ￥386,700 | ￥2,231 |
| 87 | ￥4,656,000 | ￥388,000 | ￥2,238 |
| 88 | ￥4,671,600 | ￥389,300 | ￥2,246 |
| 89 | ￥4,687,200 | ￥390,600 | ￥2,253 |
| 90 | ￥4,705,200 | ￥392,100 | ￥2,262 |
| 91 | ￥4,723,200 | ￥393,600 | ￥2,271 |
| 92 | ￥4,741,200 | ￥395,100 | ￥2,279 |
| 93 | ￥4,758,000 | ￥396,500 | ￥2,288 |
| 94 | ￥4,777,200 | ￥398,100 | ￥2,297 |
| 95 | ￥4,796,400 | ￥399,700 | ￥2,306 |
| 96 | ￥4,815,600 | ￥401,300 | ￥2,315 |
| 97 | ￥4,836,000 | ￥403,000 | ￥2,325 |
| 98 | ￥4,851,600 | ￥404,300 | ￥2,333 |
| 99 | ￥4,867,200 | ￥405,600 | ￥2,340 |
| 100 | ￥4,882,800 | ￥406,900 | ￥2,348 |
| 101 | ￥4,896,000 | ￥408,000 | ￥2,354 |
| 102 | ￥4,908,000 | ￥409,000 | ￥2,360 |
| 103 | ￥4,920,000 | ￥410,000 | ￥2,365 |
| 104 | ￥4,932,000 | ￥411,000 | ￥2,371 |
| 105 | ￥4,942,800 | ￥411,900 | ￥2,376 |
| 106 | ￥4,956,000 | ￥413,000 | ￥2,383 |
| 107 | ￥4,969,200 | ￥414,100 | ￥2,389 |
| 108 | ￥4,982,400 | ￥415,200 | ￥2,395 |
| 109 | ￥4,993,200 | ￥416,100 | ￥2,401 |
| 110 | ￥5,002,800 | ￥416,900 | ￥2,405 |
| 111 | ￥5,012,400 | ￥417,700 | ￥2,410 |
| 112 | ￥5,022,000 | ￥418,500 | ￥2,414 |
| 113 | ￥5,031,600 | ￥419,300 | ￥2,419 |
| 114 | ￥5,040,000 | ￥420,000 | ￥2,423 |
| 115 | ￥5,048,400 | ￥420,700 | ￥2,427 |
| 116 | ￥5,056,800 | ￥421,400 | ￥2,431 |
| 117 | ￥5,066,400 | ￥422,200 | ￥2,436 |
| 118 | ￥5,076,000 | ￥423,000 | ￥2,440 |
| 119 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 120 | ￥5,095,200 | ￥424,600 | ￥2,450 |
| 121 | ￥5,103,600 | ￥425,300 | ￥2,454 |
| 122 | ￥5,113,200 | ￥426,100 | ￥2,458 |
| 123 | ￥5,122,800 | ￥426,900 | ￥2,463 |
| 124 | ￥5,132,400 | ￥427,700 | ￥2,468 |
| 125 | ￥5,142,000 | ￥428,500 | ￥2,472 |
| 126 | ￥5,151,600 | ￥429,300 | ￥2,477 |
| 127 | ￥5,161,200 | ￥430,100 | ￥2,481 |
| 128 | ￥5,170,800 | ￥430,900 | ￥2,486 |
| 129 | ￥5,181,600 | ￥431,800 | ￥2,491 |
| 130 | ￥5,191,200 | ￥432,600 | ￥2,496 |
| 131 | ￥5,200,800 | ￥433,400 | ￥2,500 |
| 132 | ￥5,210,400 | ￥434,200 | ￥2,505 |
| 133 | ￥5,221,200 | ￥435,100 | ￥2,510 |
| 134 | ￥5,230,800 | ￥435,900 | ￥2,515 |
| 135 | ￥5,240,400 | ￥436,700 | ￥2,519 |
| 136 | ￥5,250,000 | ￥437,500 | ￥2,524 |
| 137 | ￥5,260,800 | ￥438,400 | ￥2,529 |
| 138 | ￥5,268,000 | ￥439,000 | ￥2,533 |
| 139 | ￥5,275,200 | ￥439,600 | ￥2,536 |
| 140 | ￥5,282,400 | ￥440,200 | ￥2,540 |
| 141 | ￥5,288,400 | ￥440,700 | ￥2,543 |
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-SGM 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 | +￥1,327,950 | +￥1,983,150 |
| MIL-SGM total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,869,150 | ￥7,271,550 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-SGM make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-SGM in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,541,200 and ￥5,288,400 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-SGM 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.