Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-SGT1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
1等陸曹 / 1等海曹 / 1等空曹 — Sergeant First Class / Petty Officer 1st Class.
2026 salary range
￥3,540,000 – ￥5,119,200
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 | ￥3,540,000 | ￥295,000 | ￥1,702 |
| 2 | ￥3,558,000 | ￥296,500 | ￥1,711 |
| 3 | ￥3,576,000 | ￥298,000 | ￥1,719 |
| 4 | ￥3,594,000 | ￥299,500 | ￥1,728 |
| 5 | ￥3,609,600 | ￥300,800 | ￥1,735 |
| 6 | ￥3,626,400 | ￥302,200 | ￥1,743 |
| 7 | ￥3,643,200 | ￥303,600 | ￥1,752 |
| 8 | ￥3,660,000 | ￥305,000 | ￥1,760 |
| 9 | ￥3,674,400 | ￥306,200 | ￥1,767 |
| 10 | ￥3,688,800 | ￥307,400 | ￥1,773 |
| 11 | ￥3,703,200 | ￥308,600 | ￥1,780 |
| 12 | ￥3,717,600 | ￥309,800 | ￥1,787 |
| 13 | ￥3,729,600 | ￥310,800 | ￥1,793 |
| 14 | ￥3,744,000 | ￥312,000 | ￥1,800 |
| 15 | ￥3,758,400 | ￥313,200 | ￥1,807 |
| 16 | ￥3,772,800 | ￥314,400 | ￥1,814 |
| 17 | ￥3,784,800 | ￥315,400 | ￥1,820 |
| 18 | ￥3,793,200 | ￥316,100 | ￥1,824 |
| 19 | ￥3,801,600 | ￥316,800 | ￥1,828 |
| 20 | ￥3,810,000 | ￥317,500 | ￥1,832 |
| 21 | ￥3,816,000 | ￥318,000 | ￥1,835 |
| 22 | ￥3,822,000 | ￥318,500 | ￥1,838 |
| 23 | ￥3,828,000 | ￥319,000 | ￥1,840 |
| 24 | ￥3,834,000 | ￥319,500 | ￥1,843 |
| 25 | ￥3,841,200 | ￥320,100 | ￥1,847 |
| 26 | ￥3,848,400 | ￥320,700 | ￥1,850 |
| 27 | ￥3,855,600 | ￥321,300 | ￥1,854 |
| 28 | ￥3,862,800 | ￥321,900 | ￥1,857 |
| 29 | ￥3,870,000 | ￥322,500 | ￥1,861 |
| 30 | ￥3,876,000 | ￥323,000 | ￥1,863 |
| 31 | ￥3,882,000 | ￥323,500 | ￥1,866 |
| 32 | ￥3,888,000 | ￥324,000 | ￥1,869 |
| 33 | ￥3,895,200 | ￥324,600 | ￥1,873 |
| 34 | ￥3,902,400 | ￥325,200 | ￥1,876 |
| 35 | ￥3,909,600 | ￥325,800 | ￥1,880 |
| 36 | ￥3,916,800 | ￥326,400 | ￥1,883 |
| 37 | ￥3,922,800 | ￥326,900 | ￥1,886 |
| 38 | ￥3,931,200 | ￥327,600 | ￥1,890 |
| 39 | ￥3,939,600 | ￥328,300 | ￥1,894 |
| 40 | ￥3,948,000 | ￥329,000 | ￥1,898 |
| 41 | ￥3,954,000 | ￥329,500 | ￥1,901 |
| 42 | ￥3,964,800 | ￥330,400 | ￥1,906 |
| 43 | ￥3,975,600 | ￥331,300 | ￥1,911 |
| 44 | ￥3,986,400 | ￥332,200 | ￥1,917 |
| 45 | ￥3,996,000 | ￥333,000 | ￥1,921 |
| 46 | ￥4,009,200 | ￥334,100 | ￥1,928 |
| 47 | ￥4,022,400 | ￥335,200 | ￥1,934 |
| 48 | ￥4,035,600 | ￥336,300 | ￥1,940 |
| 49 | ￥4,046,400 | ￥337,200 | ￥1,945 |
| 50 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 51 | ￥4,077,600 | ￥339,800 | ￥1,960 |
| 52 | ￥4,093,200 | ￥341,100 | ￥1,968 |
| 53 | ￥4,106,400 | ￥342,200 | ￥1,974 |
| 54 | ￥4,118,400 | ￥343,200 | ￥1,980 |
| 55 | ￥4,130,400 | ￥344,200 | ￥1,986 |
| 56 | ￥4,142,400 | ￥345,200 | ￥1,992 |
| 57 | ￥4,154,400 | ￥346,200 | ￥1,997 |
| 58 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
| 59 | ￥4,183,200 | ￥348,600 | ￥2,011 |
| 60 | ￥4,197,600 | ￥349,800 | ￥2,018 |
| 61 | ￥4,210,800 | ￥350,900 | ￥2,024 |
| 62 | ￥4,225,200 | ￥352,100 | ￥2,031 |
| 63 | ￥4,239,600 | ￥353,300 | ￥2,038 |
| 64 | ￥4,254,000 | ￥354,500 | ￥2,045 |
| 65 | ￥4,268,400 | ￥355,700 | ￥2,052 |
| 66 | ￥4,284,000 | ￥357,000 | ￥2,060 |
| 67 | ￥4,299,600 | ￥358,300 | ￥2,067 |
| 68 | ￥4,315,200 | ￥359,600 | ￥2,075 |
| 69 | ￥4,330,800 | ￥360,900 | ￥2,082 |
| 70 | ￥4,346,400 | ￥362,200 | ￥2,090 |
| 71 | ￥4,362,000 | ￥363,500 | ￥2,097 |
| 72 | ￥4,377,600 | ￥364,800 | ￥2,105 |
| 73 | ￥4,390,800 | ￥365,900 | ￥2,111 |
| 74 | ￥4,408,800 | ￥367,400 | ￥2,120 |
| 75 | ￥4,426,800 | ￥368,900 | ￥2,128 |
| 76 | ￥4,444,800 | ￥370,400 | ￥2,137 |
| 77 | ￥4,464,000 | ￥372,000 | ￥2,146 |
| 78 | ￥4,482,000 | ￥373,500 | ￥2,155 |
| 79 | ￥4,500,000 | ￥375,000 | ￥2,163 |
| 80 | ￥4,518,000 | ￥376,500 | ￥2,172 |
| 81 | ￥4,534,800 | ￥377,900 | ￥2,180 |
| 82 | ￥4,551,600 | ￥379,300 | ￥2,188 |
| 83 | ￥4,568,400 | ￥380,700 | ￥2,196 |
| 84 | ￥4,585,200 | ￥382,100 | ￥2,204 |
| 85 | ￥4,602,000 | ￥383,500 | ￥2,213 |
| 86 | ￥4,617,600 | ￥384,800 | ￥2,220 |
| 87 | ￥4,633,200 | ￥386,100 | ￥2,228 |
| 88 | ￥4,648,800 | ￥387,400 | ￥2,235 |
| 89 | ￥4,663,200 | ￥388,600 | ￥2,242 |
| 90 | ￥4,681,200 | ￥390,100 | ￥2,251 |
| 91 | ￥4,699,200 | ￥391,600 | ￥2,259 |
| 92 | ￥4,717,200 | ￥393,100 | ￥2,268 |
| 93 | ￥4,735,200 | ￥394,600 | ￥2,277 |
| 94 | ￥4,753,200 | ￥396,100 | ￥2,285 |
| 95 | ￥4,771,200 | ￥397,600 | ￥2,294 |
| 96 | ￥4,789,200 | ￥399,100 | ￥2,303 |
| 97 | ￥4,806,000 | ￥400,500 | ￥2,311 |
| 98 | ￥4,820,400 | ￥401,700 | ￥2,318 |
| 99 | ￥4,834,800 | ￥402,900 | ￥2,324 |
| 100 | ￥4,849,200 | ￥404,100 | ￥2,331 |
| 101 | ￥4,862,400 | ￥405,200 | ￥2,338 |
| 102 | ￥4,872,000 | ￥406,000 | ￥2,342 |
| 103 | ￥4,881,600 | ￥406,800 | ￥2,347 |
| 104 | ￥4,891,200 | ￥407,600 | ￥2,352 |
| 105 | ￥4,898,400 | ￥408,200 | ￥2,355 |
| 106 | ￥4,908,000 | ￥409,000 | ￥2,360 |
| 107 | ￥4,917,600 | ￥409,800 | ￥2,364 |
| 108 | ￥4,927,200 | ￥410,600 | ￥2,369 |
| 109 | ￥4,935,600 | ￥411,300 | ￥2,373 |
| 110 | ￥4,945,200 | ￥412,100 | ￥2,378 |
| 111 | ￥4,954,800 | ￥412,900 | ￥2,382 |
| 112 | ￥4,964,400 | ￥413,700 | ￥2,387 |
| 113 | ￥4,974,000 | ￥414,500 | ￥2,391 |
| 114 | ￥4,982,400 | ￥415,200 | ￥2,395 |
| 115 | ￥4,990,800 | ￥415,900 | ￥2,399 |
| 116 | ￥4,999,200 | ￥416,600 | ￥2,403 |
| 117 | ￥5,008,800 | ￥417,400 | ￥2,408 |
| 118 | ￥5,017,200 | ￥418,100 | ￥2,412 |
| 119 | ￥5,025,600 | ￥418,800 | ￥2,416 |
| 120 | ￥5,034,000 | ￥419,500 | ￥2,420 |
| 121 | ￥5,043,600 | ￥420,300 | ￥2,425 |
| 122 | ￥5,053,200 | ￥421,100 | ￥2,429 |
| 123 | ￥5,062,800 | ￥421,900 | ￥2,434 |
| 124 | ￥5,072,400 | ￥422,700 | ￥2,439 |
| 125 | ￥5,080,800 | ￥423,400 | ￥2,443 |
| 126 | ￥5,090,400 | ￥424,200 | ￥2,447 |
| 127 | ￥5,100,000 | ￥425,000 | ￥2,452 |
| 128 | ￥5,109,600 | ￥425,800 | ￥2,457 |
| 129 | ￥5,119,200 | ￥426,600 | ￥2,461 |
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-SGT1 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 | +￥1,327,500 | +￥1,919,700 |
| MIL-SGT1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,867,500 | ￥7,038,900 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-SGT1 make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-SGT1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,540,000 and ￥5,119,200 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-SGT1 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.