MIL-SGT3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
3等陸曹 / 3等海曹 / 3等空曹 — Sergeant / Petty Officer 3rd Class.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,214,800 | ￥267,900 | ￥1,546 |
| 2 | ￥3,248,400 | ￥270,700 | ￥1,562 |
| 3 | ￥3,282,000 | ￥273,500 | ￥1,578 |
| 4 | ￥3,315,600 | ￥276,300 | ￥1,594 |
| 5 | ￥3,346,800 | ￥278,900 | ￥1,609 |
| 6 | ￥3,368,400 | ￥280,700 | ￥1,619 |
| 7 | ￥3,390,000 | ￥282,500 | ￥1,630 |
| 8 | ￥3,411,600 | ￥284,300 | ￥1,640 |
| 9 | ￥3,432,000 | ￥286,000 | ￥1,650 |
| 10 | ￥3,452,400 | ￥287,700 | ￥1,660 |
| 11 | ￥3,472,800 | ￥289,400 | ￥1,670 |
| 12 | ￥3,493,200 | ￥291,100 | ￥1,679 |
| 13 | ￥3,511,200 | ￥292,600 | ￥1,688 |
| 14 | ￥3,526,800 | ￥293,900 | ￥1,696 |
| 15 | ￥3,542,400 | ￥295,200 | ￥1,703 |
| 16 | ￥3,558,000 | ￥296,500 | ￥1,711 |
| 17 | ￥3,572,400 | ￥297,700 | ￥1,718 |
| 18 | ￥3,586,800 | ￥298,900 | ￥1,724 |
| 19 | ￥3,601,200 | ￥300,100 | ￥1,731 |
| 20 | ￥3,615,600 | ￥301,300 | ￥1,738 |
| 21 | ￥3,627,600 | ￥302,300 | ￥1,744 |
| 22 | ￥3,646,800 | ￥303,900 | ￥1,753 |
| 23 | ￥3,666,000 | ￥305,500 | ￥1,763 |
| 24 | ￥3,685,200 | ￥307,100 | ￥1,772 |
| 25 | ￥3,703,200 | ￥308,600 | ￥1,780 |
| 26 | ￥3,714,000 | ￥309,500 | ￥1,786 |
| 27 | ￥3,724,800 | ￥310,400 | ￥1,791 |
| 28 | ￥3,735,600 | ￥311,300 | ￥1,796 |
| 29 | ￥3,747,600 | ￥312,300 | ￥1,802 |
| 30 | ￥3,753,600 | ￥312,800 | ￥1,805 |
| 31 | ￥3,759,600 | ￥313,300 | ￥1,808 |
| 32 | ￥3,766,800 | ￥313,900 | ￥1,811 |
| 33 | ￥3,771,600 | ￥314,300 | ￥1,813 |
| 34 | ￥3,777,600 | ￥314,800 | ￥1,816 |
| 35 | ￥3,783,600 | ￥315,300 | ￥1,819 |
| 36 | ￥3,790,800 | ￥315,900 | ￥1,823 |
| 37 | ￥3,796,800 | ￥316,400 | ￥1,825 |
| 38 | ￥3,802,800 | ￥316,900 | ￥1,828 |
| 39 | ￥3,808,800 | ￥317,400 | ￥1,831 |
| 40 | ￥3,814,800 | ￥317,900 | ￥1,834 |
| 41 | ￥3,820,800 | ￥318,400 | ￥1,837 |
| 42 | ￥3,826,800 | ￥318,900 | ￥1,840 |
| 43 | ￥3,832,800 | ￥319,400 | ￥1,843 |
| 44 | ￥3,838,800 | ￥319,900 | ￥1,846 |
| 45 | ￥3,843,600 | ￥320,300 | ￥1,848 |
| 46 | ￥3,849,600 | ￥320,800 | ￥1,851 |
| 47 | ￥3,855,600 | ￥321,300 | ￥1,854 |
| 48 | ￥3,861,600 | ￥321,800 | ￥1,857 |
| 49 | ￥3,867,600 | ￥322,300 | ￥1,859 |
| 50 | ￥3,874,800 | ￥322,900 | ￥1,863 |
| 51 | ￥3,882,000 | ￥323,500 | ￥1,866 |
| 52 | ￥3,889,200 | ￥324,100 | ￥1,870 |
| 53 | ￥3,897,600 | ￥324,800 | ￥1,874 |
| 54 | ￥3,903,600 | ￥325,300 | ￥1,877 |
| 55 | ￥3,909,600 | ￥325,800 | ￥1,880 |
| 56 | ￥3,915,600 | ￥326,300 | ￥1,883 |
| 57 | ￥3,920,400 | ￥326,700 | ￥1,885 |
| 58 | ￥3,926,400 | ￥327,200 | ￥1,888 |
| 59 | ￥3,932,400 | ￥327,700 | ￥1,891 |
| 60 | ￥3,939,600 | ￥328,300 | ￥1,894 |
| 61 | ￥3,944,400 | ￥328,700 | ￥1,896 |
| 62 | ￥3,952,800 | ￥329,400 | ￥1,900 |
| 63 | ￥3,961,200 | ￥330,100 | ￥1,904 |
| 64 | ￥3,969,600 | ￥330,800 | ￥1,908 |
| 65 | ￥3,976,800 | ￥331,400 | ￥1,912 |
| 66 | ￥3,981,600 | ￥331,800 | ￥1,914 |
| 67 | ￥3,986,400 | ￥332,200 | ￥1,917 |
| 68 | ￥3,991,200 | ￥332,600 | ￥1,919 |
| 69 | ￥3,996,000 | ￥333,000 | ￥1,921 |
| 70 | ￥3,999,600 | ￥333,300 | ￥1,923 |
| 71 | ￥4,003,200 | ￥333,600 | ￥1,925 |
| 72 | ￥4,006,800 | ￥333,900 | ￥1,926 |
| 73 | ￥4,008,000 | ￥334,000 | ￥1,927 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MIL-SGT3 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 | +￥1,205,550 | +￥1,503,000 |
| MIL-SGT3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,420,350 | ￥5,511,000 |
Frequently asked
A MIL-SGT3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,214,800 and ￥4,008,000 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.