Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MIL-WO Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
准陸尉 / 准海尉 / 准空尉 — Warrant Officer.
2026 salary range
￥3,631,200 – ￥5,442,000
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 | ￥3,631,200 | ￥302,600 | ￥1,746 |
| 2 | ￥3,649,200 | ￥304,100 | ￥1,754 |
| 3 | ￥3,667,200 | ￥305,600 | ￥1,763 |
| 4 | ￥3,685,200 | ￥307,100 | ￥1,772 |
| 5 | ￥3,702,000 | ￥308,500 | ￥1,780 |
| 6 | ￥3,717,600 | ￥309,800 | ￥1,787 |
| 7 | ￥3,733,200 | ￥311,100 | ￥1,795 |
| 8 | ￥3,750,000 | ￥312,500 | ￥1,803 |
| 9 | ￥3,765,600 | ￥313,800 | ￥1,810 |
| 10 | ￥3,780,000 | ￥315,000 | ￥1,817 |
| 11 | ￥3,794,400 | ￥316,200 | ￥1,824 |
| 12 | ￥3,808,800 | ￥317,400 | ￥1,831 |
| 13 | ￥3,820,800 | ￥318,400 | ￥1,837 |
| 14 | ￥3,835,200 | ￥319,600 | ￥1,844 |
| 15 | ￥3,849,600 | ￥320,800 | ￥1,851 |
| 16 | ￥3,864,000 | ￥322,000 | ￥1,858 |
| 17 | ￥3,877,200 | ￥323,100 | ￥1,864 |
| 18 | ￥3,884,400 | ￥323,700 | ￥1,868 |
| 19 | ￥3,891,600 | ￥324,300 | ￥1,871 |
| 20 | ￥3,900,000 | ￥325,000 | ￥1,875 |
| 21 | ￥3,907,200 | ￥325,600 | ￥1,878 |
| 22 | ￥3,913,200 | ￥326,100 | ￥1,881 |
| 23 | ￥3,919,200 | ￥326,600 | ￥1,884 |
| 24 | ￥3,925,200 | ￥327,100 | ￥1,887 |
| 25 | ￥3,931,200 | ￥327,600 | ￥1,890 |
| 26 | ￥3,938,400 | ￥328,200 | ￥1,893 |
| 27 | ￥3,945,600 | ￥328,800 | ￥1,897 |
| 28 | ￥3,952,800 | ￥329,400 | ￥1,900 |
| 29 | ￥3,960,000 | ￥330,000 | ￥1,904 |
| 30 | ￥3,966,000 | ￥330,500 | ￥1,907 |
| 31 | ￥3,972,000 | ￥331,000 | ￥1,910 |
| 32 | ￥3,978,000 | ￥331,500 | ￥1,913 |
| 33 | ￥3,985,200 | ￥332,100 | ￥1,916 |
| 34 | ￥3,992,400 | ￥332,700 | ￥1,919 |
| 35 | ￥3,999,600 | ￥333,300 | ￥1,923 |
| 36 | ￥4,006,800 | ￥333,900 | ￥1,926 |
| 37 | ￥4,012,800 | ￥334,400 | ￥1,929 |
| 38 | ￥4,021,200 | ￥335,100 | ￥1,933 |
| 39 | ￥4,029,600 | ￥335,800 | ￥1,937 |
| 40 | ￥4,038,000 | ￥336,500 | ￥1,941 |
| 41 | ￥4,045,200 | ￥337,100 | ￥1,945 |
| 42 | ￥4,056,000 | ￥338,000 | ￥1,950 |
| 43 | ￥4,066,800 | ￥338,900 | ￥1,955 |
| 44 | ￥4,077,600 | ￥339,800 | ￥1,960 |
| 45 | ￥4,086,000 | ￥340,500 | ￥1,964 |
| 46 | ￥4,099,200 | ￥341,600 | ￥1,971 |
| 47 | ￥4,112,400 | ￥342,700 | ￥1,977 |
| 48 | ￥4,125,600 | ￥343,800 | ￥1,983 |
| 49 | ￥4,136,400 | ￥344,700 | ￥1,989 |
| 50 | ￥4,153,200 | ￥346,100 | ￥1,997 |
| 51 | ￥4,170,000 | ￥347,500 | ￥2,005 |
| 52 | ￥4,185,600 | ￥348,800 | ￥2,012 |
| 53 | ￥4,201,200 | ￥350,100 | ￥2,020 |
| 54 | ￥4,213,200 | ￥351,100 | ￥2,026 |
| 55 | ￥4,225,200 | ￥352,100 | ￥2,031 |
| 56 | ￥4,238,400 | ￥353,200 | ￥2,038 |
| 57 | ￥4,248,000 | ￥354,000 | ￥2,042 |
| 58 | ￥4,264,800 | ￥355,400 | ￥2,050 |
| 59 | ￥4,281,600 | ￥356,800 | ￥2,058 |
| 60 | ￥4,298,400 | ￥358,200 | ￥2,067 |
| 61 | ￥4,316,400 | ￥359,700 | ￥2,075 |
| 62 | ￥4,332,000 | ￥361,000 | ￥2,083 |
| 63 | ￥4,347,600 | ￥362,300 | ￥2,090 |
| 64 | ￥4,363,200 | ￥363,600 | ￥2,098 |
| 65 | ￥4,380,000 | ￥365,000 | ￥2,106 |
| 66 | ￥4,396,800 | ￥366,400 | ￥2,114 |
| 67 | ￥4,413,600 | ￥367,800 | ￥2,122 |
| 68 | ￥4,430,400 | ￥369,200 | ￥2,130 |
| 69 | ￥4,446,000 | ￥370,500 | ￥2,138 |
| 70 | ￥4,461,600 | ￥371,800 | ￥2,145 |
| 71 | ￥4,477,200 | ￥373,100 | ￥2,153 |
| 72 | ￥4,492,800 | ￥374,400 | ￥2,160 |
| 73 | ￥4,507,200 | ￥375,600 | ￥2,167 |
| 74 | ￥4,525,200 | ￥377,100 | ￥2,176 |
| 75 | ￥4,543,200 | ￥378,600 | ￥2,184 |
| 76 | ￥4,561,200 | ￥380,100 | ￥2,193 |
| 77 | ￥4,580,400 | ￥381,700 | ￥2,202 |
| 78 | ￥4,599,600 | ￥383,300 | ￥2,211 |
| 79 | ￥4,618,800 | ￥384,900 | ￥2,221 |
| 80 | ￥4,638,000 | ￥386,500 | ￥2,230 |
| 81 | ￥4,656,000 | ￥388,000 | ￥2,238 |
| 82 | ￥4,674,000 | ￥389,500 | ￥2,247 |
| 83 | ￥4,692,000 | ￥391,000 | ￥2,256 |
| 84 | ￥4,710,000 | ￥392,500 | ￥2,264 |
| 85 | ￥4,725,600 | ￥393,800 | ￥2,272 |
| 86 | ￥4,742,400 | ￥395,200 | ￥2,280 |
| 87 | ￥4,759,200 | ￥396,600 | ￥2,288 |
| 88 | ￥4,776,000 | ￥398,000 | ￥2,296 |
| 89 | ￥4,790,400 | ￥399,200 | ￥2,303 |
| 90 | ￥4,808,400 | ￥400,700 | ￥2,312 |
| 91 | ￥4,826,400 | ￥402,200 | ￥2,320 |
| 92 | ￥4,844,400 | ￥403,700 | ￥2,329 |
| 93 | ￥4,860,000 | ￥405,000 | ￥2,337 |
| 94 | ￥4,880,400 | ￥406,700 | ￥2,346 |
| 95 | ￥4,900,800 | ￥408,400 | ￥2,356 |
| 96 | ￥4,921,200 | ￥410,100 | ￥2,366 |
| 97 | ￥4,941,600 | ￥411,800 | ￥2,376 |
| 98 | ￥4,957,200 | ￥413,100 | ￥2,383 |
| 99 | ￥4,972,800 | ￥414,400 | ￥2,391 |
| 100 | ￥4,988,400 | ￥415,700 | ￥2,398 |
| 101 | ￥5,001,600 | ￥416,800 | ￥2,405 |
| 102 | ￥5,012,400 | ￥417,700 | ￥2,410 |
| 103 | ￥5,023,200 | ￥418,600 | ￥2,415 |
| 104 | ￥5,034,000 | ￥419,500 | ￥2,420 |
| 105 | ￥5,046,000 | ￥420,500 | ￥2,426 |
| 106 | ￥5,059,200 | ￥421,600 | ￥2,432 |
| 107 | ￥5,072,400 | ￥422,700 | ￥2,439 |
| 108 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 109 | ￥5,097,600 | ￥424,800 | ￥2,451 |
| 110 | ￥5,108,400 | ￥425,700 | ￥2,456 |
| 111 | ￥5,119,200 | ￥426,600 | ￥2,461 |
| 112 | ￥5,130,000 | ￥427,500 | ￥2,466 |
| 113 | ￥5,140,800 | ￥428,400 | ￥2,472 |
| 114 | ￥5,151,600 | ￥429,300 | ￥2,477 |
| 115 | ￥5,162,400 | ￥430,200 | ￥2,482 |
| 116 | ￥5,173,200 | ￥431,100 | ￥2,487 |
| 117 | ￥5,181,600 | ￥431,800 | ￥2,491 |
| 118 | ￥5,191,200 | ￥432,600 | ￥2,496 |
| 119 | ￥5,200,800 | ￥433,400 | ￥2,500 |
| 120 | ￥5,210,400 | ￥434,200 | ￥2,505 |
| 121 | ￥5,221,200 | ￥435,100 | ￥2,510 |
| 122 | ￥5,230,800 | ￥435,900 | ￥2,515 |
| 123 | ￥5,240,400 | ￥436,700 | ￥2,519 |
| 124 | ￥5,250,000 | ￥437,500 | ￥2,524 |
| 125 | ￥5,258,400 | ￥438,200 | ￥2,528 |
| 126 | ￥5,268,000 | ￥439,000 | ￥2,533 |
| 127 | ￥5,277,600 | ￥439,800 | ￥2,537 |
| 128 | ￥5,287,200 | ￥440,600 | ￥2,542 |
| 129 | ￥5,296,800 | ￥441,400 | ￥2,547 |
| 130 | ￥5,306,400 | ￥442,200 | ￥2,551 |
| 131 | ￥5,316,000 | ￥443,000 | ￥2,556 |
| 132 | ￥5,325,600 | ￥443,800 | ￥2,560 |
| 133 | ￥5,336,400 | ￥444,700 | ￥2,566 |
| 134 | ￥5,346,000 | ￥445,500 | ￥2,570 |
| 135 | ￥5,355,600 | ￥446,300 | ￥2,575 |
| 136 | ￥5,365,200 | ￥447,100 | ￥2,579 |
| 137 | ￥5,374,800 | ￥447,900 | ￥2,584 |
| 138 | ￥5,383,200 | ￥448,600 | ￥2,588 |
| 139 | ￥5,391,600 | ￥449,300 | ￥2,592 |
| 140 | ￥5,400,000 | ￥450,000 | ￥2,596 |
| 141 | ￥5,408,400 | ￥450,700 | ￥2,600 |
| 142 | ￥5,416,800 | ￥451,400 | ￥2,604 |
| 143 | ￥5,425,200 | ￥452,100 | ￥2,608 |
| 144 | ￥5,433,600 | ￥452,800 | ￥2,612 |
| 145 | ￥5,442,000 | ￥453,500 | ￥2,616 |
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-WO 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 | +￥1,361,700 | +￥2,040,750 |
| MIL-WO total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,992,900 | ￥7,482,750 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MIL-WO make in the Japan federal government?
A MIL-WO in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,631,200 and ￥5,442,000 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-WO 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.