Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
MODCIV-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
防衛省事務官 1級 — Ministry of Defense civilian employee, Grade 1.
2026 salary range
￥3,117,600 – ￥5,198,400
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 | ￥3,117,600 | ￥259,800 | ￥1,499 |
| 2 | ￥3,134,400 | ￥261,200 | ￥1,507 |
| 3 | ￥3,151,200 | ￥262,600 | ￥1,515 |
| 4 | ￥3,168,000 | ￥264,000 | ￥1,523 |
| 5 | ￥3,184,800 | ￥265,400 | ￥1,531 |
| 6 | ￥3,199,200 | ￥266,600 | ￥1,538 |
| 7 | ￥3,213,600 | ￥267,800 | ￥1,545 |
| 8 | ￥3,228,000 | ￥269,000 | ￥1,552 |
| 9 | ￥3,243,600 | ￥270,300 | ￥1,559 |
| 10 | ￥3,256,800 | ￥271,400 | ￥1,566 |
| 11 | ￥3,270,000 | ￥272,500 | ￥1,572 |
| 12 | ￥3,284,400 | ￥273,700 | ￥1,579 |
| 13 | ￥3,300,000 | ￥275,000 | ￥1,587 |
| 14 | ￥3,320,400 | ￥276,700 | ￥1,596 |
| 15 | ￥3,340,800 | ￥278,400 | ￥1,606 |
| 16 | ￥3,361,200 | ￥280,100 | ￥1,616 |
| 17 | ￥3,381,600 | ￥281,800 | ￥1,626 |
| 18 | ￥3,405,600 | ￥283,800 | ￥1,637 |
| 19 | ￥3,432,000 | ￥286,000 | ￥1,650 |
| 20 | ￥3,458,400 | ￥288,200 | ￥1,663 |
| 21 | ￥3,484,800 | ￥290,400 | ￥1,675 |
| 22 | ￥3,511,200 | ￥292,600 | ￥1,688 |
| 23 | ￥3,537,600 | ￥294,800 | ￥1,701 |
| 24 | ￥3,562,800 | ￥296,900 | ￥1,713 |
| 25 | ￥3,586,800 | ￥298,900 | ￥1,724 |
| 26 | ￥3,609,600 | ￥300,800 | ￥1,735 |
| 27 | ￥3,632,400 | ￥302,700 | ￥1,746 |
| 28 | ￥3,654,000 | ￥304,500 | ￥1,757 |
| 29 | ￥3,675,600 | ￥306,300 | ￥1,767 |
| 30 | ￥3,698,400 | ￥308,200 | ￥1,778 |
| 31 | ￥3,720,000 | ￥310,000 | ￥1,788 |
| 32 | ￥3,740,400 | ￥311,700 | ￥1,798 |
| 33 | ￥3,760,800 | ￥313,400 | ￥1,808 |
| 34 | ￥3,782,400 | ￥315,200 | ￥1,818 |
| 35 | ￥3,802,800 | ￥316,900 | ￥1,828 |
| 36 | ￥3,822,000 | ￥318,500 | ￥1,838 |
| 37 | ￥3,841,200 | ￥320,100 | ￥1,847 |
| 38 | ￥3,861,600 | ￥321,800 | ￥1,857 |
| 39 | ￥3,883,200 | ￥323,600 | ￥1,867 |
| 40 | ￥3,903,600 | ￥325,300 | ￥1,877 |
| 41 | ￥3,919,200 | ￥326,600 | ￥1,884 |
| 42 | ￥3,942,000 | ￥328,500 | ￥1,895 |
| 43 | ￥3,963,600 | ￥330,300 | ￥1,906 |
| 44 | ￥3,984,000 | ￥332,000 | ￥1,915 |
| 45 | ￥4,003,200 | ￥333,600 | ￥1,925 |
| 46 | ￥4,026,000 | ￥335,500 | ￥1,936 |
| 47 | ￥4,046,400 | ￥337,200 | ￥1,945 |
| 48 | ￥4,066,800 | ￥338,900 | ￥1,955 |
| 49 | ￥4,087,200 | ￥340,600 | ￥1,965 |
| 50 | ￥4,107,600 | ￥342,300 | ￥1,975 |
| 51 | ￥4,128,000 | ￥344,000 | ￥1,985 |
| 52 | ￥4,148,400 | ￥345,700 | ￥1,994 |
| 53 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
| 54 | ￥4,184,400 | ￥348,700 | ￥2,012 |
| 55 | ￥4,200,000 | ￥350,000 | ￥2,019 |
| 56 | ￥4,215,600 | ￥351,300 | ￥2,027 |
| 57 | ￥4,233,600 | ￥352,800 | ￥2,035 |
| 58 | ￥4,252,800 | ￥354,400 | ￥2,045 |
| 59 | ￥4,270,800 | ￥355,900 | ￥2,053 |
| 60 | ￥4,290,000 | ￥357,500 | ￥2,063 |
| 61 | ￥4,306,800 | ￥358,900 | ￥2,071 |
| 62 | ￥4,326,000 | ￥360,500 | ￥2,080 |
| 63 | ￥4,345,200 | ￥362,100 | ￥2,089 |
| 64 | ￥4,362,000 | ￥363,500 | ￥2,097 |
| 65 | ￥4,380,000 | ￥365,000 | ￥2,106 |
| 66 | ￥4,399,200 | ￥366,600 | ￥2,115 |
| 67 | ￥4,418,400 | ￥368,200 | ￥2,124 |
| 68 | ￥4,436,400 | ￥369,700 | ￥2,133 |
| 69 | ￥4,454,400 | ￥371,200 | ￥2,142 |
| 70 | ￥4,473,600 | ￥372,800 | ￥2,151 |
| 71 | ￥4,491,600 | ￥374,300 | ￥2,159 |
| 72 | ￥4,509,600 | ￥375,800 | ￥2,168 |
| 73 | ￥4,527,600 | ￥377,300 | ￥2,177 |
| 74 | ￥4,546,800 | ￥378,900 | ￥2,186 |
| 75 | ￥4,566,000 | ￥380,500 | ￥2,195 |
| 76 | ￥4,584,000 | ￥382,000 | ￥2,204 |
| 77 | ￥4,600,800 | ￥383,400 | ￥2,212 |
| 78 | ￥4,617,600 | ￥384,800 | ￥2,220 |
| 79 | ￥4,634,400 | ￥386,200 | ￥2,228 |
| 80 | ￥4,650,000 | ￥387,500 | ￥2,236 |
| 81 | ￥4,665,600 | ￥388,800 | ￥2,243 |
| 82 | ￥4,682,400 | ￥390,200 | ￥2,251 |
| 83 | ￥4,698,000 | ￥391,500 | ￥2,259 |
| 84 | ￥4,713,600 | ￥392,800 | ￥2,266 |
| 85 | ￥4,726,800 | ￥393,900 | ￥2,273 |
| 86 | ￥4,743,600 | ￥395,300 | ￥2,281 |
| 87 | ￥4,759,200 | ￥396,600 | ￥2,288 |
| 88 | ￥4,774,800 | ￥397,900 | ￥2,296 |
| 89 | ￥4,789,200 | ￥399,100 | ￥2,303 |
| 90 | ￥4,804,800 | ￥400,400 | ￥2,310 |
| 91 | ￥4,818,000 | ￥401,500 | ￥2,316 |
| 92 | ￥4,832,400 | ￥402,700 | ￥2,323 |
| 93 | ￥4,846,800 | ￥403,900 | ￥2,330 |
| 94 | ￥4,860,000 | ￥405,000 | ￥2,337 |
| 95 | ￥4,874,400 | ￥406,200 | ￥2,343 |
| 96 | ￥4,888,800 | ￥407,400 | ￥2,350 |
| 97 | ￥4,905,600 | ￥408,800 | ￥2,358 |
| 98 | ￥4,917,600 | ￥409,800 | ￥2,364 |
| 99 | ￥4,929,600 | ￥410,800 | ￥2,370 |
| 100 | ￥4,941,600 | ￥411,800 | ￥2,376 |
| 101 | ￥4,952,400 | ￥412,700 | ￥2,381 |
| 102 | ￥4,964,400 | ￥413,700 | ￥2,387 |
| 103 | ￥4,977,600 | ￥414,800 | ￥2,393 |
| 104 | ￥4,990,800 | ￥415,900 | ￥2,399 |
| 105 | ￥4,999,200 | ￥416,600 | ￥2,403 |
| 106 | ￥5,010,000 | ￥417,500 | ￥2,409 |
| 107 | ￥5,020,800 | ￥418,400 | ￥2,414 |
| 108 | ￥5,031,600 | ￥419,300 | ￥2,419 |
| 109 | ￥5,041,200 | ￥420,100 | ￥2,424 |
| 110 | ￥5,050,800 | ￥420,900 | ￥2,428 |
| 111 | ￥5,060,400 | ￥421,700 | ￥2,433 |
| 112 | ￥5,070,000 | ￥422,500 | ￥2,438 |
| 113 | ￥5,077,200 | ￥423,100 | ￥2,441 |
| 114 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 115 | ￥5,094,000 | ￥424,500 | ￥2,449 |
| 116 | ￥5,102,400 | ￥425,200 | ￥2,453 |
| 117 | ￥5,109,600 | ￥425,800 | ￥2,457 |
| 118 | ￥5,115,600 | ￥426,300 | ￥2,459 |
| 119 | ￥5,119,200 | ￥426,600 | ￥2,461 |
| 120 | ￥5,122,800 | ￥426,900 | ￥2,463 |
| 121 | ￥5,126,400 | ￥427,200 | ￥2,465 |
| 122 | ￥5,130,000 | ￥427,500 | ￥2,466 |
| 123 | ￥5,133,600 | ￥427,800 | ￥2,468 |
| 124 | ￥5,136,000 | ￥428,000 | ￥2,469 |
| 125 | ￥5,138,400 | ￥428,200 | ￥2,470 |
| 126 | ￥5,142,000 | ￥428,500 | ￥2,472 |
| 127 | ￥5,145,600 | ￥428,800 | ￥2,474 |
| 128 | ￥5,148,000 | ￥429,000 | ￥2,475 |
| 129 | ￥5,150,400 | ￥429,200 | ￥2,476 |
| 130 | ￥5,154,000 | ￥429,500 | ￥2,478 |
| 131 | ￥5,157,600 | ￥429,800 | ￥2,480 |
| 132 | ￥5,160,000 | ￥430,000 | ￥2,481 |
| 133 | ￥5,162,400 | ￥430,200 | ￥2,482 |
| 134 | ￥5,166,000 | ￥430,500 | ￥2,484 |
| 135 | ￥5,169,600 | ￥430,800 | ￥2,485 |
| 136 | ￥5,172,000 | ￥431,000 | ￥2,487 |
| 137 | ￥5,174,400 | ￥431,200 | ￥2,488 |
| 138 | ￥5,178,000 | ￥431,500 | ￥2,489 |
| 139 | ￥5,181,600 | ￥431,800 | ￥2,491 |
| 140 | ￥5,184,000 | ￥432,000 | ￥2,492 |
| 141 | ￥5,186,400 | ￥432,200 | ￥2,493 |
| 142 | ￥5,190,000 | ￥432,500 | ￥2,495 |
| 143 | ￥5,193,600 | ￥432,800 | ￥2,497 |
| 144 | ￥5,196,000 | ￥433,000 | ￥2,498 |
| 145 | ￥5,198,400 | ￥433,200 | ￥2,499 |
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 MODCIV-1 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 | +￥1,169,100 | +￥1,949,400 |
| MODCIV-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,286,700 | ￥7,147,800 |
Frequently asked
How much does a MODCIV-1 make in the Japan federal government?
A MODCIV-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,117,600 and ￥5,198,400 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the MODCIV-1 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.