MODCIV-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
防衛省事務官 2級 — Ministry of Defense civilian employee, Grade 2.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥4,672,800 | ￥389,400 | ￥2,247 |
| 2 | ￥4,690,800 | ￥390,900 | ￥2,255 |
| 3 | ￥4,707,600 | ￥392,300 | ￥2,263 |
| 4 | ￥4,724,400 | ￥393,700 | ￥2,271 |
| 5 | ￥4,741,200 | ￥395,100 | ￥2,279 |
| 6 | ￥4,758,000 | ￥396,500 | ￥2,288 |
| 7 | ￥4,776,000 | ￥398,000 | ￥2,296 |
| 8 | ￥4,792,800 | ￥399,400 | ￥2,304 |
| 9 | ￥4,808,400 | ￥400,700 | ￥2,312 |
| 10 | ￥4,825,200 | ￥402,100 | ￥2,320 |
| 11 | ￥4,843,200 | ￥403,600 | ￥2,328 |
| 12 | ￥4,861,200 | ￥405,100 | ￥2,337 |
| 13 | ￥4,876,800 | ￥406,400 | ￥2,345 |
| 14 | ￥4,894,800 | ￥407,900 | ￥2,353 |
| 15 | ￥4,912,800 | ￥409,400 | ￥2,362 |
| 16 | ￥4,930,800 | ￥410,900 | ￥2,371 |
| 17 | ￥4,947,600 | ￥412,300 | ￥2,379 |
| 18 | ￥4,966,800 | ￥413,900 | ￥2,388 |
| 19 | ￥4,986,000 | ￥415,500 | ￥2,397 |
| 20 | ￥5,004,000 | ￥417,000 | ￥2,406 |
| 21 | ￥5,018,400 | ￥418,200 | ￥2,413 |
| 22 | ￥5,035,200 | ￥419,600 | ￥2,421 |
| 23 | ￥5,052,000 | ￥421,000 | ￥2,429 |
| 24 | ￥5,067,600 | ￥422,300 | ￥2,436 |
| 25 | ￥5,086,800 | ￥423,900 | ￥2,446 |
| 26 | ￥5,103,600 | ￥425,300 | ￥2,454 |
| 27 | ￥5,119,200 | ￥426,600 | ￥2,461 |
| 28 | ￥5,136,000 | ￥428,000 | ￥2,469 |
| 29 | ￥5,152,800 | ￥429,400 | ￥2,477 |
| 30 | ￥5,168,400 | ￥430,700 | ￥2,485 |
| 31 | ￥5,186,400 | ￥432,200 | ￥2,493 |
| 32 | ￥5,204,400 | ￥433,700 | ￥2,502 |
| 33 | ￥5,223,600 | ￥435,300 | ￥2,511 |
| 34 | ￥5,240,400 | ￥436,700 | ￥2,519 |
| 35 | ￥5,259,600 | ￥438,300 | ￥2,529 |
| 36 | ￥5,277,600 | ￥439,800 | ￥2,537 |
| 37 | ￥5,298,000 | ￥441,500 | ￥2,547 |
| 38 | ￥5,316,000 | ￥443,000 | ￥2,556 |
| 39 | ￥5,335,200 | ￥444,600 | ￥2,565 |
| 40 | ￥5,354,400 | ￥446,200 | ￥2,574 |
| 41 | ￥5,372,400 | ￥447,700 | ￥2,583 |
| 42 | ￥5,390,400 | ￥449,200 | ￥2,592 |
| 43 | ￥5,404,800 | ￥450,400 | ￥2,598 |
| 44 | ￥5,419,200 | ￥451,600 | ￥2,605 |
| 45 | ￥5,433,600 | ￥452,800 | ￥2,612 |
| 46 | ￥5,449,200 | ￥454,100 | ￥2,620 |
| 47 | ￥5,463,600 | ￥455,300 | ￥2,627 |
| 48 | ￥5,478,000 | ￥456,500 | ￥2,634 |
| 49 | ￥5,491,200 | ￥457,600 | ￥2,640 |
| 50 | ￥5,505,600 | ￥458,800 | ￥2,647 |
| 51 | ￥5,520,000 | ￥460,000 | ￥2,654 |
| 52 | ￥5,534,400 | ￥461,200 | ￥2,661 |
| 53 | ￥5,548,800 | ￥462,400 | ￥2,668 |
| 54 | ￥5,563,200 | ￥463,600 | ￥2,675 |
| 55 | ￥5,577,600 | ￥464,800 | ￥2,682 |
| 56 | ￥5,592,000 | ￥466,000 | ￥2,688 |
| 57 | ￥5,605,200 | ￥467,100 | ￥2,695 |
| 58 | ￥5,612,400 | ￥467,700 | ￥2,698 |
| 59 | ￥5,618,400 | ￥468,200 | ￥2,701 |
| 60 | ￥5,624,400 | ￥468,700 | ￥2,704 |
| 61 | ￥5,630,400 | ￥469,200 | ￥2,707 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MODCIV-2 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 | +￥1,752,300 | +￥2,111,400 |
| MODCIV-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,425,100 | ￥7,741,800 |
Frequently asked
A MODCIV-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,672,800 and ￥5,630,400 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.