MR1-5 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
海事職（一） 5級 — Maritime I. Maritime officers (Coast Guard sea-going).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥5,074,800 | ￥422,900 | ￥2,440 |
| 2 | ￥5,100,000 | ￥425,000 | ￥2,452 |
| 3 | ￥5,125,200 | ￥427,100 | ￥2,464 |
| 4 | ￥5,150,400 | ￥429,200 | ￥2,476 |
| 5 | ￥5,173,200 | ￥431,100 | ￥2,487 |
| 6 | ￥5,190,000 | ￥432,500 | ￥2,495 |
| 7 | ￥5,206,800 | ￥433,900 | ￥2,503 |
| 8 | ￥5,222,400 | ￥435,200 | ￥2,511 |
| 9 | ￥5,238,000 | ￥436,500 | ￥2,518 |
| 10 | ￥5,253,600 | ￥437,800 | ￥2,526 |
| 11 | ￥5,268,000 | ￥439,000 | ￥2,533 |
| 12 | ￥5,282,400 | ￥440,200 | ￥2,540 |
| 13 | ￥5,296,800 | ￥441,400 | ￥2,547 |
| 14 | ￥5,311,200 | ￥442,600 | ￥2,553 |
| 15 | ￥5,324,400 | ￥443,700 | ￥2,560 |
| 16 | ￥5,337,600 | ￥444,800 | ￥2,566 |
| 17 | ￥5,349,600 | ￥445,800 | ￥2,572 |
| 18 | ￥5,361,600 | ￥446,800 | ￥2,578 |
| 19 | ￥5,374,800 | ￥447,900 | ￥2,584 |
| 20 | ￥5,388,000 | ￥449,000 | ￥2,590 |
| 21 | ￥5,398,800 | ￥449,900 | ￥2,596 |
| 22 | ￥5,408,400 | ￥450,700 | ￥2,600 |
| 23 | ￥5,419,200 | ￥451,600 | ￥2,605 |
| 24 | ￥5,428,800 | ￥452,400 | ￥2,610 |
| 25 | ￥5,439,600 | ￥453,300 | ￥2,615 |
| 26 | ￥5,450,400 | ￥454,200 | ￥2,620 |
| 27 | ￥5,460,000 | ￥455,000 | ￥2,625 |
| 28 | ￥5,469,600 | ￥455,800 | ￥2,630 |
| 29 | ￥5,474,400 | ￥456,200 | ￥2,632 |
| 30 | ￥5,480,400 | ￥456,700 | ￥2,635 |
| 31 | ￥5,487,600 | ￥457,300 | ￥2,638 |
| 32 | ￥5,493,600 | ￥457,800 | ￥2,641 |
| 33 | ￥5,499,600 | ￥458,300 | ￥2,644 |
| 34 | ￥5,503,200 | ￥458,600 | ￥2,646 |
| 35 | ￥5,508,000 | ￥459,000 | ￥2,648 |
| 36 | ￥5,512,800 | ￥459,400 | ￥2,650 |
| 37 | ￥5,516,400 | ￥459,700 | ￥2,652 |
| 38 | ￥5,522,400 | ￥460,200 | ￥2,655 |
| 39 | ￥5,529,600 | ￥460,800 | ￥2,658 |
| 40 | ￥5,536,800 | ￥461,400 | ￥2,662 |
| 41 | ￥5,544,000 | ￥462,000 | ￥2,665 |
| 42 | ￥5,552,400 | ￥462,700 | ￥2,669 |
| 43 | ￥5,559,600 | ￥463,300 | ￥2,673 |
| 44 | ￥5,566,800 | ￥463,900 | ￥2,676 |
| 45 | ￥5,570,400 | ￥464,200 | ￥2,678 |
| 46 | ￥5,577,600 | ￥464,800 | ￥2,682 |
| 47 | ￥5,584,800 | ￥465,400 | ￥2,685 |
| 48 | ￥5,592,000 | ￥466,000 | ￥2,688 |
| 49 | ￥5,596,800 | ￥466,400 | ￥2,691 |
| 50 | ￥5,600,400 | ￥466,700 | ￥2,693 |
| 51 | ￥5,604,000 | ￥467,000 | ￥2,694 |
| 52 | ￥5,606,400 | ￥467,200 | ￥2,695 |
| 53 | ￥5,608,800 | ￥467,400 | ￥2,697 |
| 54 | ￥5,611,200 | ￥467,600 | ￥2,698 |
| 55 | ￥5,614,800 | ￥467,900 | ￥2,699 |
| 56 | ￥5,618,400 | ￥468,200 | ￥2,701 |
| 57 | ￥5,620,800 | ￥468,400 | ￥2,702 |
| 58 | ￥5,624,400 | ￥468,700 | ￥2,704 |
| 59 | ￥5,628,000 | ￥469,000 | ￥2,706 |
| 60 | ￥5,630,400 | ￥469,200 | ￥2,707 |
| 61 | ￥5,632,800 | ￥469,400 | ￥2,708 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MR1-5 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 | +￥1,903,050 | +￥2,112,300 |
| MR1-5 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,977,850 | ￥7,745,100 |
Frequently asked
A MR1-5 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,074,800 and ￥5,632,800 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.