MR1-6 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
海事職（一） 6級 — Maritime I. Maritime officers (Coast Guard sea-going).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥5,719,200 | ￥476,600 | ￥2,750 |
| 2 | ￥5,740,800 | ￥478,400 | ￥2,760 |
| 3 | ￥5,762,400 | ￥480,200 | ￥2,770 |
| 4 | ￥5,784,000 | ￥482,000 | ￥2,781 |
| 5 | ￥5,805,600 | ￥483,800 | ￥2,791 |
| 6 | ￥5,826,000 | ￥485,500 | ￥2,801 |
| 7 | ￥5,846,400 | ￥487,200 | ￥2,811 |
| 8 | ￥5,865,600 | ￥488,800 | ￥2,820 |
| 9 | ￥5,882,400 | ￥490,200 | ￥2,828 |
| 10 | ￥5,896,800 | ￥491,400 | ￥2,835 |
| 11 | ￥5,911,200 | ￥492,600 | ￥2,842 |
| 12 | ￥5,923,200 | ￥493,600 | ￥2,848 |
| 13 | ￥5,934,000 | ￥494,500 | ￥2,853 |
| 14 | ￥5,946,000 | ￥495,500 | ￥2,859 |
| 15 | ￥5,958,000 | ￥496,500 | ￥2,864 |
| 16 | ￥5,968,800 | ￥497,400 | ￥2,870 |
| 17 | ￥5,972,400 | ￥497,700 | ￥2,871 |
| 18 | ￥5,983,200 | ￥498,600 | ￥2,877 |
| 19 | ￥5,992,800 | ￥499,400 | ￥2,881 |
| 20 | ￥6,003,600 | ￥500,300 | ￥2,886 |
| 21 | ￥6,014,400 | ￥501,200 | ￥2,892 |
| 22 | ￥6,025,200 | ￥502,100 | ￥2,897 |
| 23 | ￥6,036,000 | ￥503,000 | ￥2,902 |
| 24 | ￥6,046,800 | ￥503,900 | ￥2,907 |
| 25 | ￥6,056,400 | ￥504,700 | ￥2,912 |
| 26 | ￥6,064,800 | ￥505,400 | ￥2,916 |
| 27 | ￥6,072,000 | ￥506,000 | ￥2,919 |
| 28 | ￥6,079,200 | ￥506,600 | ￥2,923 |
| 29 | ￥6,085,200 | ￥507,100 | ￥2,926 |
| 30 | ￥6,091,200 | ￥507,600 | ￥2,928 |
| 31 | ￥6,098,400 | ￥508,200 | ￥2,932 |
| 32 | ￥6,105,600 | ￥508,800 | ￥2,935 |
| 33 | ￥6,109,200 | ￥509,100 | ￥2,937 |
| 34 | ￥6,115,200 | ￥509,600 | ￥2,940 |
| 35 | ￥6,121,200 | ￥510,100 | ￥2,943 |
| 36 | ￥6,127,200 | ￥510,600 | ￥2,946 |
| 37 | ￥6,133,200 | ￥511,100 | ￥2,949 |
| 38 | ￥6,140,400 | ￥511,700 | ￥2,952 |
| 39 | ￥6,144,000 | ￥512,000 | ￥2,954 |
| 40 | ￥6,151,200 | ￥512,600 | ￥2,957 |
| 41 | ￥6,157,200 | ￥513,100 | ￥2,960 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the MR1-6 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 | +￥2,144,700 | +￥2,308,950 |
| MR1-6 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥7,863,900 | ￥8,466,150 |
Frequently asked
A MR1-6 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,719,200 and ￥6,157,200 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.