Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
RS-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
研究職 1級 — Research. Researchers at national research institutes.
2026 salary range
￥2,354,400 – ￥3,762,000
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 | ￥2,354,400 | ￥196,200 | ￥1,132 |
| 2 | ￥2,367,600 | ￥197,300 | ￥1,138 |
| 3 | ￥2,382,000 | ￥198,500 | ￥1,145 |
| 4 | ￥2,395,200 | ￥199,600 | ￥1,152 |
| 5 | ￥2,408,400 | ￥200,700 | ￥1,158 |
| 6 | ￥2,434,800 | ￥202,900 | ￥1,171 |
| 7 | ￥2,460,000 | ￥205,000 | ￥1,183 |
| 8 | ￥2,485,200 | ￥207,100 | ￥1,195 |
| 9 | ￥2,510,400 | ￥209,200 | ￥1,207 |
| 10 | ￥2,534,400 | ￥211,200 | ￥1,218 |
| 11 | ￥2,558,400 | ￥213,200 | ￥1,230 |
| 12 | ￥2,582,400 | ￥215,200 | ￥1,242 |
| 13 | ￥2,606,400 | ￥217,200 | ￥1,253 |
| 14 | ￥2,629,200 | ￥219,100 | ￥1,264 |
| 15 | ￥2,652,000 | ￥221,000 | ￥1,275 |
| 16 | ￥2,673,600 | ￥222,800 | ￥1,285 |
| 17 | ￥2,694,000 | ￥224,500 | ￥1,295 |
| 18 | ￥2,715,600 | ￥226,300 | ￥1,306 |
| 19 | ￥2,737,200 | ￥228,100 | ￥1,316 |
| 20 | ￥2,758,800 | ￥229,900 | ￥1,326 |
| 21 | ￥2,780,400 | ￥231,700 | ￥1,337 |
| 22 | ￥2,802,000 | ￥233,500 | ￥1,347 |
| 23 | ￥2,822,400 | ￥235,200 | ￥1,357 |
| 24 | ￥2,842,800 | ￥236,900 | ￥1,367 |
| 25 | ￥2,863,200 | ￥238,600 | ￥1,377 |
| 26 | ￥2,888,400 | ￥240,700 | ￥1,389 |
| 27 | ￥2,911,200 | ￥242,600 | ￥1,400 |
| 28 | ￥2,934,000 | ￥244,500 | ￥1,411 |
| 29 | ￥2,956,800 | ￥246,400 | ￥1,422 |
| 30 | ￥2,970,000 | ￥247,500 | ￥1,428 |
| 31 | ￥2,983,200 | ￥248,600 | ￥1,434 |
| 32 | ￥2,996,400 | ￥249,700 | ￥1,441 |
| 33 | ￥3,013,200 | ￥251,100 | ￥1,449 |
| 34 | ￥3,028,800 | ￥252,400 | ￥1,456 |
| 35 | ￥3,045,600 | ￥253,800 | ￥1,464 |
| 36 | ￥3,062,400 | ￥255,200 | ￥1,472 |
| 37 | ￥3,079,200 | ￥256,600 | ￥1,480 |
| 38 | ￥3,097,200 | ￥258,100 | ￥1,489 |
| 39 | ￥3,115,200 | ￥259,600 | ￥1,498 |
| 40 | ￥3,134,400 | ￥261,200 | ￥1,507 |
| 41 | ￥3,151,200 | ￥262,600 | ￥1,515 |
| 42 | ￥3,166,800 | ￥263,900 | ￥1,523 |
| 43 | ￥3,183,600 | ￥265,300 | ￥1,531 |
| 44 | ￥3,200,400 | ￥266,700 | ￥1,539 |
| 45 | ￥3,218,400 | ￥268,200 | ￥1,547 |
| 46 | ￥3,234,000 | ￥269,500 | ￥1,555 |
| 47 | ￥3,248,400 | ￥270,700 | ￥1,562 |
| 48 | ￥3,262,800 | ￥271,900 | ￥1,569 |
| 49 | ￥3,277,200 | ￥273,100 | ￥1,576 |
| 50 | ￥3,290,400 | ￥274,200 | ￥1,582 |
| 51 | ￥3,303,600 | ￥275,300 | ￥1,588 |
| 52 | ￥3,316,800 | ￥276,400 | ￥1,595 |
| 53 | ￥3,328,800 | ￥277,400 | ￥1,600 |
| 54 | ￥3,342,000 | ￥278,500 | ￥1,607 |
| 55 | ￥3,354,000 | ￥279,500 | ￥1,613 |
| 56 | ￥3,366,000 | ￥280,500 | ￥1,618 |
| 57 | ￥3,378,000 | ￥281,500 | ￥1,624 |
| 58 | ￥3,386,400 | ￥282,200 | ￥1,628 |
| 59 | ￥3,392,400 | ￥282,700 | ￥1,631 |
| 60 | ￥3,399,600 | ￥283,300 | ￥1,634 |
| 61 | ￥3,406,800 | ￥283,900 | ￥1,638 |
| 62 | ￥3,414,000 | ￥284,500 | ￥1,641 |
| 63 | ￥3,421,200 | ￥285,100 | ￥1,645 |
| 64 | ￥3,427,200 | ￥285,600 | ￥1,648 |
| 65 | ￥3,434,400 | ￥286,200 | ￥1,651 |
| 66 | ￥3,440,400 | ￥286,700 | ￥1,654 |
| 67 | ￥3,447,600 | ￥287,300 | ￥1,658 |
| 68 | ￥3,453,600 | ￥287,800 | ￥1,660 |
| 69 | ￥3,460,800 | ￥288,400 | ￥1,664 |
| 70 | ￥3,469,200 | ￥289,100 | ￥1,668 |
| 71 | ￥3,476,400 | ￥289,700 | ￥1,671 |
| 72 | ￥3,483,600 | ￥290,300 | ￥1,675 |
| 73 | ￥3,490,800 | ￥290,900 | ￥1,678 |
| 74 | ￥3,498,000 | ￥291,500 | ￥1,682 |
| 75 | ￥3,505,200 | ￥292,100 | ￥1,685 |
| 76 | ￥3,513,600 | ￥292,800 | ￥1,689 |
| 77 | ￥3,520,800 | ￥293,400 | ￥1,693 |
| 78 | ￥3,529,200 | ￥294,100 | ￥1,697 |
| 79 | ￥3,537,600 | ￥294,800 | ￥1,701 |
| 80 | ￥3,543,600 | ￥295,300 | ￥1,704 |
| 81 | ￥3,550,800 | ￥295,900 | ￥1,707 |
| 82 | ￥3,558,000 | ￥296,500 | ￥1,711 |
| 83 | ￥3,566,400 | ￥297,200 | ￥1,715 |
| 84 | ￥3,573,600 | ￥297,800 | ￥1,718 |
| 85 | ￥3,579,600 | ￥298,300 | ￥1,721 |
| 86 | ￥3,586,800 | ￥298,900 | ￥1,724 |
| 87 | ￥3,595,200 | ￥299,600 | ￥1,728 |
| 88 | ￥3,602,400 | ￥300,200 | ￥1,732 |
| 89 | ￥3,608,400 | ￥300,700 | ￥1,735 |
| 90 | ￥3,615,600 | ￥301,300 | ￥1,738 |
| 91 | ￥3,624,000 | ￥302,000 | ￥1,742 |
| 92 | ￥3,631,200 | ￥302,600 | ￥1,746 |
| 93 | ￥3,638,400 | ￥303,200 | ￥1,749 |
| 94 | ￥3,645,600 | ￥303,800 | ￥1,753 |
| 95 | ￥3,652,800 | ￥304,400 | ￥1,756 |
| 96 | ￥3,660,000 | ￥305,000 | ￥1,760 |
| 97 | ￥3,663,600 | ￥305,300 | ￥1,761 |
| 98 | ￥3,669,600 | ￥305,800 | ￥1,764 |
| 99 | ￥3,676,800 | ￥306,400 | ￥1,768 |
| 100 | ￥3,682,800 | ￥306,900 | ￥1,771 |
| 101 | ￥3,687,600 | ￥307,300 | ￥1,773 |
| 102 | ￥3,692,400 | ￥307,700 | ￥1,775 |
| 103 | ￥3,696,000 | ￥308,000 | ￥1,777 |
| 104 | ￥3,700,800 | ￥308,400 | ￥1,779 |
| 105 | ￥3,705,600 | ￥308,800 | ￥1,782 |
| 106 | ￥3,710,400 | ￥309,200 | ￥1,784 |
| 107 | ￥3,715,200 | ￥309,600 | ￥1,786 |
| 108 | ￥3,718,800 | ￥309,900 | ￥1,788 |
| 109 | ￥3,721,200 | ￥310,100 | ￥1,789 |
| 110 | ￥3,726,000 | ￥310,500 | ￥1,791 |
| 111 | ￥3,729,600 | ￥310,800 | ￥1,793 |
| 112 | ￥3,732,000 | ￥311,000 | ￥1,794 |
| 113 | ￥3,735,600 | ￥311,300 | ￥1,796 |
| 114 | ￥3,739,200 | ￥311,600 | ￥1,798 |
| 115 | ￥3,742,800 | ￥311,900 | ￥1,799 |
| 116 | ￥3,746,400 | ￥312,200 | ￥1,801 |
| 117 | ￥3,748,800 | ￥312,400 | ￥1,802 |
| 118 | ￥3,752,400 | ￥312,700 | ￥1,804 |
| 119 | ￥3,754,800 | ￥312,900 | ￥1,805 |
| 120 | ￥3,758,400 | ￥313,200 | ￥1,807 |
| 121 | ￥3,762,000 | ￥313,500 | ￥1,809 |
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 RS-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 | +￥882,900 | +￥1,410,750 |
| RS-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥3,237,300 | ￥5,172,750 |
Frequently asked
How much does a RS-1 make in the Japan federal government?
A RS-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥2,354,400 and ￥3,762,000 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the RS-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.