Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
RS-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
研究職 2級 — Research. Researchers at national research institutes.
2026 salary range
￥2,961,600 – ￥4,315,200
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 | ￥2,961,600 | ￥246,800 | ￥1,424 |
| 2 | ￥3,013,200 | ￥251,100 | ￥1,449 |
| 3 | ￥3,046,800 | ￥253,900 | ￥1,465 |
| 4 | ￥3,079,200 | ￥256,600 | ￥1,480 |
| 5 | ￥3,110,400 | ￥259,200 | ￥1,495 |
| 6 | ￥3,130,800 | ￥260,900 | ￥1,505 |
| 7 | ￥3,148,800 | ￥262,400 | ￥1,514 |
| 8 | ￥3,166,800 | ￥263,900 | ￥1,523 |
| 9 | ￥3,184,800 | ￥265,400 | ￥1,531 |
| 10 | ￥3,208,800 | ￥267,400 | ￥1,543 |
| 11 | ￥3,231,600 | ￥269,300 | ￥1,554 |
| 12 | ￥3,254,400 | ￥271,200 | ￥1,565 |
| 13 | ￥3,278,400 | ￥273,200 | ￥1,576 |
| 14 | ￥3,304,800 | ￥275,400 | ￥1,589 |
| 15 | ￥3,331,200 | ￥277,600 | ￥1,602 |
| 16 | ￥3,357,600 | ￥279,800 | ￥1,614 |
| 17 | ￥3,382,800 | ￥281,900 | ￥1,626 |
| 18 | ￥3,410,400 | ￥284,200 | ￥1,640 |
| 19 | ￥3,438,000 | ￥286,500 | ￥1,653 |
| 20 | ￥3,466,800 | ￥288,900 | ￥1,667 |
| 21 | ￥3,494,400 | ￥291,200 | ￥1,680 |
| 22 | ￥3,519,600 | ￥293,300 | ￥1,692 |
| 23 | ￥3,544,800 | ￥295,400 | ￥1,704 |
| 24 | ￥3,568,800 | ￥297,400 | ￥1,716 |
| 25 | ￥3,592,800 | ￥299,400 | ￥1,727 |
| 26 | ￥3,615,600 | ￥301,300 | ￥1,738 |
| 27 | ￥3,638,400 | ￥303,200 | ￥1,749 |
| 28 | ￥3,661,200 | ￥305,100 | ￥1,760 |
| 29 | ￥3,684,000 | ￥307,000 | ￥1,771 |
| 30 | ￥3,702,000 | ￥308,500 | ￥1,780 |
| 31 | ￥3,720,000 | ￥310,000 | ￥1,788 |
| 32 | ￥3,738,000 | ￥311,500 | ￥1,797 |
| 33 | ￥3,756,000 | ￥313,000 | ￥1,806 |
| 34 | ￥3,774,000 | ￥314,500 | ￥1,814 |
| 35 | ￥3,792,000 | ￥316,000 | ￥1,823 |
| 36 | ￥3,808,800 | ￥317,400 | ￥1,831 |
| 37 | ￥3,825,600 | ￥318,800 | ￥1,839 |
| 38 | ￥3,836,400 | ￥319,700 | ￥1,844 |
| 39 | ￥3,847,200 | ￥320,600 | ￥1,850 |
| 40 | ￥3,856,800 | ￥321,400 | ￥1,854 |
| 41 | ￥3,865,200 | ￥322,100 | ￥1,858 |
| 42 | ￥3,871,200 | ￥322,600 | ￥1,861 |
| 43 | ￥3,877,200 | ￥323,100 | ￥1,864 |
| 44 | ￥3,882,000 | ￥323,500 | ￥1,866 |
| 45 | ￥3,886,800 | ￥323,900 | ￥1,869 |
| 46 | ￥3,892,800 | ￥324,400 | ￥1,872 |
| 47 | ￥3,898,800 | ￥324,900 | ￥1,874 |
| 48 | ￥3,903,600 | ￥325,300 | ￥1,877 |
| 49 | ￥3,908,400 | ￥325,700 | ￥1,879 |
| 50 | ￥3,913,200 | ￥326,100 | ￥1,881 |
| 51 | ￥3,916,800 | ￥326,400 | ￥1,883 |
| 52 | ￥3,922,800 | ￥326,900 | ￥1,886 |
| 53 | ￥3,927,600 | ￥327,300 | ￥1,888 |
| 54 | ￥3,932,400 | ￥327,700 | ￥1,891 |
| 55 | ￥3,937,200 | ￥328,100 | ￥1,893 |
| 56 | ￥3,940,800 | ￥328,400 | ￥1,895 |
| 57 | ￥3,945,600 | ￥328,800 | ￥1,897 |
| 58 | ￥3,949,200 | ￥329,100 | ￥1,899 |
| 59 | ￥3,954,000 | ￥329,500 | ￥1,901 |
| 60 | ￥3,957,600 | ￥329,800 | ￥1,903 |
| 61 | ￥3,962,400 | ￥330,200 | ￥1,905 |
| 62 | ￥3,968,400 | ￥330,700 | ￥1,908 |
| 63 | ￥3,975,600 | ￥331,300 | ￥1,911 |
| 64 | ￥3,981,600 | ￥331,800 | ￥1,914 |
| 65 | ￥3,986,400 | ￥332,200 | ￥1,917 |
| 66 | ￥3,993,600 | ￥332,800 | ￥1,920 |
| 67 | ￥3,999,600 | ￥333,300 | ￥1,923 |
| 68 | ￥4,006,800 | ￥333,900 | ￥1,926 |
| 69 | ￥4,012,800 | ￥334,400 | ￥1,929 |
| 70 | ￥4,018,800 | ￥334,900 | ￥1,932 |
| 71 | ￥4,024,800 | ￥335,400 | ￥1,935 |
| 72 | ￥4,032,000 | ￥336,000 | ￥1,938 |
| 73 | ￥4,038,000 | ￥336,500 | ￥1,941 |
| 74 | ￥4,046,400 | ￥337,200 | ￥1,945 |
| 75 | ￥4,054,800 | ￥337,900 | ￥1,949 |
| 76 | ￥4,063,200 | ￥338,600 | ￥1,953 |
| 77 | ￥4,070,400 | ￥339,200 | ￥1,957 |
| 78 | ￥4,077,600 | ￥339,800 | ￥1,960 |
| 79 | ￥4,086,000 | ￥340,500 | ￥1,964 |
| 80 | ￥4,094,400 | ￥341,200 | ￥1,968 |
| 81 | ￥4,102,800 | ￥341,900 | ￥1,973 |
| 82 | ￥4,111,200 | ￥342,600 | ￥1,977 |
| 83 | ￥4,118,400 | ￥343,200 | ￥1,980 |
| 84 | ￥4,125,600 | ￥343,800 | ￥1,983 |
| 85 | ￥4,131,600 | ￥344,300 | ￥1,986 |
| 86 | ￥4,137,600 | ￥344,800 | ￥1,989 |
| 87 | ￥4,142,400 | ￥345,200 | ￥1,992 |
| 88 | ￥4,147,200 | ￥345,600 | ￥1,994 |
| 89 | ￥4,150,800 | ￥345,900 | ￥1,996 |
| 90 | ￥4,156,800 | ￥346,400 | ￥1,998 |
| 91 | ￥4,160,400 | ￥346,700 | ￥2,000 |
| 92 | ￥4,165,200 | ￥347,100 | ￥2,003 |
| 93 | ￥4,168,800 | ￥347,400 | ￥2,004 |
| 94 | ￥4,172,400 | ￥347,700 | ￥2,006 |
| 95 | ￥4,177,200 | ￥348,100 | ￥2,008 |
| 96 | ￥4,182,000 | ￥348,500 | ￥2,011 |
| 97 | ￥4,188,000 | ￥349,000 | ￥2,013 |
| 98 | ￥4,194,000 | ￥349,500 | ￥2,016 |
| 99 | ￥4,200,000 | ￥350,000 | ￥2,019 |
| 100 | ￥4,206,000 | ￥350,500 | ￥2,022 |
| 101 | ￥4,212,000 | ￥351,000 | ￥2,025 |
| 102 | ￥4,218,000 | ￥351,500 | ￥2,028 |
| 103 | ￥4,222,800 | ￥351,900 | ￥2,030 |
| 104 | ￥4,228,800 | ￥352,400 | ￥2,033 |
| 105 | ￥4,233,600 | ￥352,800 | ￥2,035 |
| 106 | ￥4,238,400 | ￥353,200 | ￥2,038 |
| 107 | ￥4,244,400 | ￥353,700 | ￥2,041 |
| 108 | ￥4,249,200 | ￥354,100 | ￥2,043 |
| 109 | ￥4,255,200 | ￥354,600 | ￥2,046 |
| 110 | ￥4,260,000 | ￥355,000 | ￥2,048 |
| 111 | ￥4,264,800 | ￥355,400 | ￥2,050 |
| 112 | ￥4,269,600 | ￥355,800 | ￥2,053 |
| 113 | ￥4,275,600 | ￥356,300 | ￥2,056 |
| 114 | ￥4,280,400 | ￥356,700 | ￥2,058 |
| 115 | ￥4,285,200 | ￥357,100 | ￥2,060 |
| 116 | ￥4,290,000 | ￥357,500 | ￥2,063 |
| 117 | ￥4,296,000 | ￥358,000 | ￥2,065 |
| 118 | ￥4,300,800 | ￥358,400 | ￥2,068 |
| 119 | ￥4,305,600 | ￥358,800 | ￥2,070 |
| 120 | ￥4,310,400 | ￥359,200 | ￥2,072 |
| 121 | ￥4,315,200 | ￥359,600 | ￥2,075 |
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-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 | +￥1,110,600 | +￥1,618,200 |
| RS-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,072,200 | ￥5,933,400 |
Frequently asked
How much does a RS-2 make in the Japan federal government?
A RS-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥2,961,600 and ￥4,315,200 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-2 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.