RS-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
研究職 3級 — Research. Researchers at national research institutes.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥4,066,800 | ￥338,900 | ￥1,955 |
| 2 | ￥4,090,800 | ￥340,900 | ￥1,967 |
| 3 | ￥4,114,800 | ￥342,900 | ￥1,978 |
| 4 | ￥4,137,600 | ￥344,800 | ￥1,989 |
| 5 | ￥4,159,200 | ￥346,600 | ￥2,000 |
| 6 | ￥4,183,200 | ￥348,600 | ￥2,011 |
| 7 | ￥4,206,000 | ￥350,500 | ￥2,022 |
| 8 | ￥4,228,800 | ￥352,400 | ￥2,033 |
| 9 | ￥4,249,200 | ￥354,100 | ￥2,043 |
| 10 | ￥4,268,400 | ￥355,700 | ￥2,052 |
| 11 | ￥4,286,400 | ￥357,200 | ￥2,061 |
| 12 | ￥4,305,600 | ￥358,800 | ￥2,070 |
| 13 | ￥4,324,800 | ￥360,400 | ￥2,079 |
| 14 | ￥4,336,800 | ￥361,400 | ￥2,085 |
| 15 | ￥4,348,800 | ￥362,400 | ￥2,091 |
| 16 | ￥4,359,600 | ￥363,300 | ￥2,096 |
| 17 | ￥4,372,800 | ￥364,400 | ￥2,102 |
| 18 | ￥4,387,200 | ￥365,600 | ￥2,109 |
| 19 | ￥4,401,600 | ￥366,800 | ￥2,116 |
| 20 | ￥4,416,000 | ￥368,000 | ￥2,123 |
| 21 | ￥4,430,400 | ￥369,200 | ￥2,130 |
| 22 | ￥4,443,600 | ￥370,300 | ￥2,136 |
| 23 | ￥4,455,600 | ￥371,300 | ￥2,142 |
| 24 | ￥4,467,600 | ￥372,300 | ￥2,148 |
| 25 | ￥4,480,800 | ￥373,400 | ￥2,154 |
| 26 | ￥4,492,800 | ￥374,400 | ￥2,160 |
| 27 | ￥4,503,600 | ￥375,300 | ￥2,165 |
| 28 | ￥4,515,600 | ￥376,300 | ￥2,171 |
| 29 | ￥4,526,400 | ￥377,200 | ￥2,176 |
| 30 | ￥4,536,000 | ￥378,000 | ￥2,181 |
| 31 | ￥4,545,600 | ￥378,800 | ￥2,185 |
| 32 | ￥4,555,200 | ￥379,600 | ￥2,190 |
| 33 | ￥4,563,600 | ￥380,300 | ￥2,194 |
| 34 | ￥4,572,000 | ￥381,000 | ￥2,198 |
| 35 | ￥4,581,600 | ￥381,800 | ￥2,203 |
| 36 | ￥4,591,200 | ￥382,600 | ￥2,207 |
| 37 | ￥4,599,600 | ￥383,300 | ￥2,211 |
| 38 | ￥4,608,000 | ￥384,000 | ￥2,215 |
| 39 | ￥4,617,600 | ￥384,800 | ￥2,220 |
| 40 | ￥4,627,200 | ￥385,600 | ￥2,225 |
| 41 | ￥4,636,800 | ￥386,400 | ￥2,229 |
| 42 | ￥4,651,200 | ￥387,600 | ￥2,236 |
| 43 | ￥4,665,600 | ￥388,800 | ￥2,243 |
| 44 | ￥4,680,000 | ￥390,000 | ￥2,250 |
| 45 | ￥4,688,400 | ￥390,700 | ￥2,254 |
| 46 | ￥4,700,400 | ￥391,700 | ￥2,260 |
| 47 | ￥4,710,000 | ￥392,500 | ￥2,264 |
| 48 | ￥4,718,400 | ￥393,200 | ￥2,268 |
| 49 | ￥4,726,800 | ￥393,900 | ￥2,273 |
| 50 | ￥4,735,200 | ￥394,600 | ￥2,277 |
| 51 | ￥4,742,400 | ￥395,200 | ￥2,280 |
| 52 | ￥4,749,600 | ￥395,800 | ￥2,283 |
| 53 | ￥4,756,800 | ￥396,400 | ￥2,287 |
| 54 | ￥4,765,200 | ￥397,100 | ￥2,291 |
| 55 | ￥4,774,800 | ￥397,900 | ￥2,296 |
| 56 | ￥4,784,400 | ￥398,700 | ￥2,300 |
| 57 | ￥4,791,600 | ￥399,300 | ￥2,304 |
| 58 | ￥4,801,200 | ￥400,100 | ￥2,308 |
| 59 | ￥4,809,600 | ￥400,800 | ￥2,312 |
| 60 | ￥4,818,000 | ￥401,500 | ￥2,316 |
| 61 | ￥4,825,200 | ￥402,100 | ￥2,320 |
| 62 | ￥4,833,600 | ￥402,800 | ￥2,324 |
| 63 | ￥4,840,800 | ￥403,400 | ￥2,327 |
| 64 | ￥4,849,200 | ￥404,100 | ￥2,331 |
| 65 | ￥4,857,600 | ￥404,800 | ￥2,335 |
| 66 | ￥4,864,800 | ￥405,400 | ￥2,339 |
| 67 | ￥4,872,000 | ￥406,000 | ￥2,342 |
| 68 | ￥4,880,400 | ￥406,700 | ￥2,346 |
| 69 | ￥4,888,800 | ￥407,400 | ￥2,350 |
| 70 | ￥4,894,800 | ￥407,900 | ￥2,353 |
| 71 | ￥4,902,000 | ￥408,500 | ￥2,357 |
| 72 | ￥4,909,200 | ￥409,100 | ￥2,360 |
| 73 | ￥4,915,200 | ￥409,600 | ￥2,363 |
| 74 | ￥4,922,400 | ￥410,200 | ￥2,367 |
| 75 | ￥4,929,600 | ￥410,800 | ￥2,370 |
| 76 | ￥4,935,600 | ￥411,300 | ￥2,373 |
| 77 | ￥4,941,600 | ￥411,800 | ￥2,376 |
| 78 | ￥4,947,600 | ￥412,300 | ￥2,379 |
| 79 | ￥4,953,600 | ￥412,800 | ￥2,382 |
| 80 | ￥4,962,000 | ￥413,500 | ￥2,386 |
| 81 | ￥4,966,800 | ￥413,900 | ￥2,388 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the RS-3 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 | +￥1,525,050 | +￥1,862,550 |
| RS-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,591,850 | ￥6,829,350 |
Frequently asked
A RS-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,066,800 and ￥4,966,800 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.