SP-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門行政職 1級 — Specialist Administration. Patent examiners, air-traffic controllers, and similar specialists.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥2,649,600 | ￥220,800 | ￥1,274 |
| 2 | ￥2,670,000 | ￥222,500 | ￥1,284 |
| 3 | ￥2,690,400 | ￥224,200 | ￥1,293 |
| 4 | ￥2,709,600 | ￥225,800 | ￥1,303 |
| 5 | ￥2,728,800 | ￥227,400 | ￥1,312 |
| 6 | ￥2,746,800 | ￥228,900 | ￥1,321 |
| 7 | ￥2,763,600 | ￥230,300 | ￥1,329 |
| 8 | ￥2,780,400 | ￥231,700 | ￥1,337 |
| 9 | ￥2,793,600 | ￥232,800 | ￥1,343 |
| 10 | ￥2,811,600 | ￥234,300 | ￥1,352 |
| 11 | ￥2,828,400 | ￥235,700 | ￥1,360 |
| 12 | ￥2,845,200 | ￥237,100 | ￥1,368 |
| 13 | ￥2,860,800 | ￥238,400 | ￥1,375 |
| 14 | ￥2,876,400 | ￥239,700 | ￥1,383 |
| 15 | ￥2,892,000 | ￥241,000 | ￥1,390 |
| 16 | ￥2,906,400 | ￥242,200 | ￥1,397 |
| 17 | ￥2,920,800 | ￥243,400 | ￥1,404 |
| 18 | ￥2,936,400 | ￥244,700 | ￥1,412 |
| 19 | ￥2,952,000 | ￥246,000 | ￥1,419 |
| 20 | ￥2,967,600 | ￥247,300 | ￥1,427 |
| 21 | ￥2,985,600 | ￥248,800 | ￥1,435 |
| 22 | ￥3,002,400 | ￥250,200 | ￥1,443 |
| 23 | ￥3,019,200 | ￥251,600 | ￥1,452 |
| 24 | ￥3,036,000 | ￥253,000 | ￥1,460 |
| 25 | ￥3,051,600 | ￥254,300 | ￥1,467 |
| 26 | ￥3,067,200 | ￥255,600 | ￥1,475 |
| 27 | ￥3,084,000 | ￥257,000 | ￥1,483 |
| 28 | ￥3,098,400 | ￥258,200 | ￥1,490 |
| 29 | ￥3,114,000 | ￥259,500 | ￥1,497 |
| 30 | ￥3,128,400 | ￥260,700 | ￥1,504 |
| 31 | ￥3,141,600 | ￥261,800 | ￥1,510 |
| 32 | ￥3,154,800 | ￥262,900 | ￥1,517 |
| 33 | ￥3,166,800 | ￥263,900 | ￥1,523 |
| 34 | ￥3,180,000 | ￥265,000 | ￥1,529 |
| 35 | ￥3,193,200 | ￥266,100 | ￥1,535 |
| 36 | ￥3,206,400 | ￥267,200 | ￥1,542 |
| 37 | ￥3,218,400 | ￥268,200 | ￥1,547 |
| 38 | ￥3,229,200 | ￥269,100 | ￥1,553 |
| 39 | ￥3,240,000 | ￥270,000 | ￥1,558 |
| 40 | ￥3,249,600 | ￥270,800 | ￥1,562 |
| 41 | ￥3,259,200 | ￥271,600 | ￥1,567 |
| 42 | ￥3,270,000 | ￥272,500 | ￥1,572 |
| 43 | ￥3,278,400 | ￥273,200 | ￥1,576 |
| 44 | ￥3,289,200 | ￥274,100 | ￥1,581 |
| 45 | ￥3,298,800 | ￥274,900 | ￥1,586 |
| 46 | ￥3,309,600 | ￥275,800 | ￥1,591 |
| 47 | ￥3,319,200 | ￥276,600 | ￥1,596 |
| 48 | ￥3,327,600 | ￥277,300 | ￥1,600 |
| 49 | ￥3,336,000 | ￥278,000 | ￥1,604 |
| 50 | ￥3,345,600 | ￥278,800 | ￥1,608 |
| 51 | ￥3,355,200 | ￥279,600 | ￥1,613 |
| 52 | ￥3,362,400 | ￥280,200 | ￥1,617 |
| 53 | ￥3,370,800 | ￥280,900 | ￥1,621 |
| 54 | ￥3,380,400 | ￥281,700 | ￥1,625 |
| 55 | ￥3,388,800 | ￥282,400 | ￥1,629 |
| 56 | ￥3,396,000 | ￥283,000 | ￥1,633 |
| 57 | ￥3,404,400 | ￥283,700 | ￥1,637 |
| 58 | ￥3,412,800 | ￥284,400 | ￥1,641 |
| 59 | ￥3,420,000 | ￥285,000 | ￥1,644 |
| 60 | ￥3,428,400 | ￥285,700 | ￥1,648 |
| 61 | ￥3,435,600 | ￥286,300 | ￥1,652 |
| 62 | ￥3,444,000 | ￥287,000 | ￥1,656 |
| 63 | ￥3,452,400 | ￥287,700 | ￥1,660 |
| 64 | ￥3,458,400 | ￥288,200 | ￥1,663 |
| 65 | ￥3,465,600 | ￥288,800 | ￥1,666 |
| 66 | ￥3,472,800 | ￥289,400 | ￥1,670 |
| 67 | ￥3,481,200 | ￥290,100 | ￥1,674 |
| 68 | ￥3,488,400 | ￥290,700 | ￥1,677 |
| 69 | ￥3,495,600 | ￥291,300 | ￥1,681 |
| 70 | ￥3,502,800 | ￥291,900 | ￥1,684 |
| 71 | ￥3,511,200 | ￥292,600 | ￥1,688 |
| 72 | ￥3,518,400 | ￥293,200 | ￥1,692 |
| 73 | ￥3,524,400 | ￥293,700 | ￥1,694 |
| 74 | ￥3,531,600 | ￥294,300 | ￥1,698 |
| 75 | ￥3,538,800 | ￥294,900 | ￥1,701 |
| 76 | ￥3,546,000 | ￥295,500 | ￥1,705 |
| 77 | ￥3,553,200 | ￥296,100 | ￥1,708 |
| 78 | ￥3,559,200 | ￥296,600 | ￥1,711 |
| 79 | ￥3,565,200 | ￥297,100 | ￥1,714 |
| 80 | ￥3,572,400 | ￥297,700 | ￥1,718 |
| 81 | ￥3,578,400 | ￥298,200 | ￥1,720 |
| 82 | ￥3,585,600 | ￥298,800 | ￥1,724 |
| 83 | ￥3,592,800 | ￥299,400 | ￥1,727 |
| 84 | ￥3,598,800 | ￥299,900 | ￥1,730 |
| 85 | ￥3,603,600 | ￥300,300 | ￥1,733 |
| 86 | ￥3,610,800 | ￥300,900 | ￥1,736 |
| 87 | ￥3,616,800 | ￥301,400 | ￥1,739 |
| 88 | ￥3,622,800 | ￥301,900 | ￥1,742 |
| 89 | ￥3,628,800 | ￥302,400 | ￥1,745 |
| 90 | ￥3,633,600 | ￥302,800 | ￥1,747 |
| 91 | ￥3,637,200 | ￥303,100 | ￥1,749 |
| 92 | ￥3,642,000 | ￥303,500 | ￥1,751 |
| 93 | ￥3,646,800 | ￥303,900 | ￥1,753 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SP-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 | +￥993,600 | +￥1,367,550 |
| SP-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥3,643,200 | ￥5,014,350 |
Frequently asked
A SP-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥2,649,600 and ￥3,646,800 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.