SP-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門行政職 2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 | ￥3,392,400 | ￥282,700 | ￥1,631 |
| 2 | ￥3,411,600 | ￥284,300 | ￥1,640 |
| 3 | ￥3,429,600 | ￥285,800 | ￥1,649 |
| 4 | ￥3,447,600 | ￥287,300 | ￥1,658 |
| 5 | ￥3,465,600 | ￥288,800 | ￥1,666 |
| 6 | ￥3,480,000 | ￥290,000 | ￥1,673 |
| 7 | ￥3,494,400 | ￥291,200 | ￥1,680 |
| 8 | ￥3,508,800 | ￥292,400 | ￥1,687 |
| 9 | ￥3,523,200 | ￥293,600 | ￥1,694 |
| 10 | ￥3,541,200 | ￥295,100 | ￥1,703 |
| 11 | ￥3,560,400 | ￥296,700 | ￥1,712 |
| 12 | ￥3,578,400 | ￥298,200 | ￥1,720 |
| 13 | ￥3,595,200 | ￥299,600 | ￥1,728 |
| 14 | ￥3,613,200 | ￥301,100 | ￥1,737 |
| 15 | ￥3,632,400 | ￥302,700 | ￥1,746 |
| 16 | ￥3,650,400 | ￥304,200 | ￥1,755 |
| 17 | ￥3,669,600 | ￥305,800 | ￥1,764 |
| 18 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 19 | ￥3,709,200 | ￥309,100 | ￥1,783 |
| 20 | ￥3,727,200 | ￥310,600 | ￥1,792 |
| 21 | ￥3,744,000 | ￥312,000 | ￥1,800 |
| 22 | ￥3,763,200 | ￥313,600 | ￥1,809 |
| 23 | ￥3,780,000 | ￥315,000 | ￥1,817 |
| 24 | ￥3,798,000 | ￥316,500 | ￥1,826 |
| 25 | ￥3,816,000 | ￥318,000 | ￥1,835 |
| 26 | ￥3,830,400 | ￥319,200 | ￥1,842 |
| 27 | ￥3,844,800 | ￥320,400 | ￥1,848 |
| 28 | ￥3,858,000 | ￥321,500 | ￥1,855 |
| 29 | ￥3,872,400 | ￥322,700 | ￥1,862 |
| 30 | ￥3,885,600 | ￥323,800 | ￥1,868 |
| 31 | ￥3,898,800 | ￥324,900 | ￥1,874 |
| 32 | ￥3,912,000 | ￥326,000 | ￥1,881 |
| 33 | ￥3,922,800 | ￥326,900 | ￥1,886 |
| 34 | ￥3,936,000 | ￥328,000 | ￥1,892 |
| 35 | ￥3,949,200 | ￥329,100 | ￥1,899 |
| 36 | ￥3,961,200 | ￥330,100 | ￥1,904 |
| 37 | ￥3,973,200 | ￥331,100 | ￥1,910 |
| 38 | ￥3,986,400 | ￥332,200 | ￥1,917 |
| 39 | ￥3,999,600 | ￥333,300 | ￥1,923 |
| 40 | ￥4,011,600 | ￥334,300 | ￥1,929 |
| 41 | ￥4,023,600 | ￥335,300 | ￥1,934 |
| 42 | ￥4,035,600 | ￥336,300 | ￥1,940 |
| 43 | ￥4,048,800 | ￥337,400 | ￥1,947 |
| 44 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 45 | ￥4,074,000 | ￥339,500 | ￥1,959 |
| 46 | ￥4,084,800 | ￥340,400 | ￥1,964 |
| 47 | ￥4,095,600 | ￥341,300 | ￥1,969 |
| 48 | ￥4,105,200 | ￥342,100 | ￥1,974 |
| 49 | ￥4,112,400 | ￥342,700 | ￥1,977 |
| 50 | ￥4,120,800 | ￥343,400 | ￥1,981 |
| 51 | ￥4,129,200 | ￥344,100 | ￥1,985 |
| 52 | ￥4,136,400 | ￥344,700 | ￥1,989 |
| 53 | ￥4,143,600 | ￥345,300 | ￥1,992 |
| 54 | ￥4,150,800 | ￥345,900 | ￥1,996 |
| 55 | ￥4,158,000 | ￥346,500 | ￥1,999 |
| 56 | ￥4,165,200 | ￥347,100 | ￥2,003 |
| 57 | ￥4,172,400 | ￥347,700 | ￥2,006 |
| 58 | ￥4,178,400 | ￥348,200 | ￥2,009 |
| 59 | ￥4,184,400 | ￥348,700 | ￥2,012 |
| 60 | ￥4,190,400 | ￥349,200 | ￥2,015 |
| 61 | ￥4,195,200 | ￥349,600 | ￥2,017 |
| 62 | ￥4,197,600 | ￥349,800 | ￥2,018 |
| 63 | ￥4,201,200 | ￥350,100 | ￥2,020 |
| 64 | ￥4,207,200 | ￥350,600 | ￥2,023 |
| 65 | ￥4,210,800 | ￥350,900 | ￥2,024 |
| 66 | ￥4,215,600 | ￥351,300 | ￥2,027 |
| 67 | ￥4,220,400 | ￥351,700 | ￥2,029 |
| 68 | ￥4,225,200 | ￥352,100 | ￥2,031 |
| 69 | ￥4,230,000 | ￥352,500 | ￥2,034 |
| 70 | ￥4,236,000 | ￥353,000 | ￥2,037 |
| 71 | ￥4,242,000 | ￥353,500 | ￥2,039 |
| 72 | ￥4,246,800 | ￥353,900 | ￥2,042 |
| 73 | ￥4,249,200 | ￥354,100 | ￥2,043 |
| 74 | ￥4,254,000 | ￥354,500 | ￥2,045 |
| 75 | ￥4,258,800 | ￥354,900 | ￥2,048 |
| 76 | ￥4,263,600 | ￥355,300 | ￥2,050 |
| 77 | ￥4,267,200 | ￥355,600 | ￥2,052 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SP-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 | +￥1,272,150 | +￥1,600,200 |
| SP-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,664,550 | ￥5,867,400 |
Frequently asked
A SP-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,392,400 and ￥4,267,200 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.