SP-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門行政職 3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 | ￥3,963,600 | ￥330,300 | ￥1,906 |
| 2 | ￥3,985,200 | ￥332,100 | ￥1,916 |
| 3 | ￥4,006,800 | ￥333,900 | ￥1,926 |
| 4 | ￥4,028,400 | ￥335,700 | ￥1,937 |
| 5 | ￥4,050,000 | ￥337,500 | ￥1,947 |
| 6 | ￥4,068,000 | ￥339,000 | ￥1,956 |
| 7 | ￥4,084,800 | ￥340,400 | ￥1,964 |
| 8 | ￥4,101,600 | ￥341,800 | ￥1,972 |
| 9 | ￥4,118,400 | ￥343,200 | ￥1,980 |
| 10 | ￥4,135,200 | ￥344,600 | ￥1,988 |
| 11 | ￥4,153,200 | ￥346,100 | ￥1,997 |
| 12 | ￥4,171,200 | ￥347,600 | ￥2,005 |
| 13 | ￥4,189,200 | ￥349,100 | ￥2,014 |
| 14 | ￥4,207,200 | ￥350,600 | ￥2,023 |
| 15 | ￥4,225,200 | ￥352,100 | ￥2,031 |
| 16 | ￥4,242,000 | ￥353,500 | ￥2,039 |
| 17 | ￥4,260,000 | ￥355,000 | ￥2,048 |
| 18 | ￥4,278,000 | ￥356,500 | ￥2,057 |
| 19 | ￥4,296,000 | ￥358,000 | ￥2,065 |
| 20 | ￥4,314,000 | ￥359,500 | ￥2,074 |
| 21 | ￥4,332,000 | ￥361,000 | ￥2,083 |
| 22 | ￥4,351,200 | ￥362,600 | ￥2,092 |
| 23 | ￥4,369,200 | ￥364,100 | ￥2,101 |
| 24 | ￥4,388,400 | ￥365,700 | ￥2,110 |
| 25 | ￥4,402,800 | ￥366,900 | ￥2,117 |
| 26 | ￥4,419,600 | ￥368,300 | ￥2,125 |
| 27 | ￥4,437,600 | ￥369,800 | ￥2,133 |
| 28 | ￥4,455,600 | ￥371,300 | ￥2,142 |
| 29 | ￥4,472,400 | ￥372,700 | ￥2,150 |
| 30 | ￥4,490,400 | ￥374,200 | ￥2,159 |
| 31 | ￥4,508,400 | ￥375,700 | ￥2,168 |
| 32 | ￥4,526,400 | ￥377,200 | ￥2,176 |
| 33 | ￥4,543,200 | ￥378,600 | ￥2,184 |
| 34 | ￥4,560,000 | ￥380,000 | ￥2,192 |
| 35 | ￥4,575,600 | ￥381,300 | ￥2,200 |
| 36 | ￥4,592,400 | ￥382,700 | ￥2,208 |
| 37 | ￥4,604,400 | ￥383,700 | ￥2,214 |
| 38 | ￥4,617,600 | ￥384,800 | ￥2,220 |
| 39 | ￥4,628,400 | ￥385,700 | ￥2,225 |
| 40 | ￥4,640,400 | ￥386,700 | ￥2,231 |
| 41 | ￥4,647,600 | ￥387,300 | ￥2,234 |
| 42 | ￥4,651,200 | ￥387,600 | ￥2,236 |
| 43 | ￥4,656,000 | ￥388,000 | ￥2,238 |
| 44 | ￥4,660,800 | ￥388,400 | ￥2,241 |
| 45 | ￥4,665,600 | ￥388,800 | ￥2,243 |
| 46 | ￥4,671,600 | ￥389,300 | ￥2,246 |
| 47 | ￥4,678,800 | ￥389,900 | ￥2,249 |
| 48 | ￥4,684,800 | ￥390,400 | ￥2,252 |
| 49 | ￥4,690,800 | ￥390,900 | ￥2,255 |
| 50 | ￥4,698,000 | ￥391,500 | ￥2,259 |
| 51 | ￥4,705,200 | ￥392,100 | ￥2,262 |
| 52 | ￥4,711,200 | ￥392,600 | ￥2,265 |
| 53 | ￥4,716,000 | ￥393,000 | ￥2,267 |
| 54 | ￥4,722,000 | ￥393,500 | ￥2,270 |
| 55 | ￥4,728,000 | ￥394,000 | ￥2,273 |
| 56 | ￥4,735,200 | ￥394,600 | ￥2,277 |
| 57 | ￥4,741,200 | ￥395,100 | ￥2,279 |
| 58 | ￥4,748,400 | ￥395,700 | ￥2,283 |
| 59 | ￥4,752,000 | ￥396,000 | ￥2,285 |
| 60 | ￥4,758,000 | ￥396,500 | ￥2,288 |
| 61 | ￥4,764,000 | ￥397,000 | ￥2,290 |
| 62 | ￥4,768,800 | ￥397,400 | ￥2,293 |
| 63 | ￥4,774,800 | ￥397,900 | ￥2,296 |
| 64 | ￥4,780,800 | ￥398,400 | ￥2,298 |
| 65 | ￥4,786,800 | ￥398,900 | ￥2,301 |
| 66 | ￥4,792,800 | ￥399,400 | ￥2,304 |
| 67 | ￥4,797,600 | ￥399,800 | ￥2,307 |
| 68 | ￥4,801,200 | ￥400,100 | ￥2,308 |
| 69 | ￥4,804,800 | ￥400,400 | ￥2,310 |
| 70 | ￥4,808,400 | ￥400,700 | ￥2,312 |
| 71 | ￥4,812,000 | ￥401,000 | ￥2,313 |
| 72 | ￥4,814,400 | ￥401,200 | ￥2,315 |
| 73 | ￥4,816,800 | ￥401,400 | ￥2,316 |
| 74 | ￥4,820,400 | ￥401,700 | ￥2,318 |
| 75 | ￥4,824,000 | ￥402,000 | ￥2,319 |
| 76 | ￥4,826,400 | ￥402,200 | ￥2,320 |
| 77 | ￥4,828,800 | ￥402,400 | ￥2,322 |
| 78 | ￥4,832,400 | ￥402,700 | ￥2,323 |
| 79 | ￥4,836,000 | ￥403,000 | ￥2,325 |
| 80 | ￥4,838,400 | ￥403,200 | ￥2,326 |
| 81 | ￥4,840,800 | ￥403,400 | ￥2,327 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SP-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 | +￥1,486,350 | +￥1,815,300 |
| SP-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,449,950 | ￥6,656,100 |
Frequently asked
A SP-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,963,600 and ￥4,840,800 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.