SP-4 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門行政職 4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 | ￥4,404,000 | ￥367,000 | ￥2,117 |
| 2 | ￥4,424,400 | ￥368,700 | ￥2,127 |
| 3 | ￥4,443,600 | ￥370,300 | ￥2,136 |
| 4 | ￥4,462,800 | ￥371,900 | ￥2,146 |
| 5 | ￥4,482,000 | ￥373,500 | ￥2,155 |
| 6 | ￥4,501,200 | ￥375,100 | ￥2,164 |
| 7 | ￥4,520,400 | ￥376,700 | ￥2,173 |
| 8 | ￥4,539,600 | ￥378,300 | ￥2,183 |
| 9 | ￥4,557,600 | ￥379,800 | ￥2,191 |
| 10 | ￥4,576,800 | ￥381,400 | ￥2,200 |
| 11 | ￥4,596,000 | ￥383,000 | ￥2,210 |
| 12 | ￥4,614,000 | ￥384,500 | ￥2,218 |
| 13 | ￥4,633,200 | ￥386,100 | ￥2,228 |
| 14 | ￥4,656,000 | ￥388,000 | ￥2,238 |
| 15 | ￥4,678,800 | ￥389,900 | ￥2,249 |
| 16 | ￥4,701,600 | ￥391,800 | ￥2,260 |
| 17 | ￥4,723,200 | ￥393,600 | ￥2,271 |
| 18 | ￥4,746,000 | ￥395,500 | ￥2,282 |
| 19 | ￥4,767,600 | ￥397,300 | ￥2,292 |
| 20 | ￥4,788,000 | ￥399,000 | ￥2,302 |
| 21 | ￥4,802,400 | ￥400,200 | ￥2,309 |
| 22 | ￥4,821,600 | ￥401,800 | ￥2,318 |
| 23 | ￥4,839,600 | ￥403,300 | ￥2,327 |
| 24 | ￥4,857,600 | ￥404,800 | ￥2,335 |
| 25 | ￥4,875,600 | ￥406,300 | ￥2,344 |
| 26 | ￥4,886,400 | ￥407,200 | ￥2,349 |
| 27 | ￥4,898,400 | ￥408,200 | ￥2,355 |
| 28 | ￥4,909,200 | ￥409,100 | ￥2,360 |
| 29 | ￥4,921,200 | ￥410,100 | ￥2,366 |
| 30 | ￥4,935,600 | ￥411,300 | ￥2,373 |
| 31 | ￥4,948,800 | ￥412,400 | ￥2,379 |
| 32 | ￥4,962,000 | ￥413,500 | ￥2,386 |
| 33 | ￥4,972,800 | ￥414,400 | ￥2,391 |
| 34 | ￥4,981,200 | ￥415,100 | ￥2,395 |
| 35 | ￥4,988,400 | ￥415,700 | ￥2,398 |
| 36 | ￥4,996,800 | ￥416,400 | ￥2,402 |
| 37 | ￥5,002,800 | ￥416,900 | ￥2,405 |
| 38 | ￥5,008,800 | ￥417,400 | ￥2,408 |
| 39 | ￥5,014,800 | ￥417,900 | ￥2,411 |
| 40 | ￥5,019,600 | ￥418,300 | ￥2,413 |
| 41 | ￥5,024,400 | ￥418,700 | ￥2,416 |
| 42 | ￥5,026,800 | ￥418,900 | ￥2,417 |
| 43 | ￥5,030,400 | ￥419,200 | ￥2,418 |
| 44 | ￥5,034,000 | ￥419,500 | ￥2,420 |
| 45 | ￥5,037,600 | ￥419,800 | ￥2,422 |
| 46 | ￥5,041,200 | ￥420,100 | ￥2,424 |
| 47 | ￥5,044,800 | ￥420,400 | ￥2,425 |
| 48 | ￥5,048,400 | ￥420,700 | ￥2,427 |
| 49 | ￥5,050,800 | ￥420,900 | ￥2,428 |
| 50 | ￥5,054,400 | ￥421,200 | ￥2,430 |
| 51 | ￥5,056,800 | ￥421,400 | ￥2,431 |
| 52 | ￥5,060,400 | ￥421,700 | ￥2,433 |
| 53 | ￥5,062,800 | ￥421,900 | ￥2,434 |
| 54 | ￥5,066,400 | ￥422,200 | ￥2,436 |
| 55 | ￥5,070,000 | ￥422,500 | ￥2,438 |
| 56 | ￥5,073,600 | ￥422,800 | ￥2,439 |
| 57 | ￥5,076,000 | ￥423,000 | ￥2,440 |
| 58 | ￥5,079,600 | ￥423,300 | ￥2,442 |
| 59 | ￥5,083,200 | ￥423,600 | ￥2,444 |
| 60 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 61 | ￥5,088,000 | ￥424,000 | ￥2,446 |
| 62 | ￥5,091,600 | ￥424,300 | ￥2,448 |
| 63 | ￥5,095,200 | ￥424,600 | ￥2,450 |
| 64 | ￥5,097,600 | ￥424,800 | ￥2,451 |
| 65 | ￥5,100,000 | ￥425,000 | ￥2,452 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SP-4 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 | +￥1,651,500 | +￥1,912,500 |
| SP-4 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,055,500 | ￥7,012,500 |
Frequently asked
A SP-4 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,404,000 and ￥5,100,000 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.