SP-5 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門行政職 5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 | ￥5,048,400 | ￥420,700 | ￥2,427 |
| 2 | ￥5,071,200 | ￥422,600 | ￥2,438 |
| 3 | ￥5,094,000 | ￥424,500 | ￥2,449 |
| 4 | ￥5,115,600 | ￥426,300 | ￥2,459 |
| 5 | ￥5,137,200 | ￥428,100 | ￥2,470 |
| 6 | ￥5,158,800 | ￥429,900 | ￥2,480 |
| 7 | ￥5,180,400 | ￥431,700 | ￥2,491 |
| 8 | ￥5,202,000 | ￥433,500 | ￥2,501 |
| 9 | ￥5,221,200 | ￥435,100 | ￥2,510 |
| 10 | ￥5,239,200 | ￥436,600 | ￥2,519 |
| 11 | ￥5,257,200 | ￥438,100 | ￥2,528 |
| 12 | ￥5,275,200 | ￥439,600 | ￥2,536 |
| 13 | ￥5,293,200 | ￥441,100 | ￥2,545 |
| 14 | ￥5,308,800 | ￥442,400 | ￥2,552 |
| 15 | ￥5,324,400 | ￥443,700 | ￥2,560 |
| 16 | ￥5,338,800 | ￥444,900 | ￥2,567 |
| 17 | ￥5,353,200 | ￥446,100 | ￥2,574 |
| 18 | ￥5,368,800 | ￥447,400 | ￥2,581 |
| 19 | ￥5,384,400 | ￥448,700 | ￥2,589 |
| 20 | ￥5,398,800 | ￥449,900 | ￥2,596 |
| 21 | ￥5,413,200 | ￥451,100 | ￥2,603 |
| 22 | ￥5,422,800 | ￥451,900 | ￥2,607 |
| 23 | ￥5,432,400 | ￥452,700 | ￥2,612 |
| 24 | ￥5,442,000 | ￥453,500 | ￥2,616 |
| 25 | ￥5,449,200 | ￥454,100 | ￥2,620 |
| 26 | ￥5,456,400 | ￥454,700 | ￥2,623 |
| 27 | ￥5,463,600 | ￥455,300 | ￥2,627 |
| 28 | ￥5,470,800 | ￥455,900 | ￥2,630 |
| 29 | ￥5,479,200 | ￥456,600 | ￥2,634 |
| 30 | ￥5,488,800 | ￥457,400 | ￥2,639 |
| 31 | ￥5,493,600 | ￥457,800 | ￥2,641 |
| 32 | ￥5,502,000 | ￥458,500 | ￥2,645 |
| 33 | ￥5,508,000 | ￥459,000 | ￥2,648 |
| 34 | ￥5,512,800 | ￥459,400 | ￥2,650 |
| 35 | ￥5,517,600 | ￥459,800 | ￥2,653 |
| 36 | ￥5,522,400 | ￥460,200 | ￥2,655 |
| 37 | ￥5,527,200 | ￥460,600 | ￥2,657 |
| 38 | ￥5,530,800 | ￥460,900 | ￥2,659 |
| 39 | ￥5,534,400 | ￥461,200 | ￥2,661 |
| 40 | ￥5,538,000 | ￥461,500 | ￥2,663 |
| 41 | ￥5,541,600 | ￥461,800 | ￥2,664 |
| 42 | ￥5,545,200 | ￥462,100 | ￥2,666 |
| 43 | ￥5,548,800 | ￥462,400 | ￥2,668 |
| 44 | ￥5,552,400 | ￥462,700 | ￥2,669 |
| 45 | ￥5,556,000 | ￥463,000 | ￥2,671 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SP-5 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 | +￥1,893,150 | +￥2,083,500 |
| SP-5 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,941,550 | ￥7,639,500 |
Frequently asked
A SP-5 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,048,400 and ￥5,556,000 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.