SS-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門スタッフ職 1級 — Specialist Staff. Senior expert staff (policy advisors).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥4,506,000 | ￥375,500 | ￥2,166 |
| 2 | ￥4,524,000 | ￥377,000 | ￥2,175 |
| 3 | ￥4,542,000 | ￥378,500 | ￥2,184 |
| 4 | ￥4,560,000 | ￥380,000 | ￥2,192 |
| 5 | ￥4,576,800 | ￥381,400 | ￥2,200 |
| 6 | ￥4,594,800 | ￥382,900 | ￥2,209 |
| 7 | ￥4,611,600 | ￥384,300 | ￥2,217 |
| 8 | ￥4,628,400 | ￥385,700 | ￥2,225 |
| 9 | ￥4,646,400 | ￥387,200 | ￥2,234 |
| 10 | ￥4,662,000 | ￥388,500 | ￥2,241 |
| 11 | ￥4,680,000 | ￥390,000 | ￥2,250 |
| 12 | ￥4,696,800 | ￥391,400 | ￥2,258 |
| 13 | ￥4,714,800 | ￥392,900 | ￥2,267 |
| 14 | ￥4,735,200 | ￥394,600 | ￥2,277 |
| 15 | ￥4,755,600 | ￥396,300 | ￥2,286 |
| 16 | ￥4,776,000 | ￥398,000 | ￥2,296 |
| 17 | ￥4,792,800 | ￥399,400 | ￥2,304 |
| 18 | ￥4,812,000 | ￥401,000 | ￥2,313 |
| 19 | ￥4,831,200 | ￥402,600 | ￥2,323 |
| 20 | ￥4,849,200 | ￥404,100 | ￥2,331 |
| 21 | ￥4,869,600 | ￥405,800 | ￥2,341 |
| 22 | ￥4,884,000 | ￥407,000 | ￥2,348 |
| 23 | ￥4,899,600 | ￥408,300 | ￥2,356 |
| 24 | ￥4,915,200 | ￥409,600 | ￥2,363 |
| 25 | ￥4,930,800 | ￥410,900 | ￥2,371 |
| 26 | ￥4,944,000 | ￥412,000 | ￥2,377 |
| 27 | ￥4,957,200 | ￥413,100 | ￥2,383 |
| 28 | ￥4,968,000 | ￥414,000 | ￥2,388 |
| 29 | ￥4,980,000 | ￥415,000 | ￥2,394 |
| 30 | ￥4,992,000 | ￥416,000 | ￥2,400 |
| 31 | ￥5,004,000 | ￥417,000 | ￥2,406 |
| 32 | ￥5,014,800 | ￥417,900 | ￥2,411 |
| 33 | ￥5,024,400 | ￥418,700 | ￥2,416 |
| 34 | ￥5,028,000 | ￥419,000 | ￥2,417 |
| 35 | ￥5,031,600 | ￥419,300 | ￥2,419 |
| 36 | ￥5,035,200 | ￥419,600 | ￥2,421 |
| 37 | ￥5,037,600 | ￥419,800 | ￥2,422 |
| 38 | ￥5,041,200 | ￥420,100 | ￥2,424 |
| 39 | ￥5,044,800 | ￥420,400 | ￥2,425 |
| 40 | ￥5,048,400 | ￥420,700 | ￥2,427 |
| 41 | ￥5,050,800 | ￥420,900 | ￥2,428 |
| 42 | ￥5,053,200 | ￥421,100 | ￥2,429 |
| 43 | ￥5,056,800 | ￥421,400 | ￥2,431 |
| 44 | ￥5,060,400 | ￥421,700 | ￥2,433 |
| 45 | ￥5,064,000 | ￥422,000 | ￥2,435 |
| 46 | ￥5,067,600 | ￥422,300 | ￥2,436 |
| 47 | ￥5,071,200 | ￥422,600 | ￥2,438 |
| 48 | ￥5,073,600 | ￥422,800 | ￥2,439 |
| 49 | ￥5,076,000 | ￥423,000 | ￥2,440 |
| 50 | ￥5,079,600 | ￥423,300 | ￥2,442 |
| 51 | ￥5,083,200 | ￥423,600 | ￥2,444 |
| 52 | ￥5,085,600 | ￥423,800 | ￥2,445 |
| 53 | ￥5,088,000 | ￥424,000 | ￥2,446 |
| 54 | ￥5,091,600 | ￥424,300 | ￥2,448 |
| 55 | ￥5,095,200 | ￥424,600 | ￥2,450 |
| 56 | ￥5,097,600 | ￥424,800 | ￥2,451 |
| 57 | ￥5,100,000 | ￥425,000 | ￥2,452 |
| 58 | ￥5,103,600 | ￥425,300 | ￥2,454 |
| 59 | ￥5,107,200 | ￥425,600 | ￥2,455 |
| 60 | ￥5,109,600 | ￥425,800 | ￥2,457 |
| 61 | ￥5,112,000 | ￥426,000 | ￥2,458 |
| 62 | ￥5,115,600 | ￥426,300 | ￥2,459 |
| 63 | ￥5,119,200 | ￥426,600 | ￥2,461 |
| 64 | ￥5,121,600 | ￥426,800 | ￥2,462 |
| 65 | ￥5,124,000 | ￥427,000 | ￥2,463 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SS-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 | +￥1,689,750 | +￥1,921,500 |
| SS-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥6,195,750 | ￥7,045,500 |
Frequently asked
A SS-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥4,506,000 and ￥5,124,000 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.