SS-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門スタッフ職 2級 — Specialist Staff. Senior expert staff (policy advisors).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥5,398,800 | ￥449,900 | ￥2,596 |
| 2 | ￥5,451,600 | ￥454,300 | ￥2,621 |
| 3 | ￥5,499,600 | ￥458,300 | ￥2,644 |
| 4 | ￥5,546,400 | ￥462,200 | ￥2,667 |
| 5 | ￥5,589,600 | ￥465,800 | ￥2,687 |
| 6 | ￥5,635,200 | ￥469,600 | ￥2,709 |
| 7 | ￥5,674,800 | ￥472,900 | ￥2,728 |
| 8 | ￥5,714,400 | ￥476,200 | ￥2,747 |
| 9 | ￥5,754,000 | ￥479,500 | ￥2,766 |
| 10 | ￥5,793,600 | ￥482,800 | ￥2,785 |
| 11 | ￥5,832,000 | ￥486,000 | ￥2,804 |
| 12 | ￥5,870,400 | ￥489,200 | ￥2,822 |
| 13 | ￥5,906,400 | ￥492,200 | ￥2,840 |
| 14 | ￥5,942,400 | ￥495,200 | ￥2,857 |
| 15 | ￥5,976,000 | ￥498,000 | ￥2,873 |
| 16 | ￥6,008,400 | ￥500,700 | ￥2,889 |
| 17 | ￥6,039,600 | ￥503,300 | ￥2,904 |
| 18 | ￥6,068,400 | ￥505,700 | ￥2,918 |
| 19 | ￥6,097,200 | ￥508,100 | ￥2,931 |
| 20 | ￥6,123,600 | ￥510,300 | ￥2,944 |
| 21 | ￥6,150,000 | ￥512,500 | ￥2,957 |
| 22 | ￥6,174,000 | ￥514,500 | ￥2,968 |
| 23 | ￥6,198,000 | ￥516,500 | ￥2,980 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SS-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 | +￥2,024,550 | +￥2,324,250 |
| SS-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥7,423,350 | ￥8,522,250 |
Frequently asked
A SS-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥5,398,800 and ￥6,198,000 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.