SS-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
専門スタッフ職 3級 — Specialist Staff. Senior expert staff (policy advisors).
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥6,043,200 | ￥503,600 | ￥2,905 |
| 2 | ￥6,110,400 | ￥509,200 | ￥2,938 |
| 3 | ￥6,176,400 | ￥514,700 | ￥2,969 |
| 4 | ￥6,241,200 | ￥520,100 | ￥3,001 |
| 5 | ￥6,304,800 | ￥525,400 | ￥3,031 |
| 6 | ￥6,366,000 | ￥530,500 | ￥3,061 |
| 7 | ￥6,427,200 | ￥535,600 | ￥3,090 |
| 8 | ￥6,483,600 | ￥540,300 | ￥3,117 |
| 9 | ￥6,524,400 | ￥543,700 | ￥3,137 |
| 10 | ￥6,560,400 | ￥546,700 | ￥3,154 |
| 11 | ￥6,594,000 | ￥549,500 | ￥3,170 |
| 12 | ￥6,625,200 | ￥552,100 | ￥3,185 |
| 13 | ￥6,656,400 | ￥554,700 | ￥3,200 |
| 14 | ￥6,685,200 | ￥557,100 | ￥3,214 |
| 15 | ￥6,714,000 | ￥559,500 | ￥3,228 |
| 16 | ￥6,740,400 | ￥561,700 | ￥3,241 |
| 17 | ￥6,766,800 | ￥563,900 | ￥3,253 |
| 18 | ￥6,793,200 | ￥566,100 | ￥3,266 |
| 19 | ￥6,817,200 | ￥568,100 | ￥3,278 |
| 20 | ￥6,841,200 | ￥570,100 | ￥3,289 |
| 21 | ￥6,865,200 | ￥572,100 | ￥3,301 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the SS-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 | +￥2,266,200 | +￥2,574,450 |
| SS-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥8,309,400 | ￥9,439,650 |
Frequently asked
A SS-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥6,043,200 and ￥6,865,200 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.