Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
WF-1 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
福祉職 1級 — Welfare. Welfare-sector national employees.
2026 salary range
￥2,552,400 – ￥3,554,400
Annual base in JPY (¥). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥2,552,400 | ￥212,700 | ￥1,227 |
| 2 | ￥2,572,800 | ￥214,400 | ￥1,237 |
| 3 | ￥2,592,000 | ￥216,000 | ￥1,246 |
| 4 | ￥2,612,400 | ￥217,700 | ￥1,256 |
| 5 | ￥2,630,400 | ￥219,200 | ￥1,265 |
| 6 | ￥2,649,600 | ￥220,800 | ￥1,274 |
| 7 | ￥2,668,800 | ￥222,400 | ￥1,283 |
| 8 | ￥2,688,000 | ￥224,000 | ￥1,292 |
| 9 | ￥2,707,200 | ￥225,600 | ￥1,302 |
| 10 | ￥2,728,800 | ￥227,400 | ￥1,312 |
| 11 | ￥2,750,400 | ￥229,200 | ￥1,322 |
| 12 | ￥2,762,400 | ￥230,200 | ￥1,328 |
| 13 | ￥2,774,400 | ￥231,200 | ￥1,334 |
| 14 | ￥2,787,600 | ￥232,300 | ￥1,340 |
| 15 | ￥2,802,000 | ￥233,500 | ￥1,347 |
| 16 | ￥2,815,200 | ￥234,600 | ￥1,353 |
| 17 | ￥2,827,200 | ￥235,600 | ￥1,359 |
| 18 | ￥2,839,200 | ￥236,600 | ￥1,365 |
| 19 | ￥2,850,000 | ￥237,500 | ￥1,370 |
| 20 | ￥2,862,000 | ￥238,500 | ￥1,376 |
| 21 | ￥2,874,000 | ￥239,500 | ￥1,382 |
| 22 | ￥2,890,800 | ￥240,900 | ￥1,390 |
| 23 | ￥2,906,400 | ￥242,200 | ￥1,397 |
| 24 | ￥2,922,000 | ￥243,500 | ￥1,405 |
| 25 | ￥2,937,600 | ￥244,800 | ￥1,412 |
| 26 | ￥2,953,200 | ￥246,100 | ￥1,420 |
| 27 | ￥2,968,800 | ￥247,400 | ￥1,427 |
| 28 | ￥2,983,200 | ￥248,600 | ￥1,434 |
| 29 | ￥2,996,400 | ￥249,700 | ￥1,441 |
| 30 | ￥3,007,200 | ￥250,600 | ￥1,446 |
| 31 | ￥3,016,800 | ￥251,400 | ￥1,450 |
| 32 | ￥3,026,400 | ￥252,200 | ￥1,455 |
| 33 | ￥3,038,400 | ￥253,200 | ￥1,461 |
| 34 | ￥3,048,000 | ￥254,000 | ￥1,465 |
| 35 | ￥3,057,600 | ￥254,800 | ￥1,470 |
| 36 | ￥3,067,200 | ￥255,600 | ￥1,475 |
| 37 | ￥3,075,600 | ￥256,300 | ￥1,479 |
| 38 | ￥3,084,000 | ￥257,000 | ￥1,483 |
| 39 | ￥3,092,400 | ￥257,700 | ￥1,487 |
| 40 | ￥3,100,800 | ￥258,400 | ￥1,491 |
| 41 | ￥3,110,400 | ￥259,200 | ￥1,495 |
| 42 | ￥3,117,600 | ￥259,800 | ￥1,499 |
| 43 | ￥3,124,800 | ￥260,400 | ￥1,502 |
| 44 | ￥3,132,000 | ￥261,000 | ￥1,506 |
| 45 | ￥3,136,800 | ￥261,400 | ￥1,508 |
| 46 | ￥3,142,800 | ￥261,900 | ￥1,511 |
| 47 | ￥3,148,800 | ￥262,400 | ￥1,514 |
| 48 | ￥3,153,600 | ￥262,800 | ￥1,516 |
| 49 | ￥3,158,400 | ￥263,200 | ￥1,518 |
| 50 | ￥3,165,600 | ￥263,800 | ￥1,522 |
| 51 | ￥3,171,600 | ￥264,300 | ￥1,525 |
| 52 | ￥3,177,600 | ￥264,800 | ￥1,528 |
| 53 | ￥3,182,400 | ￥265,200 | ￥1,530 |
| 54 | ￥3,188,400 | ￥265,700 | ￥1,533 |
| 55 | ￥3,193,200 | ￥266,100 | ￥1,535 |
| 56 | ￥3,198,000 | ￥266,500 | ￥1,538 |
| 57 | ￥3,204,000 | ￥267,000 | ￥1,540 |
| 58 | ￥3,208,800 | ￥267,400 | ￥1,543 |
| 59 | ￥3,213,600 | ￥267,800 | ￥1,545 |
| 60 | ￥3,217,200 | ￥268,100 | ￥1,547 |
| 61 | ￥3,222,000 | ￥268,500 | ￥1,549 |
| 62 | ￥3,226,800 | ￥268,900 | ￥1,551 |
| 63 | ￥3,230,400 | ￥269,200 | ￥1,553 |
| 64 | ￥3,234,000 | ￥269,500 | ￥1,555 |
| 65 | ￥3,238,800 | ￥269,900 | ￥1,557 |
| 66 | ￥3,243,600 | ￥270,300 | ￥1,559 |
| 67 | ￥3,247,200 | ￥270,600 | ￥1,561 |
| 68 | ￥3,250,800 | ￥270,900 | ￥1,563 |
| 69 | ￥3,255,600 | ￥271,300 | ￥1,565 |
| 70 | ￥3,259,200 | ￥271,600 | ￥1,567 |
| 71 | ￥3,262,800 | ￥271,900 | ￥1,569 |
| 72 | ￥3,267,600 | ￥272,300 | ￥1,571 |
| 73 | ￥3,272,400 | ￥272,700 | ￥1,573 |
| 74 | ￥3,276,000 | ￥273,000 | ￥1,575 |
| 75 | ￥3,280,800 | ￥273,400 | ￥1,577 |
| 76 | ￥3,284,400 | ￥273,700 | ￥1,579 |
| 77 | ￥3,288,000 | ￥274,000 | ￥1,581 |
| 78 | ￥3,292,800 | ￥274,400 | ￥1,583 |
| 79 | ￥3,297,600 | ￥274,800 | ￥1,585 |
| 80 | ￥3,301,200 | ￥275,100 | ￥1,587 |
| 81 | ￥3,303,600 | ￥275,300 | ￥1,588 |
| 82 | ￥3,307,200 | ￥275,600 | ￥1,590 |
| 83 | ￥3,312,000 | ￥276,000 | ￥1,592 |
| 84 | ￥3,315,600 | ￥276,300 | ￥1,594 |
| 85 | ￥3,318,000 | ￥276,500 | ￥1,595 |
| 86 | ￥3,321,600 | ￥276,800 | ￥1,597 |
| 87 | ￥3,326,400 | ￥277,200 | ￥1,599 |
| 88 | ￥3,330,000 | ￥277,500 | ￥1,601 |
| 89 | ￥3,333,600 | ￥277,800 | ￥1,603 |
| 90 | ￥3,337,200 | ￥278,100 | ￥1,604 |
| 91 | ￥3,340,800 | ￥278,400 | ￥1,606 |
| 92 | ￥3,344,400 | ￥278,700 | ￥1,608 |
| 93 | ￥3,348,000 | ￥279,000 | ￥1,610 |
| 94 | ￥3,352,800 | ￥279,400 | ￥1,612 |
| 95 | ￥3,357,600 | ￥279,800 | ￥1,614 |
| 96 | ￥3,361,200 | ￥280,100 | ￥1,616 |
| 97 | ￥3,363,600 | ￥280,300 | ￥1,617 |
| 98 | ￥3,368,400 | ￥280,700 | ￥1,619 |
| 99 | ￥3,372,000 | ￥281,000 | ￥1,621 |
| 100 | ￥3,375,600 | ￥281,300 | ￥1,623 |
| 101 | ￥3,379,200 | ￥281,600 | ￥1,625 |
| 102 | ￥3,382,800 | ￥281,900 | ￥1,626 |
| 103 | ￥3,386,400 | ￥282,200 | ￥1,628 |
| 104 | ￥3,390,000 | ￥282,500 | ￥1,630 |
| 105 | ￥3,392,400 | ￥282,700 | ￥1,631 |
| 106 | ￥3,394,800 | ￥282,900 | ￥1,632 |
| 107 | ￥3,398,400 | ￥283,200 | ￥1,634 |
| 108 | ￥3,402,000 | ￥283,500 | ￥1,636 |
| 109 | ￥3,405,600 | ￥283,800 | ￥1,637 |
| 110 | ￥3,409,200 | ￥284,100 | ￥1,639 |
| 111 | ￥3,412,800 | ￥284,400 | ￥1,641 |
| 112 | ￥3,415,200 | ￥284,600 | ￥1,642 |
| 113 | ￥3,418,800 | ￥284,900 | ￥1,644 |
| 114 | ￥3,421,200 | ￥285,100 | ￥1,645 |
| 115 | ￥3,424,800 | ￥285,400 | ￥1,647 |
| 116 | ￥3,429,600 | ￥285,800 | ￥1,649 |
| 117 | ￥3,433,200 | ￥286,100 | ￥1,651 |
| 118 | ￥3,436,800 | ￥286,400 | ￥1,652 |
| 119 | ￥3,440,400 | ￥286,700 | ￥1,654 |
| 120 | ￥3,444,000 | ￥287,000 | ￥1,656 |
| 121 | ￥3,446,400 | ￥287,200 | ￥1,657 |
| 122 | ￥3,448,800 | ￥287,400 | ￥1,658 |
| 123 | ￥3,453,600 | ￥287,800 | ￥1,660 |
| 124 | ￥3,457,200 | ￥288,100 | ￥1,662 |
| 125 | ￥3,459,600 | ￥288,300 | ￥1,663 |
| 126 | ￥3,463,200 | ￥288,600 | ￥1,665 |
| 127 | ￥3,466,800 | ￥288,900 | ￥1,667 |
| 128 | ￥3,471,600 | ￥289,300 | ￥1,669 |
| 129 | ￥3,474,000 | ￥289,500 | ￥1,670 |
| 130 | ￥3,478,800 | ￥289,900 | ￥1,673 |
| 131 | ￥3,483,600 | ￥290,300 | ￥1,675 |
| 132 | ￥3,487,200 | ￥290,600 | ￥1,677 |
| 133 | ￥3,489,600 | ￥290,800 | ￥1,678 |
| 134 | ￥3,493,200 | ￥291,100 | ￥1,679 |
| 135 | ￥3,498,000 | ￥291,500 | ￥1,682 |
| 136 | ￥3,501,600 | ￥291,800 | ￥1,683 |
| 137 | ￥3,504,000 | ￥292,000 | ￥1,685 |
| 138 | ￥3,507,600 | ￥292,300 | ￥1,686 |
| 139 | ￥3,511,200 | ￥292,600 | ￥1,688 |
| 140 | ￥3,514,800 | ￥292,900 | ￥1,690 |
| 141 | ￥3,517,200 | ￥293,100 | ￥1,691 |
| 142 | ￥3,519,600 | ￥293,300 | ￥1,692 |
| 143 | ￥3,522,000 | ￥293,500 | ￥1,693 |
| 144 | ￥3,524,400 | ￥293,700 | ￥1,694 |
| 145 | ￥3,529,200 | ￥294,100 | ￥1,697 |
| 146 | ￥3,531,600 | ￥294,300 | ￥1,698 |
| 147 | ￥3,535,200 | ￥294,600 | ￥1,700 |
| 148 | ￥3,538,800 | ￥294,900 | ￥1,701 |
| 149 | ￥3,542,400 | ￥295,200 | ￥1,703 |
| 150 | ￥3,544,800 | ￥295,400 | ￥1,704 |
| 151 | ￥3,548,400 | ￥295,700 | ￥1,706 |
| 152 | ￥3,550,800 | ￥295,900 | ￥1,707 |
| 153 | ￥3,554,400 | ￥296,200 | ￥1,709 |
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the WF-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 | +￥957,150 | +￥1,332,900 |
| WF-1 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥3,509,550 | ￥4,887,300 |
Frequently asked
How much does a WF-1 make in the Japan federal government?
A WF-1 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥2,552,400 and ￥3,554,400 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by National Personnel Authority (人事院 / Jinjiin).
Is the WF-1 schedule · grade (俸給表 · 級) the same in every agency?
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.
Where does this data come from?
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.