Japan · 俸給表 (18 salary schedules) · FY 2026
WF-2 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
福祉職 2級 — Welfare. Welfare-sector national employees.
2026 salary range
￥3,211,200 – ￥4,138,800
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 | ￥3,211,200 | ￥267,600 | ￥1,544 |
| 2 | ￥3,228,000 | ￥269,000 | ￥1,552 |
| 3 | ￥3,243,600 | ￥270,300 | ￥1,559 |
| 4 | ￥3,259,200 | ￥271,600 | ￥1,567 |
| 5 | ￥3,276,000 | ￥273,000 | ￥1,575 |
| 6 | ￥3,288,000 | ￥274,000 | ￥1,581 |
| 7 | ￥3,300,000 | ￥275,000 | ￥1,587 |
| 8 | ￥3,312,000 | ￥276,000 | ￥1,592 |
| 9 | ￥3,322,800 | ￥276,900 | ￥1,598 |
| 10 | ￥3,333,600 | ￥277,800 | ￥1,603 |
| 11 | ￥3,345,600 | ￥278,800 | ￥1,608 |
| 12 | ￥3,356,400 | ￥279,700 | ￥1,614 |
| 13 | ￥3,369,600 | ￥280,800 | ￥1,620 |
| 14 | ￥3,380,400 | ￥281,700 | ￥1,625 |
| 15 | ￥3,391,200 | ￥282,600 | ￥1,630 |
| 16 | ￥3,400,800 | ￥283,400 | ￥1,635 |
| 17 | ￥3,406,800 | ￥283,900 | ￥1,638 |
| 18 | ￥3,415,200 | ￥284,600 | ￥1,642 |
| 19 | ￥3,424,800 | ￥285,400 | ￥1,647 |
| 20 | ￥3,433,200 | ￥286,100 | ￥1,651 |
| 21 | ￥3,444,000 | ￥287,000 | ￥1,656 |
| 22 | ￥3,454,800 | ￥287,900 | ￥1,661 |
| 23 | ￥3,465,600 | ￥288,800 | ￥1,666 |
| 24 | ￥3,476,400 | ￥289,700 | ￥1,671 |
| 25 | ￥3,488,400 | ￥290,700 | ￥1,677 |
| 26 | ￥3,499,200 | ￥291,600 | ￥1,682 |
| 27 | ￥3,508,800 | ￥292,400 | ￥1,687 |
| 28 | ￥3,519,600 | ￥293,300 | ￥1,692 |
| 29 | ￥3,530,400 | ￥294,200 | ￥1,697 |
| 30 | ￥3,540,000 | ￥295,000 | ￥1,702 |
| 31 | ￥3,550,800 | ￥295,900 | ￥1,707 |
| 32 | ￥3,560,400 | ￥296,700 | ￥1,712 |
| 33 | ￥3,572,400 | ￥297,700 | ￥1,718 |
| 34 | ￥3,584,400 | ￥298,700 | ￥1,723 |
| 35 | ￥3,596,400 | ￥299,700 | ￥1,729 |
| 36 | ￥3,606,000 | ￥300,500 | ￥1,734 |
| 37 | ￥3,616,800 | ￥301,400 | ￥1,739 |
| 38 | ￥3,627,600 | ￥302,300 | ￥1,744 |
| 39 | ￥3,639,600 | ￥303,300 | ￥1,750 |
| 40 | ￥3,649,200 | ￥304,100 | ￥1,754 |
| 41 | ￥3,660,000 | ￥305,000 | ￥1,760 |
| 42 | ￥3,670,800 | ￥305,900 | ￥1,765 |
| 43 | ￥3,681,600 | ￥306,800 | ￥1,770 |
| 44 | ￥3,692,400 | ￥307,700 | ￥1,775 |
| 45 | ￥3,703,200 | ￥308,600 | ￥1,780 |
| 46 | ￥3,714,000 | ￥309,500 | ￥1,786 |
| 47 | ￥3,724,800 | ￥310,400 | ￥1,791 |
| 48 | ￥3,734,400 | ￥311,200 | ￥1,795 |
| 49 | ￥3,744,000 | ￥312,000 | ￥1,800 |
| 50 | ￥3,754,800 | ￥312,900 | ￥1,805 |
| 51 | ￥3,764,400 | ￥313,700 | ￥1,810 |
| 52 | ￥3,774,000 | ￥314,500 | ￥1,814 |
| 53 | ￥3,784,800 | ￥315,400 | ￥1,820 |
| 54 | ￥3,795,600 | ￥316,300 | ￥1,825 |
| 55 | ￥3,807,600 | ￥317,300 | ￥1,831 |
| 56 | ￥3,818,400 | ￥318,200 | ￥1,836 |
| 57 | ￥3,828,000 | ￥319,000 | ￥1,840 |
| 58 | ￥3,838,800 | ￥319,900 | ￥1,846 |
| 59 | ￥3,849,600 | ￥320,800 | ￥1,851 |
| 60 | ￥3,860,400 | ￥321,700 | ￥1,856 |
| 61 | ￥3,871,200 | ￥322,600 | ￥1,861 |
| 62 | ￥3,880,800 | ￥323,400 | ￥1,866 |
| 63 | ￥3,891,600 | ￥324,300 | ￥1,871 |
| 64 | ￥3,901,200 | ￥325,100 | ￥1,876 |
| 65 | ￥3,909,600 | ￥325,800 | ￥1,880 |
| 66 | ￥3,920,400 | ￥326,700 | ￥1,885 |
| 67 | ￥3,930,000 | ￥327,500 | ￥1,889 |
| 68 | ￥3,939,600 | ￥328,300 | ￥1,894 |
| 69 | ￥3,946,800 | ￥328,900 | ￥1,898 |
| 70 | ￥3,952,800 | ￥329,400 | ￥1,900 |
| 71 | ￥3,958,800 | ￥329,900 | ￥1,903 |
| 72 | ￥3,964,800 | ￥330,400 | ￥1,906 |
| 73 | ￥3,969,600 | ￥330,800 | ￥1,908 |
| 74 | ￥3,975,600 | ￥331,300 | ￥1,911 |
| 75 | ￥3,981,600 | ￥331,800 | ￥1,914 |
| 76 | ￥3,987,600 | ￥332,300 | ￥1,917 |
| 77 | ￥3,991,200 | ￥332,600 | ￥1,919 |
| 78 | ￥3,994,800 | ￥332,900 | ￥1,921 |
| 79 | ￥3,999,600 | ￥333,300 | ￥1,923 |
| 80 | ￥4,003,200 | ￥333,600 | ￥1,925 |
| 81 | ￥4,006,800 | ￥333,900 | ￥1,926 |
| 82 | ￥4,010,400 | ￥334,200 | ￥1,928 |
| 83 | ￥4,012,800 | ￥334,400 | ￥1,929 |
| 84 | ￥4,016,400 | ￥334,700 | ￥1,931 |
| 85 | ￥4,021,200 | ￥335,100 | ￥1,933 |
| 86 | ￥4,026,000 | ￥335,500 | ￥1,936 |
| 87 | ￥4,029,600 | ￥335,800 | ￥1,937 |
| 88 | ￥4,032,000 | ￥336,000 | ￥1,938 |
| 89 | ￥4,038,000 | ￥336,500 | ￥1,941 |
| 90 | ￥4,042,800 | ￥336,900 | ￥1,944 |
| 91 | ￥4,045,200 | ￥337,100 | ￥1,945 |
| 92 | ￥4,048,800 | ￥337,400 | ￥1,947 |
| 93 | ￥4,053,600 | ￥337,800 | ￥1,949 |
| 94 | ￥4,058,400 | ￥338,200 | ￥1,951 |
| 95 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 96 | ￥4,065,600 | ￥338,800 | ￥1,955 |
| 97 | ￥4,068,000 | ￥339,000 | ￥1,956 |
| 98 | ￥4,071,600 | ￥339,300 | ￥1,958 |
| 99 | ￥4,075,200 | ￥339,600 | ￥1,959 |
| 100 | ￥4,078,800 | ￥339,900 | ￥1,961 |
| 101 | ￥4,083,600 | ￥340,300 | ￥1,963 |
| 102 | ￥4,086,000 | ￥340,500 | ￥1,964 |
| 103 | ￥4,089,600 | ￥340,800 | ￥1,966 |
| 104 | ￥4,094,400 | ￥341,200 | ￥1,968 |
| 105 | ￥4,099,200 | ￥341,600 | ￥1,971 |
| 106 | ￥4,102,800 | ￥341,900 | ￥1,973 |
| 107 | ￥4,106,400 | ￥342,200 | ￥1,974 |
| 108 | ￥4,110,000 | ￥342,500 | ￥1,976 |
| 109 | ￥4,113,600 | ￥342,800 | ￥1,978 |
| 110 | ￥4,118,400 | ￥343,200 | ￥1,980 |
| 111 | ￥4,122,000 | ￥343,500 | ￥1,982 |
| 112 | ￥4,124,400 | ￥343,700 | ￥1,983 |
| 113 | ￥4,126,800 | ￥343,900 | ￥1,984 |
| 114 | ￥4,130,400 | ￥344,200 | ￥1,986 |
| 115 | ￥4,132,800 | ￥344,400 | ￥1,987 |
| 116 | ￥4,136,400 | ￥344,700 | ￥1,989 |
| 117 | ￥4,138,800 | ￥344,900 | ￥1,990 |
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-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 | +￥1,204,200 | +￥1,552,050 |
| WF-2 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,415,400 | ￥5,690,850 |
Frequently asked
How much does a WF-2 make in the Japan federal government?
A WF-2 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,211,200 and ￥4,138,800 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-2 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.