WF-3 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
福祉職 3級 — Welfare. Welfare-sector national employees.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,595,200 | ￥299,600 | ￥1,728 |
| 2 | ￥3,606,000 | ￥300,500 | ￥1,734 |
| 3 | ￥3,615,600 | ￥301,300 | ￥1,738 |
| 4 | ￥3,626,400 | ￥302,200 | ￥1,743 |
| 5 | ￥3,637,200 | ￥303,100 | ￥1,749 |
| 6 | ￥3,648,000 | ￥304,000 | ￥1,754 |
| 7 | ￥3,658,800 | ￥304,900 | ￥1,759 |
| 8 | ￥3,668,400 | ￥305,700 | ￥1,764 |
| 9 | ￥3,678,000 | ￥306,500 | ￥1,768 |
| 10 | ￥3,690,000 | ￥307,500 | ￥1,774 |
| 11 | ￥3,704,400 | ￥308,700 | ￥1,781 |
| 12 | ￥3,716,400 | ￥309,700 | ￥1,787 |
| 13 | ￥3,730,800 | ￥310,900 | ￥1,794 |
| 14 | ￥3,744,000 | ￥312,000 | ￥1,800 |
| 15 | ￥3,757,200 | ￥313,100 | ￥1,806 |
| 16 | ￥3,769,200 | ￥314,100 | ￥1,812 |
| 17 | ￥3,781,200 | ￥315,100 | ￥1,818 |
| 18 | ￥3,794,400 | ￥316,200 | ￥1,824 |
| 19 | ￥3,806,400 | ￥317,200 | ￥1,830 |
| 20 | ￥3,818,400 | ￥318,200 | ￥1,836 |
| 21 | ￥3,830,400 | ￥319,200 | ￥1,842 |
| 22 | ￥3,842,400 | ￥320,200 | ￥1,847 |
| 23 | ￥3,854,400 | ￥321,200 | ￥1,853 |
| 24 | ￥3,865,200 | ￥322,100 | ￥1,858 |
| 25 | ￥3,877,200 | ￥323,100 | ￥1,864 |
| 26 | ￥3,888,000 | ￥324,000 | ￥1,869 |
| 27 | ￥3,900,000 | ￥325,000 | ￥1,875 |
| 28 | ￥3,912,000 | ￥326,000 | ￥1,881 |
| 29 | ￥3,924,000 | ￥327,000 | ￥1,887 |
| 30 | ￥3,936,000 | ￥328,000 | ￥1,892 |
| 31 | ￥3,949,200 | ￥329,100 | ￥1,899 |
| 32 | ￥3,962,400 | ￥330,200 | ￥1,905 |
| 33 | ￥3,974,400 | ￥331,200 | ￥1,911 |
| 34 | ￥3,987,600 | ￥332,300 | ￥1,917 |
| 35 | ￥4,000,800 | ￥333,400 | ￥1,923 |
| 36 | ￥4,012,800 | ￥334,400 | ￥1,929 |
| 37 | ￥4,024,800 | ￥335,400 | ￥1,935 |
| 38 | ￥4,036,800 | ￥336,400 | ￥1,941 |
| 39 | ￥4,050,000 | ￥337,500 | ￥1,947 |
| 40 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 41 | ￥4,074,000 | ￥339,500 | ￥1,959 |
| 42 | ￥4,084,800 | ￥340,400 | ￥1,964 |
| 43 | ￥4,095,600 | ￥341,300 | ￥1,969 |
| 44 | ￥4,106,400 | ￥342,200 | ￥1,974 |
| 45 | ￥4,114,800 | ￥342,900 | ￥1,978 |
| 46 | ￥4,123,200 | ￥343,600 | ￥1,982 |
| 47 | ￥4,130,400 | ￥344,200 | ￥1,986 |
| 48 | ￥4,137,600 | ￥344,800 | ￥1,989 |
| 49 | ￥4,144,800 | ￥345,400 | ￥1,993 |
| 50 | ￥4,152,000 | ￥346,000 | ￥1,996 |
| 51 | ￥4,158,000 | ￥346,500 | ￥1,999 |
| 52 | ￥4,165,200 | ￥347,100 | ￥2,003 |
| 53 | ￥4,172,400 | ￥347,700 | ￥2,006 |
| 54 | ￥4,178,400 | ￥348,200 | ￥2,009 |
| 55 | ￥4,184,400 | ￥348,700 | ￥2,012 |
| 56 | ￥4,190,400 | ￥349,200 | ￥2,015 |
| 57 | ￥4,195,200 | ￥349,600 | ￥2,017 |
| 58 | ￥4,197,600 | ￥349,800 | ￥2,018 |
| 59 | ￥4,202,400 | ￥350,200 | ￥2,020 |
| 60 | ￥4,208,400 | ￥350,700 | ￥2,023 |
| 61 | ￥4,212,000 | ￥351,000 | ￥2,025 |
| 62 | ￥4,216,800 | ￥351,400 | ￥2,027 |
| 63 | ￥4,221,600 | ￥351,800 | ￥2,030 |
| 64 | ￥4,226,400 | ￥352,200 | ￥2,032 |
| 65 | ￥4,231,200 | ￥352,600 | ￥2,034 |
| 66 | ￥4,237,200 | ￥353,100 | ￥2,037 |
| 67 | ￥4,242,000 | ￥353,500 | ￥2,039 |
| 68 | ￥4,248,000 | ￥354,000 | ￥2,042 |
| 69 | ￥4,250,400 | ￥354,200 | ￥2,043 |
| 70 | ￥4,256,400 | ￥354,700 | ￥2,046 |
| 71 | ￥4,261,200 | ￥355,100 | ￥2,049 |
| 72 | ￥4,266,000 | ￥355,500 | ￥2,051 |
| 73 | ￥4,269,600 | ￥355,800 | ￥2,053 |
| 74 | ￥4,274,400 | ￥356,200 | ￥2,055 |
| 75 | ￥4,280,400 | ￥356,700 | ￥2,058 |
| 76 | ￥4,285,200 | ￥357,100 | ￥2,060 |
| 77 | ￥4,287,600 | ￥357,300 | ￥2,061 |
| 78 | ￥4,291,200 | ￥357,600 | ￥2,063 |
| 79 | ￥4,296,000 | ￥358,000 | ￥2,065 |
| 80 | ￥4,300,800 | ￥358,400 | ￥2,068 |
| 81 | ￥4,304,400 | ￥358,700 | ￥2,069 |
| 82 | ￥4,308,000 | ￥359,000 | ￥2,071 |
| 83 | ￥4,312,800 | ￥359,400 | ￥2,073 |
| 84 | ￥4,317,600 | ￥359,800 | ￥2,076 |
| 85 | ￥4,321,200 | ￥360,100 | ￥2,078 |
| 86 | ￥4,326,000 | ￥360,500 | ￥2,080 |
| 87 | ￥4,330,800 | ￥360,900 | ￥2,082 |
| 88 | ￥4,333,200 | ￥361,100 | ￥2,083 |
| 89 | ￥4,336,800 | ￥361,400 | ￥2,085 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the WF-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 | +￥1,348,200 | +￥1,626,300 |
| WF-3 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥4,943,400 | ￥5,963,100 |
Frequently asked
A WF-3 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,595,200 and ￥4,336,800 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.