WF-4 Schedule · Grade (俸給表 · 級) Salary
福祉職 4級 — Welfare. Welfare-sector national employees.
Step-by-step pay table
| Step (号俸) | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ￥3,908,400 | ￥325,700 | ￥1,879 |
| 2 | ￥3,928,800 | ￥327,400 | ￥1,889 |
| 3 | ￥3,946,800 | ￥328,900 | ￥1,898 |
| 4 | ￥3,963,600 | ￥330,300 | ￥1,906 |
| 5 | ￥3,978,000 | ￥331,500 | ￥1,913 |
| 6 | ￥3,994,800 | ￥332,900 | ￥1,921 |
| 7 | ￥4,010,400 | ￥334,200 | ￥1,928 |
| 8 | ￥4,027,200 | ￥335,600 | ￥1,936 |
| 9 | ￥4,044,000 | ￥337,000 | ￥1,944 |
| 10 | ￥4,062,000 | ￥338,500 | ￥1,953 |
| 11 | ￥4,078,800 | ￥339,900 | ￥1,961 |
| 12 | ￥4,095,600 | ￥341,300 | ￥1,969 |
| 13 | ￥4,112,400 | ￥342,700 | ￥1,977 |
| 14 | ￥4,130,400 | ￥344,200 | ￥1,986 |
| 15 | ￥4,149,600 | ￥345,800 | ￥1,995 |
| 16 | ￥4,167,600 | ￥347,300 | ￥2,004 |
| 17 | ￥4,185,600 | ￥348,800 | ￥2,012 |
| 18 | ￥4,204,800 | ￥350,400 | ￥2,022 |
| 19 | ￥4,222,800 | ￥351,900 | ￥2,030 |
| 20 | ￥4,240,800 | ￥353,400 | ￥2,039 |
| 21 | ￥4,258,800 | ￥354,900 | ￥2,048 |
| 22 | ￥4,276,800 | ￥356,400 | ￥2,056 |
| 23 | ￥4,294,800 | ￥357,900 | ￥2,065 |
| 24 | ￥4,312,800 | ￥359,400 | ￥2,073 |
| 25 | ￥4,330,800 | ￥360,900 | ￥2,082 |
| 26 | ￥4,350,000 | ￥362,500 | ￥2,091 |
| 27 | ￥4,368,000 | ￥364,000 | ￥2,100 |
| 28 | ￥4,386,000 | ￥365,500 | ￥2,109 |
| 29 | ￥4,400,400 | ￥366,700 | ￥2,116 |
| 30 | ￥4,418,400 | ￥368,200 | ￥2,124 |
| 31 | ￥4,436,400 | ￥369,700 | ￥2,133 |
| 32 | ￥4,454,400 | ￥371,200 | ￥2,142 |
| 33 | ￥4,470,000 | ￥372,500 | ￥2,149 |
| 34 | ￥4,488,000 | ￥374,000 | ￥2,158 |
| 35 | ￥4,506,000 | ￥375,500 | ￥2,166 |
| 36 | ￥4,524,000 | ￥377,000 | ￥2,175 |
| 37 | ￥4,540,800 | ￥378,400 | ￥2,183 |
| 38 | ￥4,557,600 | ￥379,800 | ￥2,191 |
| 39 | ￥4,573,200 | ￥381,100 | ￥2,199 |
| 40 | ￥4,590,000 | ￥382,500 | ￥2,207 |
| 41 | ￥4,602,000 | ￥383,500 | ￥2,213 |
| 42 | ￥4,615,200 | ￥384,600 | ￥2,219 |
| 43 | ￥4,626,000 | ￥385,500 | ￥2,224 |
| 44 | ￥4,639,200 | ￥386,600 | ￥2,230 |
| 45 | ￥4,647,600 | ￥387,300 | ￥2,234 |
| 46 | ￥4,654,800 | ￥387,900 | ￥2,238 |
| 47 | ￥4,662,000 | ￥388,500 | ￥2,241 |
| 48 | ￥4,670,400 | ￥389,200 | ￥2,245 |
| 49 | ￥4,680,000 | ￥390,000 | ￥2,250 |
| 50 | ￥4,688,400 | ￥390,700 | ￥2,254 |
| 51 | ￥4,698,000 | ￥391,500 | ￥2,259 |
| 52 | ￥4,706,400 | ￥392,200 | ￥2,263 |
| 53 | ￥4,716,000 | ￥393,000 | ￥2,267 |
| 54 | ￥4,724,400 | ￥393,700 | ￥2,271 |
| 55 | ￥4,732,800 | ￥394,400 | ￥2,275 |
| 56 | ￥4,740,000 | ￥395,000 | ￥2,279 |
| 57 | ￥4,743,600 | ￥395,300 | ￥2,281 |
| 58 | ￥4,750,800 | ￥395,900 | ￥2,284 |
| 59 | ￥4,758,000 | ￥396,500 | ￥2,288 |
| 60 | ￥4,766,400 | ￥397,200 | ￥2,292 |
| 61 | ￥4,771,200 | ￥397,600 | ￥2,294 |
| 62 | ￥4,779,600 | ￥398,300 | ￥2,298 |
| 63 | ￥4,786,800 | ￥398,900 | ￥2,301 |
| 64 | ￥4,794,000 | ￥399,500 | ￥2,305 |
| 65 | ￥4,798,800 | ￥399,900 | ￥2,307 |
| 66 | ￥4,804,800 | ￥400,400 | ￥2,310 |
| 67 | ￥4,812,000 | ￥401,000 | ￥2,313 |
| 68 | ￥4,818,000 | ￥401,500 | ￥2,316 |
| 69 | ￥4,822,800 | ￥401,900 | ￥2,319 |
| 70 | ￥4,828,800 | ￥402,400 | ￥2,322 |
| 71 | ￥4,834,800 | ￥402,900 | ￥2,324 |
| 72 | ￥4,840,800 | ￥403,400 | ￥2,327 |
| 73 | ￥4,846,800 | ￥403,900 | ￥2,330 |
| 74 | ￥4,851,600 | ￥404,300 | ￥2,333 |
| 75 | ￥4,855,200 | ￥404,600 | ￥2,334 |
| 76 | ￥4,858,800 | ￥404,900 | ￥2,336 |
| 77 | ￥4,861,200 | ￥405,100 | ￥2,337 |
| 78 | ￥4,863,600 | ￥405,300 | ￥2,338 |
| 79 | ￥4,867,200 | ￥405,600 | ￥2,340 |
| 80 | ￥4,870,800 | ￥405,900 | ￥2,342 |
| 81 | ￥4,873,200 | ￥406,100 | ￥2,343 |
| 82 | ￥4,876,800 | ￥406,400 | ￥2,345 |
| 83 | ￥4,880,400 | ￥406,700 | ￥2,346 |
| 84 | ￥4,882,800 | ￥406,900 | ￥2,348 |
| 85 | ￥4,885,200 | ￥407,100 | ￥2,349 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Japan federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the WF-4 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 | +￥1,465,650 | +￥1,831,950 |
| WF-4 total with mandatory adjustments | ￥5,374,050 | ￥6,717,150 |
Frequently asked
A WF-4 in the Japan federal civil service earns between ￥3,908,400 and ￥4,885,200 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.