Japanese Government

Pay System and

Working Condition

Meiji Governance
Study
Choi, Minsoo
Japanese Government Salary

Government Official Salary

Basic Pay Bonus

Complexity Difficulty
Responsibility
Allowance

Determination on Legal Basis

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Laws on Government Employment

National Public Service Act

Job-Based-Salary
Article 62
Duties and Responsibilities

Paid Under Law

Article 63
None without Being Described in Law
Determined Salary Schedule by NPA
Article 64 Consideration of Living Cost and Private Sec-
tor

Act on Remuneration of Officials in the Regular Service

Article 6 17 Types of Salary Schedule

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Salary Schedule
17 Types of Salary Schedule
Administrative (1) 1. Administrative (1)
2. Administrative (2)
3. Special Administrative
4. Taxation
5. Public Security 1)
6. Public Security (2)
7. Maritime (1)
8. Maritime (2)
9. Educational (1)
10. Educational (2)
11. Research
12. Medical (1)
13. Medical (2)
14. Medical (3)
15. Welfare
16. Professional
Administrative
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17. Designated
Grade of Service and Pay Step

Grade

Pay Step

• Increase implementation in January every year : 0 ~ 8 steps

• National Public Service Act. Article 65-2. Principle of job-based-pay
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Senior Position Payment
2023.11.24.
Monthly Area Yearl
Allowance y
Prime Minister

Secretary
General

• Act on Salaries of Government Officials with Special

Capacity
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• Completely Job-Based-Pay
Bonus
*Months of Salary
• Twice Every Year (June and December)

End of Term Diligence

Allowance Allowance
1.225 0.9~2.05

• Poor Performance on Both Semester : 2.25 + 1.8 = 4.05

• Excellent Performance on Both Semester : 2.25 + 4.1 = 6.35
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Allowance

• Family Allowance
• Housing Allowance
• Commuting Allowance
• Family-Unattended-Transfer Allowance
• Area Allowance(According to private sector)
• Wide-area Transfer Allowance
• Managerial Allowance
• Headquarters Duty Adjustment Allowance
• Hardship Duty Allowance
• Overtime Allowance
• Etc.

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Area Allowance

Grade Cities Months of Salary

1 Tokyo 20/100
2 Osaka, Yokohama 16/100
3 Saitama, Chiba, Nagoya 15/100
4 Kobe 12/100
5 Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Fukuoka 10/100
6 Sendai, Shizuoka, Wakayama 6/100
7 Sapporo, Nagano, Kanazawa 3/100

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Cold Area Allowance
*Yen

Household Type
Area Head of Household Not City Example
Grade Head of
Supporting
Etc. Household
Family
1 26,380 14,580 10,340 Asahikawa, Obihiro

2 23,360 13,060 8,800 Sapporo, Kushiro

3 22,540 12,860 8,600 Hakodata, Muroran

Aomori, Morioka,
4 17,800 10,200 7,360
Akita

• Cold Area Allowance is limited from November to March next year.

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Working Hours and Leave

< Basic Working Hour > < Leave >

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat • Annual leave
20 days with salary paid
• Sick leave
within continuous 90 days
7h 7h 7h 7h 7h • Special leave
45m 45m 45m 45m 45m • Nursing care leave

• Severe overtime during periods of

Diet response and budget planning
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Special Leave

Prenatal leave 6 weeks

Postnatal leave 8 weeks
Voting or other civil rights exercise
Appearance at a public office as a witness or similar reason For the period deemed necessary
Donor of bone marrow, etc.
Volunteer activities 5 days or less per year
Marriage 5 or less continuous days
Nursing time Twice per day for 30 min. each
Childbirth of wife 2 days or less
5 days or less during the 6 weeks before
Childcare participation by male official
wife gives birth and 8 weeks after
Caring for a sick child 5 days or less per year
Short-term nursing care leave 5 days or less per year
Death of relative 7 days or less depending on the relative
Summer vacation 3 days or less from July to Sept.

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Korean Case – Payment System

• Basic Pay + Bonus, Allowance

Similar • All Payment on Legal Basis
• Salary Schedule (Job-Based-
Pay)

• No Cold Area Allowance

Different • Holiday Allowance
• Compensation for Unused Annual Leave

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Korean Case – Salary Schedule

< Regular Administrative Salary Schedule >

Grade Monthly, KRW

Pay Step

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Korean Case – Working Hour and Leave

< Working Hour >

• 5 days, 8 hours a day (9 to 6)
• Flexible work hour (week basis)
• Remote work

< Leave >

• Annual leave Max. 21 days
• Carry forward or compensation
• Sick leave
• Free leave, Special leave
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