Nagoya

UN & international careers in Nagoya, Japan.

Your Take-Home in Japan

An estimate for a UN post at Nagoya, Japan — for internationally recruited staff (Professional P / D, in US dollars) or locally recruited staff (General Service / National Officer, local scale).

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You must already have 5 years' continuous UN service to qualify, and it applies from your 2nd duty station onward. Paid for up to 5 years at any one station.
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* Health insurance is indicative only — real premiums vary by organization, plan (medical and dental are billed separately) and coverage option. The ~2.5% shown is a placeholder, not a quote.

Indicative estimate — excludes rental subsidy, education grant and settling-in. Professional (P/D) pay is in US dollars; GS/NO on the local scale in local currency. For information only — not official advice.

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Allowances & Benefits in Nagoya

On top of net base salary, ICSC common-system entitlements adjust pay for cost of living and the difficulty of the posting. Not every allowance applies to every posting or every staff category — each is tagged below. Amounts are 2025 rates in US dollars.

Who gets it: IP internationally recruited P/D · GS / NO locally recruited · All staff all staff

Hardship Classification IP

Category H

H is an established, low-hardship location — typically a major city in a high-income country. No hardship allowance applies.

Category H carries no hardship allowance.

How hardship & mobility work Is this the right posting for you? Family & relocation read

Post Adjustment IP

44%

Post adjustment is a cost-of-living multiplier added to net base salary so purchasing power is comparable across duty stations. It is set city by city, not country-wide. New York (HQ) is 76%.

Japan (Tokyo)
44%
New York (HQ)
76%
Other duty stations in Japan: Hiroshima 28%.
Example of net base + post adjustment (44%), by grade (step 1, annual):
P-2
$80,874
net base $56,046
+$24,828 PA
P-3
$102,936
net base $71,335
+$31,601 PA
P-4
$124,137
net base $86,027
+$38,110 PA
P-5
$148,867
net base $103,165
+$45,702 PA
Post adjustment keeps your purchasing power comparable to New York — a lower multiplier usually reflects lower local costs, not less buying power. Read more about cost of living & real UN purchasing power →
Understand post adjustment

Danger Pay All staff

Not applicable here

Nagoya is not a designated danger-pay duty station. Danger pay is granted only where staff face serious danger such as armed conflict.

About danger pay

Non-Family Duty Station IP

Not applicable here

Nagoya is a family duty station — eligible dependants may accompany staff, so no non-family allowance applies.

About non-family duty stations

Rest & Recuperation All staff

Not applicable here

This duty station is not typically R&R-designated. Rest & Recuperation applies to the more difficult hardship and security postings.

About Rest & Recuperation

Mobility Incentive IP

Not applicable here

Nagoya is a category H duty station, so no mobility incentive is payable here. It applies from the second assignment at hardship duty stations (categories A–E), for internationally recruited staff with five years' continuous service. Locally recruited GS/NO staff are not eligible.

About the mobility incentive
Indicative figures based on UN ICSC common-system rates (2025) & World Bank data — not official entitlement advice. See UN contracts & grade levels.
Pay by Grade in Nagoya

Open the full salary scale, allowances and estimated take-home for a specific grade at this duty station.

Professional & Director (internationally recruited)
P-1 P-2 P-3 P-4 P-5 D-1 D-2
General Service & National Officer (locally recruited)
G-1 G-2 G-3 G-4 G-5 G-6 G-7 NO-A NO-B NO-C NO-D
World Bank Group pay in Japan

The Bank is not on the UN common system: there is no post adjustment, each country office is set against its own local market, and figures are quoted net of tax — so they do not compare like for like with the UN figures above. Annual, in local currency.

GradeMinimumMidpointMaximum
GA JPY 4,200,000 6,000,000 7,800,000
GB JPY 4,950,000 7,080,000 9,200,000
GC JPY 5,770,000 8,230,000 10,700,000
GD JPY 6,510,000 9,310,000 12,100,000
GE JPY 8,240,000 11,790,000 15,330,000
GF JPY 10,970,000 15,660,000 20,370,000
GG JPY 13,620,000 19,450,000 25,280,000
GH JPY 23,620,000 33,740,000 43,870,000
GI JPY 30,220,000 37,780,000 45,330,000

Based on the World Bank Group's FY27 salary structure (7 July 2026), shown here for ease of reference. Figures are reviewed annually and can change without notice — the official World Bank Group salary scales should always be consulted and prevail over anything shown here. What the GA–GK grades pay → How the World Bank Group pays →

These are UN common-system pay figures (Secretariat, funds, agencies and programmes). The IMF and other Bretton Woods institutions use their own scales (the World Bank's is above), and NGOs and other non-UN employers that also post jobs in Nagoya set their own salaries and benefits — a role here does not guarantee these figures.