# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81)

- Law: 厚生年金保険法 (Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年法律第百十五号
- English title "Employees' Pension Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八十一条 (Article 81)（保険料） — address `art-81`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81
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### 第八十一条（保険料） — (Insurance Premiums)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81</sup>

**第一項**  政府等は、厚生年金保険事業に要する費用（基礎年金拠出金を含む。）に充てるため、保険料を徴収する。
<sup>art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81/par-1</sup>
The government and the implementing organizations collect insurance premiums for allocation to the expenses needed for employees' pension insurance services (including basic pension contributions).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  保険料は、被保険者期間の計算の基礎となる各月につき、徴収するものとする。
<sup>art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81/par-2</sup>
The government and the implementing organizations are to collect insurance premiums for each month that forms a basis for calculating an insured period.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  保険料額は、標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額にそれぞれ保険料率を乗じて得た額とする。
<sup>art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81/par-3</sup>
The amount of insurance premiums is the amount arrived at when the insurance premium rate is multiplied by the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and by the standardized amount of bonuses.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  保険料率は、次の表の上欄に掲げる月分の保険料について、それぞれ同表の下欄に定める率とする。
平成十六年十月から平成十七年八月までの月分	千分の百三十九・三四
平成十七年九月から平成十八年八月までの月分	千分の百四十二・八八
平成十八年九月から平成十九年八月までの月分	千分の百四十六・四二
平成十九年九月から平成二十年八月までの月分	千分の百四十九・九六
平成二十年九月から平成二十一年八月までの月分	千分の百五十三・五〇
平成二十一年九月から平成二十二年八月までの月分	千分の百五十七・〇四
平成二十二年九月から平成二十三年八月までの月分	千分の百六十・五八
平成二十三年九月から平成二十四年八月までの月分	千分の百六十四・一二
平成二十四年九月から平成二十五年八月までの月分	千分の百六十七・六六
平成二十五年九月から平成二十六年八月までの月分	千分の百七十一・二〇
平成二十六年九月から平成二十七年八月までの月分	千分の百七十四・七四
平成二十七年九月から平成二十八年八月までの月分	千分の百七十八・二八
平成二十八年九月から平成二十九年八月までの月分	千分の百八十一・八二
平成二十九年九月以後の月分	千分の百八十三・〇〇
<sup>art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81/par-4</sup>
For insurance premiums in the months set forth in the left-hand column of the following table, the insurance premium rate is the corresponding rate shown in the right-hand column of that table:
For months from October 2004 to August 2005	139.34/1000
For months from September 2005 to August 2006	142.88/1000
For months from September 2006 to August 2007	146.42/1000
For months from September 2007 to August 2008	149.96/1000
For months from September 2008 to August 2009	153.50/1000
For months from September 2009 to August 2010	157.04/1000
For months from September 2010 to August 2011	160.58/1000
For months from September 2011 to August 2012	164.12/1000
For months from September 2012 to August 2013	167.66/1000
For months from September 2013 to August 2014	171.20/1000
For months from September 2014 to August 2015	174.74/1000
For months from September 2015 to August 2016	178.28/1000
For months from September 2016 to August 2017	181.82/1000
For the month of September 2017 and months thereafter	183.00/1000
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 厚生年金保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
