# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百二十四条 (Article 124)
- Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号
- English title "Health Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第百二十四条 (Article 124)（標準賃金日額） — address `art-124`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第百二十四条（標準賃金日額） — (Daily Amount of Standard Wages)
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art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124
**第一項** 標準賃金日額は、日雇特例被保険者の賃金日額に基づき、次の等級区分（次項の規定により等級区分の改定が行われたときは、改定後の等級区分）による。
標準賃金日額等級 標準賃金日額 賃金日額
第一級 三、〇〇〇円 三、五〇〇円未満
第二級 四、四〇〇円 三、五〇〇円以上五、〇〇〇円未満
第三級 五、七五〇円 五、〇〇〇円以上六、五〇〇円未満
第四級 七、二五〇円 六、五〇〇円以上八、〇〇〇円未満
第五級 八、七五〇円 八、〇〇〇円以上九、五〇〇円未満
第六級 一〇、七五〇円 九、五〇〇円以上一二、〇〇〇円未満
第七級 一三、二五〇円 一二、〇〇〇円以上一四、五〇〇円未満
第八級 一五、七五〇円 一四、五〇〇円以上一七、〇〇〇円未満
第九級 一八、二五〇円 一七、〇〇〇円以上一九、五〇〇円未満
第一〇級 二一、二五〇円 一九、五〇〇円以上二三、〇〇〇円未満
第一一級 二四、七五〇円 二三、〇〇〇円以上
art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-1
The standard daily wage amount is based on the relevant insured person's daily wage amount according to the following grading (if the grading has been revised pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph, the revised grading).
Standard Daily Wage Grade Standard daily wages Daily Amount of Wages
Level 1 3,000 yen Less than 3,500 yen
Level 2 4,400 yen Not less than 3,500 yen but less than 5,000 yen
Level 3 5,750 yen Not less than 5,000 yen but less than 6,500 yen
Level 4 7,250 yen Not less than 6,500 yen but less than 8,000 yen
Level 5 8,750 yen Not less than 8,000 yen but less than 9,500 yen
Level 6 10,750 yen Not less than 9,500 yen but less than 12,000 yen
Level 7 13,250 yen Not less than 12,000 yen but less than 14,500 yen
Level 8 15,750 yen Not less than 14,500 yen but less than 17,000 yen
Level 9 18,250 yen Not less than 17,000 yen but less than 19,500 yen
Level 10 21,250 yen Not less than 19,500 yen but less than 23,000 yen
Level 11 24,750 yen Not less than 23,000 yen
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 一の年度における標準賃金日額等級の最高等級に対応する標準賃金日額に係る保険料の延べ納付日数の当該年度における日雇特例被保険者に関する保険料の総延べ納付日数に占める割合が百分の三を超える場合において、その状態が継続すると認められるときは、翌年度の九月一日から、政令で、当該最高等級の上に更に等級を加える標準賃金日額の等級区分の改定を行うことができる。ただし、当該一の年度において、改定後の標準賃金日額等級の最高等級に対応する標準賃金日額に係る保険料の延べ納付日数の日雇特例被保険者に関する保険料の総延べ納付日数に占める割合が百分の一を下回ってはならない。
art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-2
If the ratio of the total number of days of payment of insurance premiums pertaining to the standard daily wage amount corresponding to the highest grade of standard daily wage amount to the total number of days of payment of insurance premiums pertaining to specially-insured day laborers in one fiscal year exceeds 0.03, and it is found that the status will continue, the grading of standard daily wage amount may be revised by adding another grade above the highest grade from September 1 in the following fiscal year by Cabinet Order; however, the ratio of the total number of days of payment of insurance premiums pertaining to the standard daily wage amount corresponding to the highest grade of standard daily wage amount to the total number of days of payment of insurance premiums pertaining to specially-insured day laborers in that fiscal year must not fall below 0.01.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 第四十条第三項の規定は、前項の政令の制定又は改正について準用する。
art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-3
The provisions of Article 40, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the establishment or amendment of Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-124/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法 第百二十四条第二項 (Article 124, paragraph (2)), art-124/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-2
- art-124/par-3: 第四十条第三項 → 健康保険法 第四十条第三項 (Article 40, paragraph (3)), art-40/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-40/par-3
- art-124/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百二十四条第二項 (Article 124, paragraph (2)), art-124/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-2
## Cited by
3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 健康保険法 第百二十四条第一項（標準賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-1
- 健康保険法 第百二十四条第三項（標準賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-124/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-124/par-3
- 健康保険法 第百六十八条第一項第二号（日雇特例被保険者の保険料額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-1/item-2
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10