In addition, personnel served as either Taijo (Senior Secretary) or Shojo (Junior Secretary), both of which managed the practical business of Minbu-sho and corresponded to the Hangan (inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period)), were often raised to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) in light of the length of service and called Minbu-no-Taifu.
更に民部省の実務に当たっていた判官にあたる大丞・少丞の中から年労により従五位に叙爵されることが多く、それらの者は民部大夫と称された。