The status of Yonin differed between the various provinces in Japan however, generally speaking, in the larger domains the Yonin's status was not higher than the senior retainers and, there is no doubt that the smaller the domains there was a tendency for the Yonin's status to be relatively higher.
用人の地位は、全国諸藩においてまちまちであるが、大雑把に云って、大藩であるほど上級家臣の中でその地位は相対的に高くなく、小藩であるほどその地位は相対的に高い傾向があることは疑いがない。