US service members across all branches conduct state funeral services for former President George H. W. Bush. Spc. James Harvey/US Army
Business Insider: Military pay: This is how much US troops are paid according to their rank
* This is a list of the typical pay for military ranks, from entry-level Army privates who make $20,172 a year to Air Force generals who bring home $189,600.
* Base pay for an enlisted service member in their first six months comes out to less than $20,000 per year. But troops earn increases as they advance in rank and gain experience. The highest ranking enlisted Marine, Sgt. Maj of the Marine Corps Ronald Green, makes over $90,000 a year in base pay alone.
* Military officer pay is much higher. Newly commissioned officers make about $38,250 a year.
* Base pay is only part of their compensation. Most service members also receive allowances for housing, food, uniforms, and job-specific bonuses, many of which are not taxed.
How much are US troops paid?
The answer to that question depends on their rank, time in service, location of duty station, family members, and job specialty — just to name a few.
Other benefits, like government healthcare and tax-free portions of their pay, help service members stretch their earnings a bit farther than civilian counterparts.
To give you an idea, we broke down their monthly salary, or base pay, for each rank. We estimated their pay rate based on how many years they've typically served by the time they reach that rank — many service members spend more time in each rank than we've calculated, while some troops spend less time and promote more quickly.
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WNU Editor: You definitely do not do it for the money.
9 comments:
The anual salary may be low but they have quite good benefits and often get hundreds of thousands in payout for early retirement, which happens like all the time. housing is often provided, and that counts for a lot in itself. I think all medical expenses are also paid for (within limits ofc)..so it's actually not that bad. But... we still cannot thank them enough and should work in further increasing their pay and benefits. I'm upset to see that an app developer fresh out of college can pull as much as the highest ranking general after decades of service. But then again, the programmer can be laid off overnight and competition in the private market of course fierce for these positions.
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You have to factor in all the other goodies servicemembers get that the average citizen doesn't, such as housing allowance. Yes their base pay is not that high but they do get pretty good bene's that make up for it.
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