2006 Military Pay Charts

On January 6, 2006, President George W. Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163) which funded an approved 3.1% basic pay raise for the Uniformed Members of the Armed Forces.

The pay tables below reflect the 3.1% pay raise for 2006. Pay raise effective on January 1, 2006.
Note: The amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
2006 Enlisted Pay Charts - 2006 Officer Pay Charts - 2006 Enlisted Reserve/Guard Drill Pay
2006 Officer Reserve/Guard Drill Pay

2006 Basic Enlisted Pay Rates

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	2,289	2,498	2,594	2,721	2,819
E-6	1,980	2,178	2,274	2,368	2,465
E-5	1,814	1,935	2,029	2,125	2,273
E-4	1,663	1,748	1,843	1,936	2,018
E-3	1,501	1,596	1,692	1,692	1,692
E-2	1,427	1,427	1,427	1,427	1,427
E-1	1,273	1,273	1,273	1,273	1,273
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	1,178

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		4,022	4,113	4,228	4,364
E-8	3,292	3,438	3,528	3,636	3,753
E-7	2,989	3,085	3,180	3,350	3,436
E-6	2,685	2,770	2,865	2,949	2,978
E-5	2,402	2,497	2,497	2,497	2,497
E-4	2,018	2,018	2,018	2,018	2,018
E-3	1,692	1,692	1,692	1,692	1,692
E-2	1,427	1,427	1,427	1,427	1,427
E-1	1,273	1,273	1,273	1,273	1,273

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	4,499	4,718	4,902	5,097	5,394
E-8	3,965	4,072	4,254	4,355	4,604
E-7	3,516	3,566	3,733	3,841	4,114
E-6	2,998	2,998	2,998	2,998	2,998
E-5	2,497	2,497	2,497	2,497	2,497
E-4	2,018	2,018	2,018	2,018	2,018
E-3	1,692	1,692	1,692	1,692	1,692
E-2	1,427	1,427	1,427	1,427	1,427
E-1	1,273	1,273	1,273	1,273	1,273

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2006 Basic Officer Pay Rates

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10 See Note 2
O-9
O-8	8,271	8,542	8,722	8,772	8,996
O-7	6,873	7,192	7,340	7,457	7,670
O-6	5,094	5,596	5,963	5,963	5,986
O-5	4,246	4,784	5,115	5,177	5,383
O-4	3,664	4,241	4,524	4,588	4,850
O-3	3,221	3,652	3,942	4,297	4,503
O-2	2,783	3,170	3,651	3,774	3,852
O-1	2,416	2,515	3,039	3,039	3,039
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer (See note 3)
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-3E				4,297	4,503
O-2E				3,774	3,852
O-1E				3,039	3,246
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	3,329	3,581	3,684	3,785	3,959
W-3	3,040	3,167	3,297	3,339	3,476
W-2	2,674	2,827	2,960	3,057	3,141
W-1	2,361	2,555	2,684	2,768	2,990

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10 See Note 2
O-9
O-8	9,371	9,458	9,814	9,916	10,223
O-7	7,879	8,123	8,365	8,608	9,371
O-6	6,243	6,277	6,277	6,633	7,264
O-5	5,507	5,779	5,979	6,236	6,630
O-4	5,132	5,482	5,756	5,945	6,054
O-3	4,729	4,875	5,116	5,241	5,241
O-2	3,852	3,852	3,852	3,852	3,852
O-1	3,039	3,039	3,039	3,039	3,039
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer (see note 3)
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-3E	4,729	4,875	5,116	5,318	5,434
O-2E	3,975	4,181	4,342	4,461	4,461
O-1E	3,366	3,489	3,609	3,774	3,774
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5
W-4	4,131	4,306	4,476	4,652	4,927
W-3	3,631	3,837	4,040	4,256	4,418
W-2	3,370	3,545	3,674	3,801	3,888
W-1	3,125	3,244	3,377	3,465	3,545

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 2		12,818	12,818	12,818	12,818
O-9		11,689	11,858	12,101	12,526
O-8	10,666	11,075	11,349	11,349	11,349
O-7	10,016	10,016	10,016	10,016	10,066
O-6	7,634	8,004	8,215	8,427	8,841
O-5	6,818	7,004	7,214	7,214	7,214
O-4	6,118	6,118	6,118	6,118	6,118
O-3	5,241	5,241	5,241	5,241	5,241
O-2	3,852	3,852	3,852	3,852	3,852
O-1	3,039	3,039	3,039	3,039	3,039
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer (See note 3)
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-3E	5,593	5,593	5,593	5,593	5,593
O-2E	4,461	4,461	4,461	4,461	4,461
O-1E	3,774	3,774	3,774	3,774	3,774
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		5,720	5,916	6,113	6,311
W-4	5,103	5,276	5,455	5,631	5,811
W-3	4,580	4,649	4,721	4,877	5,033
W-2	3,962	4,101	4,239	4,379	4,379
W-1	3,675	3,773	3,773	3,773	3,773

NOTES: 2. Basic pay for an O-7 to O-10 is limited by Level III of the Executive Schedule. Basic pay for O-6 and below is limited by Level V of the Executive Schedule.
3. Applicable to O-1 to O-3 with at least 4 years & 1 day of active duty or more than 1460 points as a warrant and/or enlisted member. See DoDFMR for more detailed explanation on who is eligible for this special basic pay rate.

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2006 Reserve and National Guard Pay Charts The following pay charts reflect the 3.1% pay raise effective on January 1, 2006. The amounts are based on a typical months payment for 4 drills.
Note: The are rounded to the nearest dollar.

2006 Basic Reserve/Guard Enlisted Drill Pay Rates

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	305	333	346	363	376
E-6	264	290	303	316	329
E-5	242	258	270	283	303
E-4	222	233	246	258	269
E-3	200	213	226	226	226
E-2	190	190	190	190	190
E-1	170	170	170	170	170
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	157

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		536	548	564	582
E-8	439	458	470	485	500
E-7	399	411	424	447	458
E-6	358	369	382	393	397
E-5	320	333	337	337	337
E-4	269	269	269	269	269
E-3	226	226	226	226	226
E-2	190	190	190	190	190
E-1	170	170	170	170	170

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	600	629	654	680	719
E-8	529	543	567	581	614
E-7	469	475	498	512	548
E-6	400	400	400	400	400
E-5	337	337	337	337	337
E-4	269	269	269	269	269
E-3	226	226	226	226	226
E-2	190	190	190	190	190
E-1	170	170	170	170	170

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2006 Basic Reserve/Guard Officer Pay Rates

Pay Grade	Years of Service (See note 1)
Pay Grade	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10
O-9
O-8	1,103	1,139	1,162	1,170	1,199
O-7	916	959	979	994	1,023
O-6	679	746	795	795	798
O-5	566	638	682	690	718
O-4	489	566	603	612	647
O-3	430	487	526	573	600
O-2	371	423	487	503	514
O-1	322	335	405	405	405
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer (See note 3)
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-3E				573	600
O-2E				503	514
O-1E				405	433
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	444	477	491	505	528
W-3	405	422	440	445	463
W-2	357	377	395	408	419
W-1	315	341	358	369	399

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10
O-9
O-8	1,249	1,261	1,309	1,322	1,363
O-7	1,051	1,083	1,115	1,148	1,249
O-6	832	837	837	884	969
O-5	734	771	797	831	884
O-4	684	731	767	793	807
O-3	631	650	682	699	699
O-2	514	514	514	514	514
O-1	405	405	405	405	405
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer (see note 3)
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-3E	631	650	682	709	725
O-2E	530	558	579	595	595
O-1E	449	465	481	503	503
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5
W-4	551	574	597	620	657
W-3	484	512	539	568	589
W-2	449	473	490	507	518
W-1	417	433	450	462	473

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Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 2		1,709	1,709	1,709	1,709
O-9		1,559	1,581	1,614	1,670
O-8	1,422	1,477	1,513	1,513	1,513
O-7	1,335	1,335	1,335	1,335	1,342
O-6	1,018	1,067	1,095	1,124	1,179
O-5	909	934	962	962	962
O-4	816	816	816	816	816
O-3	699	699	699	699	699
O-2	514	514	514	514	514
O-1	405	405	405	405	405
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer (See note 3)
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-3E	746	746	746	746	746
O-2E	595	595	595	595	595
O-1E	503	503	503	503	503
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		763	789	815	841
W-4	680	703	727	751	775
W-3	611	620	629	650	671
W-2	528	547	565	584	584
W-1	490	503	503	503	503

Military Pay Chart 2006