Military Pay Scale 2009

2009 Military Pay Chart

On May 1, 2008 the Senate’s Armed Services Committee announced it's newly drafted defense authorization bill which would authorize $612.5 billion in fiscal 2009. The measure would authorize a 3.9 percent pay raise for U.S. military personnel, a half percentage point more than President Bush sought in his budget request. Currently the active duty pay tables below are based on a 3.9% raise proposed by the Senate. The Reserve charts still reflect the 3.4% raise proposed by the President - I am working to update the chart to 3.9% for active and reserve. I am sure the proposed 2009 military pay raise and defense spending in general will be a major issue as the national elections draw closer. This pay chart will be updated as the year progresses and credible increases surface so don't forget to save this page to your favorites!

The pay scales are valid for active and reserve components of the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard.

The below rates reflect a monthly pay amount. Military pay is distributed on the 1st and 15th day of the month. If the 1st or 15th fall on a weekend or national holiday payment will be made the working day prior.

The military continues to have numerous pays which are not included in the tables below. They include Hazardous Duty, Imminent Danger Pay (Combat Pay), Sea Pay, Flight deck, Special Duty Pay (SDAP) and many others. You must be working in an available billet in the required field/location to draw additional pay status. "Pays" are taxable. The military also has various allowances such as Housing (BAH) and Cost of living (COLA). "Allowances" are NOT taxable.

Note: Military Pay Chart amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
2009 Enlisted Pay Chart - 2009 Officer Pay Chart - 2009 Enlisted Reserve/Guard Drill Pay
2009 Officer Reserve/Guard Military Drill Pay

2009 Basic Enlisted Military Pay Rates - Proposed 3.9%

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	2515	2744	2851	2989	3098
E-6	2176	2393	2499	2603	2709
E-5	1993	2126	2230	2335	2498
E-4	1827	1921	2025	2127	2217
E-3	1650	1754	1860	1860	1860
E-2	1568	1568	1568	1568	1568
E-1	1400	1400	1400	1400	1400
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	1295

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		4420	4520	4646	4796
E-8	3618	3778	3877	3995	4124
E-7	3284	3389	3562	3715	3820
E-6	2951	3043	3213	3266	3308
E-5	2659	2798	2816	2816	2816
E-4	2217	2217	2217	2217	2217
E-3	1860	1860	1860	1860	1860
E-2	1568	1568	1568	1568	1568
E-1	1400	1400	1400	1400	1400

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	4944	5185	5386	5601	5927
E-8	4358	4475	4674	4786	5060
E-7	3935	3977	4123	4220	4521
E-6	3355	3355	3355	3355	3355
E-5	2816	2816	2816	2816	2816
E-4	2217	2217	2217	2217	2217
E-3	1860	1860	1860	1860	1860
E-2	1568	1568	1568	1568	1568
E-1	1400	1400	1400	1400	1400

Enlisted Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
E-9	6195	6504	6830	Make room
E-8	5136	5136	5136	Retire!!

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2009 Basic Officer Military Pay Rates - Proposed 3.9%

Pay Grade	Years of Service (See note 1)
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10 See Note 2
O-9
O-8	9089	9387	9585	9640	9886
O-7	7554	7904	8067	8196	8428
O-6	5598	6150	6553	6553	6578
O-5	4666	5257	5621	5689	5916
O-4	4026	4661	4972	5041	5329
O-3	3539	4014	4332	4722	4949
O-2	3059	3483	4013	4148	4233
O-1	2655	2764	3339	3339	3339
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				4722	4949
O-2E				4148	4233
O-1E				3339	3567
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	3658	3935	4049	4159	4351
W-3	3340	3480	3623	3669	3819
W-2	2938	3107	3253	3359	3452
W-1	2593	2807	2950	3041	3285

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10 See Note 2
O-9
O-8	10299	10394	10785	10898	11235
O-7	8659	8927	9193	9460	10299
O-6	6861	6899	6899	7290	7983
O-5	6052	6351	6571	6853	7285
O-4	5640	6024	6325	6533	6654
O-3	5197	5357	5622	5759	5759
O-2	4233	4233	4233	4233	4233
O-1	3339	3339	3339	3339	3339
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	5197	5357	5622	5843	5971
O-2E	4368	4594	4771	4903	4903
O-1E	3699	3834	3966	4148	4148
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	--	--	--	--	--
W-4	4539	4732	4919	5112	5414
W-3	3990	4216	4439	4677	4855
W-2	3704	3895	4037	4177	4272
W-1	3434	3565	3711	3808	3895

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 2		14688	14760	15068	15602
O-9		12847	13032	13299	13766
O-8	11722	12172	12472	12472	12472
O-7	11007	11007	11007	11007	11062
O-6	8389	8796	9028	9261	9716
O-5	7492	7698	7928	7928	7928
O-4	6723	6723	6732	6723	6723
O-3	5759	5759	5759	5759	5759
O-2	4233	4233	4233	4233	4233
O-1	3339	3339	3339	3339	3339
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	6147	6147	6147	6147	6147
O-2E	4903	4903	4903	4903	4903
O-1E	4148	4148	4148	4148	4148
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5	--	6286	6502	6718	6935
W-4	5609	5799	5995	6187	6386
W-3	5214	5422	5548	5680	5861
W-2	4354	4507	4659	4813	4813
W-1	4038	4147	4147	4147	4147

Commissioned Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
O-10	16382	17202	18061	Time for
O-9	14455	15178	15936	Retirement!
O-8	12785	13104	13104	Retire!!
O-7	11285	11285	11285	Retire!!
O-6	9911	9911	9911	Retire!!

Warrant Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
W-5	7722	8107	8514	Make room
W-4	6816	6816	6816	your old!!

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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2009 Reserve and National Guard Military Pay Charts
The following pay charts reflect the President's proposed pay raise of 3.4% for 2009. The amounts are based on a typical months payment for 4 drills. Note: Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.

2009 Basic Reserve/Guard Enlisted Drill Military Pay Rates - Proposed 3.4%

Effective January 1, 2009 if approved.

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	333	364	377	396	410
E-6	287	316	331	344	360
E-5	265	281	295	309	331
E-4	242	254	269	281	294
E-3	218	233	246	246	246
E-2	208	208	208	208	208
E-1	185	185	185	185	185
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	172

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		585	600	616	636
E-8	480	500	514	529	547
E-7	435	450	463	488	500
E-6	391	403	418	429	433
E-5	349	364	368	368	368
E-4	294	294	294	294	294
E-3	246	246	246	246	246
E-2	208	208	208	208	208
E-1	185	185	185	185	185

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	656	687	714	742	786
E-8	578	592	619	635	671
E-7	513	519	544	559	600
E-6	436	436	436	436	436
E-5	368	368	368	368	368
E-4	294	294	294	294	294
E-3	246	246	246	246	246
E-2	208	208	208	208	208
E-1	185	185	185	185	185

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2009 Basic Reserve/Guard Officer Military Pay Rates - Proposed 3.4%

Pay Grade	Years of Service (See note 1)
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10
O-9
O-8	1206	1246	1271	1279	1311
O-7	1002	1048	1070	1087	1119
O-6	741	816	869	869	873
O-5	618	698	746	755	785
O-4	534	609	660	669	707
O-3	469	531	575	626	656
O-2	405	462	514	550	561
O-1	353	366	442	442	442
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				626	656
O-2E				550	561
O-1E				442	473
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	485	521	537	552	577
W-3	442	461	481	486	507
W-2	390	412	431	446	458
W-1	343	372	391	403	435

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10
O-9
O-8	1366	1378	1431	1446	1490
O-7	1150	1184	1219	1255	1366
O-6	910	915	915	967	1060
O-5	802	843	871	909	967
O-4	748	799	838	866	882
O-3	690	710	746	764	764
O-2	561	561	561	561	561
O-1	442	442	442	442	442
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	690	710	746	774	792
O-2E	579	610	633	650	650
O-1E	490	509	525	550	550
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	--	--	--	--	--
W-4	603	628	652	677	718
W-3	528	559	588	620	643
W-2	490	517	536	554	567
W-1	456	473	491	506	517

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Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 2		1869	1869	1869	1869
O-9		1705	1729	1765	1826
O-8	1555	1615	1654	1654	1654
O-7	1460	1460	1460	1460	1467
O-6	1113	1166	1197	1228	1288
O-5	993	1021	1052	1052	1052
O-4	891	891	891	891	891
O-3	764	764	764	764	764
O-2	561	561	561	561	561
O-1	442	442	442	442	442
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	816	816	816	816	816
O-2E	650	650	650	650	650
O-1E	550	550	550	550	550
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		833	862	890	919
W-4	742	768	794	821	848
W-3	668	677	687	710	733
W-2	577	599	617	638	638
W-1	536	550	550	550	550