Military Pay Chart 2010 (Proposed 2.9%)

2010 US Military Basic Pay Charts

President Obama has released in his budget outline on February 26, 2009 a military pay raise of 2.9% for 2010. The raise amount utilizes the same methodology of the previous administration of using the Employment Cost Index (ECI) published by the Department of Labor.

As of March 31, 2009 both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees put forth a 3.4% increase for 2010.

The 2010 pay raise amount greatly effects those who will hit the 30 year high year tenure mark as those members are the last to have joined under the "final pay" retirement system.

The following charts are showing a 2.9% raise for 2010 based on President Obama's budget outline release.

Military pay in the United States 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 pay scales below are proposals for active and reserve components of the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard. The Pay rates below are monthly amounts rounded to the nearest US dollar.

2010 Enlisted Pay Chart - 2010 Officer Pay Chart
2010 Enlisted Reserve/Guard Drill Pay Chart
2010 Officer Reserve/Guard Military Drill Pay Chart

2010 Basic Enlisted Military Pay Chart (2.9% Proposed)

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	2589	2826	2934	3077	3189
E-6	2239	2463	2573	2677	2787
E-5	2052	2189	2294	2402	2571
E-4	1880	1977	2084	2190	2283
E-3	1698	1805	1914	1914	1914
E-2	1615	1615	1615	1615	1615
E-1	1440	1440	1440	1440	1440
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	1332

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		4549	4652	4782	4935
E-8	3724	3889	3990	4113	4245
E-7	3380	3488	3682	3841	3950
E-6	3036	3133	3320	3377	3419
E-5	2748	2893	2910	2910	2910
E-4	2283	2283	2283	2283	2283
E-3	1914	1914	1914	1914	1914
E-2	1615	1615	1615	1615	1615
E-1	1440	1440	1440	1440	1440

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	5088	5335	5544	5764	6100
E-8	4483	4605	4811	4924	5207
E-7	4066	4111	4262	4343	4652
E-6	3468	3468	3468	3468	3468
E-5	2910	2910	2910	2910	2910
E-4	2283	2283	2283	2283	2283
E-3	1914	1914	1914	1914	1914
E-2	1615	1615	1615	1615	1615
E-1	1440	1440	1440	1440	1440

Enlisted Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
E-9	6406	6726	7062	Make room
E-8	5311	5311	5311	Retire!!

Note: The US military has various pays which are not included these pay tables. They include, but not limited to, Submarine Duty Pay, Hazardous Duty, Imminent Danger Pay (Combat Pay), Sea Pay, Flight deck, Special Duty Pay (SDAP). You must be assigned in an available billet in the required field/location to draw additional pay status. "Pays" are taxable. The US military also has various allowances such as Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), Cost of living Allowance (COLA) and Clothing Allowance just to name a few. "Allowances" are NOT normally taxed. The rates reflect a monthly pay amount and are rounded to the nearest US dollar ($).

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2010 Basic Officer Military Pay Chart (2.9% Proposed)

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10 See Note 1
O-9
O-8	9354	9660	9863	9921	10174
O-7	7772	8133	8300	8433	8673
O-6	5760	6328	6744	6744	6770
O-5	4802	5410	5784	5855	6089
O-4	4144	4796	5116	5188	5485
O-3	3643	4129	4457	4860	5092
O-2	3148	3585	4129	4268	4356
O-1	2732	2844	3438	3438	3438
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
See Note 2	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-3E				4859	5092
O-2E				4268	4356
O-1E				3436	3670
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	3764	4049	4166	4280	4478
W-3	3437	3581	3728	3775	3930
W-2	3024	3197	3347	3457	3552
W-1	2669	2889	3035	3129	3381

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10 See Note 1
O-9
O-8	10597	10696	11098	11214	11561
O-7	8910	9186	9460	9734	10597
O-6	7059	7099	7099	7501	8214
O-5	6228	6536	6761	7052	7497
O-4	5803	6199	6509	6723	6847
O-3	5348	5512	5785	5926	5926
O-2	4356	4356	4356	4356	4356
O-1	3438	3438	3438	3438	3438
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
See Note 2	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-3E	5348	5513	5785	6015	6146
O-2E	4495	4729	4910	5044	5044
O-1E	3806	3945	4082	4268	4268
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	--	--	--	--	--
W-4	4673	4869	5167	5427	5675
W-3	4233	4549	4697	4869	5046
W-2	3983	4136	4285	4468	4611
W-1	3677	3809	3995	4178	4321

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 1		15115	15188	15504	16054
O-9		13220	13410	13685	14165
O-8	12063	12525	12835	12835	12835
O-7	11326	11326	11326	11326	11384
O-6	8633	9052	9290	9531	9999
O-5	7710	7920	8159	8159	8159
O-4	6918	6918	6918	6918	6918
O-3	5927	5927	5927	5927	5927
O-2	4356	4356	4356	4356	4356
O-1	3438	3438	3438	3438	3438
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
See Note 2	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-3E	6325	6325	6325	6325	6325
O-2E	5044	5044	5044	5044	5044
O-1E	4268	4268	4268	4268	4268
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5	--	6695	7034	7286	7567
W-4	5877	6074	6365	6603	6876
W-3	5364	5579	5708	5845	6031
W-2	4741	4895	4997	5078	5078
W-1	4454	4614	4614	4614	4614

Commissioned Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
O-10	16857	17700	18585	Time for
O-9	14874	15617	16398	Retirement!
O-8	13156	13484	13484	Retire!!
O-7	11612	11612	11612	Retire!!
O-6	10198	10198	10198	Retire!!

Warrant Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
W-5	7945	8343	8760	Make room
W-4	7013	7013	7013	you're old!!

NOTE 1. Basic pay for an O-7 to O-10 is limited by Level II of the Executive Schedule. Basic pay for O-6 and below is limited by Level V of the Executive Schedule.

NOTE 2. 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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2010 Monthly Reserve/Guard Enlisted Drill Military Pay Scales (2.9% Proposal)

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	344	376	391	411	425
E-6	298	328	343	357	371
E-5	274	292	306	320	343
E-4	251	263	278	292	305
E-3	226	241	255	255	255
E-2	215	215	215	215	215
E-1	192	192	192	192	192
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	178

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		606	620	638	658
E-8	496	519	532	548	566
E-7	451	465	491	512	527
E-6	404	418	442	451	456
E-5	366	386	388	388	388
E-4	305	305	305	305	305
E-3	255	255	255	255	255
E-2	215	215	215	215	215
E-1	192	192	192	192	192

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	678	711	739	769	813
E-8	598	614	641	656	695
E-7	542	548	568	579	620
E-6	462	462	462	462	462
E-5	388	388	388	388	388
E-4	305	305	305	305	305
E-3	255	255	255	255	255
E-2	215	215	215	215	215
E-1	192	192	192	192	192

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2010 Monthly Basic Reserve/Guard Officer Military Pay Scales (2.9% Proposed)

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-7	1036	1084	1107	1125	1157
O-6	768	844	899	899	902
O-5	640	722	772	781	811
O-4	553	640	682	692	731
O-3	485	551	594	648	679
O-2	420	478	551	569	581
O-1	365	378	458	458	458
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
See Note 2	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-3E				648	679
O-2E				569	581
O-1E				458	490
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	502	540	556	571	597
W-3	458	477	497	503	524
W-2	405	443	456	464	490
W-1	356	394	404	426	452

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-7	1189	1224	1262	1298	1412
O-6	942	947	947	1000	1095
O-5	830	871	901	941	1000
O-4	774	826	867	896	914
O-3	713	734	772	790	790
O-2	581	581	581	581	581
O-1	458	458	458	458	458
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
See Note 2	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-3E	713	734	772	802	819
O-2E	599	631	654	672	672
O-1E	507	526	544	569	569
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	--	--	--	--	--
W-4	623	649	688	723	756
W-3	565	606	627	649	673
W-2	531	552	571	596	614
W-1	490	508	533	557	576

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Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-7	1511	1511	1511	1511	1518
O-6	1151	1207	1239	1271	1334
O-5	1028	1056	1087	1087	1087
O-4	922	922	922	922	922
O-3	790	790	790	790	790
O-2	581	581	581	581	581
O-1	458	458	458	458	458
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
See Note 2	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-3E	844	844	844	844	844
O-2E	672	672	672	672	672
O-1E	569	569	569	569	569
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		892	937	971	1008
W-4	784	810	849	881	917
W-3	716	744	761	779	804
W-2	632	652	667	677	677
W-1	594	615	615	615	615

Note: The Guard and Reserve amounts are based on a typical months payment for 4 drills.
Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Effective January 1, 2010 if approved.