United Kingdom Rank - Rating & Pay Chart
British military pay is based on civilian earnings for comparable work. Civilian overtime, bonuses and fringe benefits are also considered when determining how much the base pay for a service member should be. No civilian occupation can be directly compared to serving in the Army, and so a Joint Services' Job Evaluation Team (JSJET), with military members trained in job analysis, constantly updates job descriptions over the whole range of Service trades. The trades are then evaluated against six factors:
- knowledge, skills and experience
- complexity and mental challenge
- judgement and decision making
- use of resources
- communication (both internal and external)
- and working conditions.
The services are then compared to the scores for civilian jobs that have been similarly evaluated. This information, together with evidence from the MOD, is presented to the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (AFPRB). The pay charts are for the Royal Navy (RN), Royal Marines (RM), British Army (BA), Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Irish Regiment (RIR).
NOTE: Pay charts reflect an annual pay rate in British Pounds (£).
Military Rank, Rating & Pay Chart
| Higher Spine | Lower Spine | |||
| Rank - Rating | 1 April 2008 | 1 April 2008 | ||
| Range 5 – OR9 | JPA ANNUAL | JPA ANNUAL | ||
| Level 7 | 44,587.80 | Level 7 | 42,076.68 | |
| Navy: Warrant Officer 1 | Level 6 | 43,916.04 | Level 6 | 40,920.72 |
| R.M.: Warrant Officer 1 | Level 5 | 43,146.84 | Level 5 | 39,803.64 |
| Army: Warrant Officer 1 | Level 4 | 42,389.16 | Level 4 | 39,042.12 |
| RAF: Warrant Officer | Level 3 | 41,623.68 | Level 3 | 38,284.44 |
| Level 2 | 40,920.72 | Level 2 | 37,526.88 | |
| Level 1 | 40,131.60 | Level 1 | 36,812.16 | |
| Range 4 – OR 7 & 8 | JPA ANNUAL | JPA ANNUAL | ||
| Level 9 | 41,248.80 | Level 9 | 37,792.32 | |
| Level 8 | 40,666.80 | Level 8 | 36,956.64 | |
| Level 7 | 40,096.68 | Level 7 | 36,483.96 | |
| Navy: Levels 1-9 – Chief Petty Officer (Non-Artificer) Levels 1-7 - Chief Petty Officer (Artificer) Levels 5-9 – Warrant Officer II | Level 6 | 39,526.44 | Level 6 | 35,933.52 |
| Royal Marines: Levels 1-7 – Colour Sergeant Levels 5-9 – Warrant Officer II | Level 5 | 38,671.20 | Level 5 | 34,379.16 |
| Army: Levels 1-7 – Staff Sergeant Levels 5-9 – Warrant Officer II | Level 4 | 37,811.88 | Level 4 | 33,918.36 |
| RAF: Levels 1-7 – Chief Technician Levels 5-9 – Flight Sergeant (List 1) Levels 1-9 – Flight Sergeant (List 2) | Level 3 | 36,956.64 | Level 3 | 33,141.12 |
| Level 2 | 36,093.60 | Level 2 | 32,098.32 | |
| Level 1 | 35,242.32 | Level 1 | 31,684.56 | |
| Range 3 – OR6 | JPA ANNUAL | JPA ANNUAL | ||
| Level 7 | 35,218.80 | Level 7 | 32,531.88 | |
| Navy: Petty Officer | Level 6 | 34,570.44 | Level 6 | 32,285.76 |
| Royal Marines: Sergeant | Level 5 | 33,922.32 | Level 5 | 31,208.04 |
| Army: Sergeant | Level 4 | 33,273.84 | Level 4 | 30,415.20 |
| RAF: Sergeant | Level 3 | 32,860.08 | Level 3 | 30,110.52 |
| Level 2 | 32,047.56 | Level 2 | 29,372.52 | |
| Level 1 | 31,239.24 | Level 1 | 28,622.64 | |
| Range 2 – OR 4 | JPA ANNUAL | JPA ANNUAL | ||
| Level 7 | 31,645.56 | Level 7 | 28,458.48 | |
| Navy: Leading Rate | Level 6 | 30,969.72 | Level 6 | 28,251.72 |
| R.M.: Corporal | Level 5 | 30,341.04 | Level 5 | 28,029.00 |
| Army: Corporal | Level 4 | 29,626.20 | Level 4 | 27,810.24 |
| RAF: Corporal | Level 3 | 28,950.72 | Level 3 | 27,599.28 |
| Level 2 | 27,599.28 | Level 2 | 26,314.56 | |
| Level 1 | 26,314.56 | Level 1 | 25,181.88 | |
| Range 1 – OR 1, 2 & 3 | JPA ANNUAL | JPA ANNUAL | ||
| Level 9 | 27,599.28 | Level 9 | 23,108.16 | |
| Navy: Levels 1-9 – Able Rate | Level 8 | 26,314.56 | Level 8 | 22,299.72 |
| Royal Marines: Levels 1-9 | Level 7 | 25,181.88 | Level 7 | 21,323.40 |
| Marine: Levels 5-9 Lance Corporal (or RM passed JCC) | Level 6 | 24,076.80 | Level 6 | 20,448.72 |
| Army: Levels 1-7 – Private: Levels 5-9 - Lance Corporal | Level 5 | 22,959.72 | Level 5 | 19,628.52 |
| RAF: Level 1 Aircraftmen & Leading Aircraftmen. | Level 4 | 20,765.04 | Level 4 | 18,624.72 |
| Levels 2-9 – Senior Aircraftmen: | Level 3 | 19,312.20 | Level 3 | 17,125.20 |
| Level 5-9 Junior Tech/Senior Aircraftmen(T) | Level 2 | 17,492.16 | Level 2 | 16,676.04 |
| Level 1 | 16,226.76 | Level 1 | 16,226.76 | |
| New Entrant Rate of Pay | 13,012.80 | |||