Military Pay Charts : 2010

THE BASICS: ENLISTED PAY and PAY OFFICERS PAY

The 2010 Defense Authorization Act has created a 3.4 percent across-the-board increase in military basic pay over 2009 pay rates.

Understanding the military pay scale, for enlisted members and officers, starts with basic pay. Get to know the basic pay you are entitled to based on your rank and grade, and learn how to move up the military pay scale. Then you’re ready to manage your military paycheck.

Managing your basic pay is all about adding in the unique benefits of military allowances; this is money you’re entitled to over and above your basic pay, to supplement the costs of necessities from housing to childcare to clothing and more. Some military allowances are even tax exempt, so you can use your after-tax military paycheck for other necessities…and even luxuries. After all, you’ve earned it; you’re part of today’s US military.