2009 Military Pay Chart

2009 Basic Enlisted Military Pay Chart

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

2009 Basic Officer Military Pay Chart

Pay Grade	Years of Service (See note 1)
Pay Grade	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
Pay Grade	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
Pay Grade	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
Pay Grade	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
Pay Grade	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
W-5	7722	8107	8514	Make room
W-4	6816	6816	6816	you’re 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.

2009 Monthly Basic Reserve/Guard Enlisted Drill Military Pay Scales

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9
E-8
E-7	335	366	379	398	412
E-6	289	318	332	346	362
E-5	266	283	296	311	332
E-4	243	256	270	283	295
E-3	219	234	247	247	247
E-2	209	209	209	209	209
E-1	186	186	186	186	186
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	172

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		588	603	619	639
E-8	482	503	516	532	550
E-7	437	452	465	490	503
E-6	393	405	420	431	435
E-5	351	366	370	370	370
E-4	295	295	295	295	295
E-3	247	247	247	247	247
E-2	209	209	209	209	209
E-1	186	186	186	186	186

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	659	690	718	746	790
E-8	581	595	622	638	674
E-7	515	522	547	562	603
E-6	438	438	438	438	438
E-5	370	370	370	370	370
E-4	295	295	295	295	295
E-3	247	247	247	247	247
E-2	209	209	209	209	209
E-1	186	186	186	186	186

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2009 Monthly Basic Reserve/Guard Officer Military Pay Scales

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	1211	1252	1277	1285	1317
O-7	1007	1054	1075	1092	1124
O-6	745	820	873	873	877
O-5	621	701	749	758	789
O-4	536	612	663	672	711
O-3	472	534	578	629	659
O-2	407	464	516	553	564
O-1	354	368	444	444	444
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				629	659
O-2E				553	564
O-1E				444	475
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	487	524	539	555	580
W-3	444	463	483	488	509
W-2	392	414	433	448	460
W-1	345	374	393	405	437

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10
O-9
O-8	1373	1385	1438	1453	1497
O-7	1155	1190	1225	1261	1373
O-6	914	920	920	971	1065
O-5	806	847	875	913	971
O-4	751	803	842	871	886
O-3	693	714	749	768	768
O-2	564	564	564	564	564
O-1	444	444	444	444	444
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	693	714	749	778	796
O-2E	582	613	636	654	654
O-1E	492	511	528	553	553
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	–	–	–	–	–
W-4	606	631	656	681	721
W-3	531	562	591	623	646
W-2	492	520	538	557	569
W-1	458	475	494	508	520

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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		1879	1879	1879	1879
O-9		1713	1737	1774	1835
O-8	1563	1623	1662	1662	1662
O-7	1467	1467	1467	1467	1474
O-6	1118	1172	1203	1234	1295
O-5	997	1025	1057	1057	1057
O-4	896	896	896	896	896
O-3	768	768	768	768	768
O-2	564	564	564	564	564
O-1	444	444	444	444	444
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	820	820	820	820	820
O-2E	654	654	654	654	654
O-1E	553	553	553	553	553
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		837	867	895	924
W-4	746	772	798	825	852
W-3	671	681	690	714	737
W-2	580	602	620	641	641
W-1	538	553	553	553	553

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