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2012 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	2680	2925	3037	3185	3301
E-6	2318	2550	2663	2772	2885
E-5	2124	2266	2375	2487	2662
E-4	1946	2046	2157	2267	2364
E-3	1758	1868	1981	1981	1981
E-2	1671	1671	1671	1671	1671
E-1	1491	1491	1491	1491	1491
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	1379

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		4709	4816	4905	5109
E-8	3855	4026	4131	4258	4394
E-7	3499	3611	3811	3977	4090
E-6	3143	3244	3437	3496	3540
E-5	2845	2994	3013	3013	3013
E-4	2364	2364	2364	2364	2364
E-3	1981	1981	1981	1981	1981
E-2	1671	1671	1671	1671	1671
E-1	1491	1491	1491	1491	1491

Enlisted Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
E-9	6631	6962	7311	Make room
E-8	5498	5498	5498	Retire!!

PayGrade	Years of Service
PayGrade	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10 See Note 1
O-9
O-8	9683	10001	10210	10270	10532
O-7	8046	8419	8592	8730	8979
O-6	5963	6551	6982	6982	7008
O-5	4972	5600	5988	6061	6303
O-4	4290	4965	5296	5371	5678
O-3	3771	4275	4614	5031	5272
O-2	3258	3711	4274	4418	4509
O-1	2828	2944	3559	3559	3559
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				5030	5272
O-2E				4418	4509
O-1E				3557	3800
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	3897	4191	4313	4431	4635
W-3	3558	3707	3859	3908	4069
W-2	3130	3309	3465	3578	3677
W-1	2763	2991	3142	3240	3500

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10 See Note 1
O-9
O-8	10971	11072	11489	11609	11968
O-7	9224	9510	9793	10077	10971
O-6	7308	7349	7349	7765	8504
O-5	6447	6766	6999	7300	7761
O-4	6008	6417	6738	6960	7088
O-3	5536	5707	5989	6135	6135
O-2	4509	4509	4509	4509	4509
O-1	3559	3559	3559	3559	3559
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	5536	5708	5989	6226	6363
O-2E	4653	4896	5083	5222	5222
O-1E	3940	4084	4226	4418	4418
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	–	–	–	–	–
W-4	4837	5040	5349	5618	5875
W-3	4382	4709	4863	5041	5224
W-2	4124	4281	4436	4625	4773
W-1	3806	3944	4135	4325	4473

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 1		15647	15723	16050	16620
O-9		13686	13883	14167	14664
O-8	12488	12966	13287	13287	13287
O-7	11725	11725	11725	11725	11785
O-6	8937	9371	9617	9866	10351
O-5	7982	8199	8446	8446	8446
O-4	7162	7162	7162	7162	7162
O-3	6136	6136	6136	6136	6136
O-2	4509	4509	4509	4509	4509
O-1	3559	3559	3559	3559	3559
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	6548	6548	6548	6548	6548
O-2E	5222	5222	5222	5222	5222
O-1E	4418	4418	4418	4418	4418
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5	–	6931	7282	7543	7834
W-4	6084	6288	6590	6836	7118
W-3	5553	5775	5909	6051	6243
W-2	4908	5067	5173	5257	5257
W-1	4610	4777	4777	4777	4777

Commissioned Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
O-10	17451	18323	19239	Time for
O-9	15398	16167	16976	Retirement!
O-8	13619	13959	13959	Retire!!
O-7	12021	12021	12021	Retire!!
O-6	10558	10558	10558	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	8225	8637	9068	Make room
W-4	7260	7260	7260	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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2012 Monthly 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	356	390	405	425	440
E-6	309	340	355	370	385
E-5	283	303	316	331	355
E-4	260	272	288	303	315
E-3	234	249	264	264	264
E-2	222	222	222	222	222
E-1	199	199	199	199	199
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	182

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		627	642	660	681
E-8	514	537	551	568	585
E-7	467	481	508	530	545
E-6	418	432	458	467	472
E-5	379	399	402	402	402
E-4	315	315	315	315	315
E-3	264	264	264	264	264
E-2	222	222	222	222	222
E-1	199	199	199	199	199

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	702	736	765	796	841
E-8	619	636	664	680	719
E-7	561	568	588	600	642
E-6	478	478	478	478	478
E-5	402	402	402	402	402
E-4	315	315	315	315	315
E-3	264	264	264	264	264
E-2	222	222	222	222	222
E-1	199	199	199	199	199

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2012 Monthly Basic Reserve/Guard Officer Military Pay Scale

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-7	1072	1122	1146	1164	1198
O-6	795	873	931	931	934
O-5	663	747	799	809	840
O-4	572	663	706	716	757
O-3	502	570	615	671	703
O-2	435	495	570	589	601
O-1	377	392	474	474	474
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				671	703
O-2E				589	601
O-1E				474	507
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	520	559	575	591	618
W-3	474	494	515	521	542
W-2	420	459	472	480	507
W-1	369	408	418	441	468

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-7	1231	1267	1306	1344	1462
O-6	975	980	980	1035	1133
O-5	860	902	933	974	1035
O-4	801	856	898	927	946
O-3	738	760	799	818	818
O-2	601	601	601	601	601
O-1	474	474	474	474	474
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	738	760	799	830	848
O-2E	620	653	677	696	696
O-1E	525	545	564	589	589
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	–	–	–	–	–
W-4	644	672	713	749	783
W-3	585	627	649	672	697
W-2	550	571	591	617	636
W-1	507	526	552	576	597

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Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-7	1564	1564	1564	1564	1571
O-6	1192	1250	1283	1316	1381
O-5	1064	1093	1126	1126	1126
O-4	954	954	954	954	954
O-3	818	818	818	818	818
O-2	601	601	601	601	601
O-1	474	474	474	474	474
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	873	873	873	873	873
O-2E	696	696	696	696	696
O-1E	589	589	589	589	589
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		924	970	1006	1044
W-4	812	838	879	912	949
W-3	741	770	788	806	832
W-2	654	675	690	701	701
W-1	615	637	637	637	637

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