Military Pay Charts

2006 Military Pay Charts

The 2006 military basic pay reflects an across the board 3.1 percent raise. Authority for the raise was granted in 1999, under the 2000 defense authorization act, which directs that annual military raises from 2001 through 2006 be set at one-half percentage point above private sector wage growth.

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Basic Enlisted Pay Rates Effective January 2006

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-9 See note below
E-8
E-7	2288.70	2498.10	2593.80	2720.70	2819.40
E-6	1979.70	2178.00	2274.30	2367.60	2465.10
E-5	1814.10	1935.30	2028.60	2124.60	2273.70
E-4	1662.90	1748.10	1842.60	1935.90	2018.40
E-3	1501.20	1595.70	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00
E-2	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40
E-1	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50
E-1 with less than 4 months of service	1178.10	--	--	--	--

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9 See note below		4022.10	4113.30	4228.20	4363.50
E-8	3292.50	3438.30	3528.30	3636.30	3753.30
E-7	2989.50	3084.90	3180.30	3350.40	3435.60
E-6	2685.00	2770.50	2865.30	2948.70	2978.10
E-5	2402.10	2496.60	2526.60	2526.60	2526.60
E-4	2018.40	2018.40	2018.40	2018.40	2018.40
E-3	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00
E-2	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40
E-1	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9 See note Below	4499.40	4717.80	4902.30	5097.00	5394.00
E-8	3964.50	4071.60	4253.70	4354.80	4603.50
E-7	3516.30	3565.80	3732.60	3840.60	4113.60
E-6	2998.50	2998.50	2998.50	2998.50	2998.50
E-5	2526.60	2526.60	2526.60	2526.60	2526.60
E-4	2018.40	2018.40	2018.40	2018.40	2018.40
E-3	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00	1692.00
E-2	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40	1427.40
E-1	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50	1273.50

Note: For the MCPO of the Navy or Coast Guard, CMSgt of the AF, Sergeant Major of the Army or Marine Corps, basic pay is $6,499.50.

Basic Officer Pay Rates Effective January 2006.

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	8271.00	8541.90	8721.60	8772.00	8996.10
O-7	6872.70	7191.90	7339.80	7457.10	7669.80
O-6	5094.00	5596.20	5963.40	5963.40	5985.90
O-5	4246.50	4783.50	5115.00	5177.10	5383.50
O-4	3663.90	4241.40	4524.30	4587.60	4850.10
O-3	3221.40	3651.90	3941.70	4297.50	4503.00
O-2	2783.10	3170.10	3651.00	3774.30	3852.00
O-1	2416.20	2514.60	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60
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				4297.50	4503.00
O-2E				3774.30	3852.00
O-1E				3039.60	3246.30
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	3328.80	3581.10	3684.00	3785.10	3959.40
W-3	3039.90	3166.80	3296.40	3339.30	3475.50
W-2	2673.90	2826.60	2960.40	3057.30	3140.70
W-1	2361.30	2554.50	2683.80	2767.50	2990.40

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	9371.10	9458.10	9814.20	9916.20	10222.80
O-7	7879.50	8122.50	8364.90	8607.90	9371.10
O-6	6242.70	6276.60	6276.60	6633.30	7263.90
O-5	5507.40	5779.20	5978.70	6236.10	6630.60
O-4	5131.80	5482.20	5755.80	5945.40	6054.30
O-3	4728.90	4875.30	5115.90	5240.70	5240.70
O-2	3852.00	3852.00	3852.00	3852.00	3852.00
O-1	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60
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	4728.90	4875.30	5115.90	5318.40	5434.50
O-2E	3974.70	4181.40	4341.60	4460.70	4460.70
O-1E	3366.00	3488.70	3609.30	3774.30	3774.30
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	--	--	--	--	--
W-4	4131.30	4305.90	4475.70	4651.50	4927.20
W-3	3631.50	3837.30	4040.40	4256.40	4418.40
W-2	3369.60	3544.50	3674.40	3801.30	3888.30
W-1	3124.80	3243.90	3376.80	3465.00	3544.80

Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 2		13365.00	13430.40	13709.70	14196.30
O-9		11689.50	11857.50	12101.10	12525.60
O-8	10666.20	11075.40	11348.70	11348.70	11348.70
O-7	10015.80	10015.80	10015.80	10015.80	10066.50
O-6	7634.10	8004.00	8214.60	8427.60	8841.30
O-5	6818.10	7003.80	7214.40	7214.40	7214.40
O-4	6117.60	6117.60	6117.60	6117.60	6117.60
O-3	5240.70	5240.70	5240.70	5240.70	5240.70
O-2	3852.00	3852.00	3852.00	3852.00	3852.00
O-1	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60	3039.60
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	5592.90	5592.90	5592.90	5592.90	5592.90
O-2E	4460.70	4460.70	4460.70	4460.70	4460.70
O-1E	3774.30	3774.30	3774.30	3774.30	3774.30
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		5720.10	5916.30	6113.10	6311.10
W-4	5103.60	5276.10	5454.90	5631.00	5811.00
W-3	4579.80	4649.10	4720.80	4876.80	5032.50
W-2	3961.50	4100.70	4239.00	4379.10	4379.10
W-1	3674.70	3773.10	3773.10	3773.10	3773.10

NOTES: 1 While serving as JCS/Vice JCS, CNO, CMC, Army/Air Force CS, commander of a unified or specified combatant command, basic pay is $15,615.90 (See note 2).

2. Basic pay for an O-7 to O-10 is limited by Level III of the Executive Schedule which is $12,666.60. Basic pay for O-6 and below is limited by Level V of the Executive Schedule which is $11,158.20.

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.