2012 US Military Pay Scales Charts

2012 US Military Pay Scales Charts
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 which provides the funding required for the calendar year 2012 1.6% pay raise he approved on December 19th via Executive Order 13594.

On December 19, 2011, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order (EO), "Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay", that increases the rate of monthly basic pay per Title 37 U.S.C. 203(a) for the uniformed members of the military, as adjusted under Title 37 U.S.C. section 1009, which dictates the use of the ECI (1.6%). Raise to be effective January 1, 2012 per the EO.

On December 15, 2011, the full Senate and House approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. The bill is on its way to President Obama for signature. Once signed, the funding for the 2012 pay raise will be in place.

On November 15, for the second time, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved the FY-2012 defense authorization bill. The bill is expected to reach the Senate for consideration before the 18th with the 1.6 percent pay raise still intact.

On June 16, the Senate Committee on Armed Services, unanimously authorized a 1.6 percent across-the-board pay raise for 2012 for all members of the uniformed services, consistent with the President Obama's request. The bill now moves to the full Senate for consideration.

On May 12, 2011, The House Armed Services Committee, with a vote of 60-1, approved the 1.6% military pay raise as part of the 2012 defense budget. The 2012 defense bill will now move on to the full House for the next step in the legislative process.

February 14, 2011, President Obama proposed a minimum of a 1.6% military pay raise in his "Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012." His proposal is based on the on the wage and salary series for private industry workers as indicated in the Employment Cost Index that was released on the last business day in October 2010. Some in congress are rumbling about a freeze of military pay to the 2011 levels; doing so means that some of the ground that was retaken over the last 10 years to close the pay gap will be lost. The pay scales below reflect the 1.6% raise. The pay rates are monthly amounts rounded to the nearest U.S. dollar.

2012 Basic Enlisted Military Pay Chart

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	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	2886
E-5	2123	2266	2375	2488	2662
E-4	1947	2046	2157	2267	2363
E-3	1757	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

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Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		4709	4816	4950	5108
E-8	3855	4025	4131	4257	4394
E-7	3500	3612	3811	3976	4089
E-6	3143	3243	3437	3496	3539
E-5	2845	2995	3013	3013	3013
E-4	2363	2363	2363	2363	2363
E-3	1981	1981	1981	1981	1981
E-2	1671	1671	1671	1671	1671
E-1	1491	1491	1491	1491	1491

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9**	5268	5524	5740	5967	6315
E-8	4642	4767	4980	5098	5390
E-7	4209	4256	4412	4496	4816
E-6	3590	3590	3590	3590	3590
E-5	3013	3013	3013	3013	3013
E-4	2363	2363	2363	2363	2363
E-3	1981	1981	1981	1981	1981
E-2	1671	1671	1671	1671	1671
E-1	1491	1491	1491	1491	1491

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

**For the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Army or Marine Corps or Senior Enlisted Advisor of the JCS, basic pay is $7,609.50.

Note: The United States' military pay and allowances are distributed on the 1st and 15th day of the month. If the 1st or 15th fall on a weekend or national holiday, payment will be made the working day prior. The pay scales are for active and reserve components of the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard.

The US military has various pays which are not included these pay tables. They include, but not limited to, Submarine Duty Pay, Hazardous Duty, Imminent Danger Pay (Combat Pay), Sea Pay, aircrew-flight pay, Special Duty Pay (SDAP). You must be assigned in an available billet in the required field/location to draw additional pay status. The US military also has various allowances such as Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), Cost of living Allowance (COLA) and Clothing Allowance just to name a few.

2012 Basic Officer Military Pay Chart

PayGrade	Years of Service
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10 See Note 1
O-9
O-8	9683	10000	10211	10270	10532
O-7	8046	8420	8593	8730	8979
O-6	5963	6552	6981	6981	7008
O-5	4971	5600	5988	6061	6303
O-4	4289	4966	5297	5371	5678
O-3	3771	4275	4615	5031	5272
O-2	3259	3711	4274	4419	4510
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				5031	5272
O-2E				4419	4510
O-1E				3559	3800
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-5
W-4	3898	4193	4313	4431	4635
W-3	3559	3707	3860	3909	4069
W-2	3149	3447	3539	3602	3806
W-1	2765	3062	3142	3311	3511

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10 See Note 1
O-9
O-8	10971	11073	11490	11609	11968
O-7	9225	9509	9793	10077	10971
O-6	7309	7348	7348	7766	8504
O-5	6448	6766	6999	7301	7763
O-4	6008	6419	6738	6961	7088
O-3	5537	5708	5989	6136	6136
O-2	4510	4510	4510	4510	4510
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	5537	5708	5989	6226	6362
O-2E	4653	4896	5083	5222	5222
O-1E	3941	4085	4226	4419	4419
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-5	--	--	--	--	--
W-4	4837	5041	5349	5618	5874
W-3	4383	4709	4863	5041	5224
W-2	4124	4281	4436	4625	4773
W-1	3806	3944	4136	4325	4474

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 1		15647	15723	16051	16620
O-9		13685	13883	14167	14664
O-8	12488	12967	13286	13286	13286
O-7	11726	11726	11726	11726	11785
O-6	8938	9371	9617	9867	10351
O-5	7982	8199	8446	8446	8446
O-4	7162	7162	7162	7162	7162
O-3	6136	6136	6136	6136	6136
O-2	4510	4510	4510	4510	4510
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	4419	4419	4419	4419	4419
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-5		6930	7282	7544	7833
W-4	6084	6289	6589	6836	7118
W-3	5554	5776	5909	6051	6243
W-2	4907	5068	5173	5257	5257
W-1	4611	4777	4777	4777	4777

Commissioned Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
O-10	17451	18323	19240	Time for
O-9	15398	16168	16976	Retirement!
O-8	13619	13959	13959	Retire!!
O-7	12021	12021	12021	Retire!!
O-6	10557	10557	10557	Retire!!

Warrant Officers Over 30 Years of Service
Pay Grade	Years of Service
	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38	Over 40
W-5	8225	8636	9069	Make room
W-4	7260	7260	7260	you're old!!

NOTE 1. Basic pay for an O-7 to O-10 is limited to $14,975.10 by Level II of the Executive Schedule. Basic pay for O-6 and below is limited to $12,141.60 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.

2012 Monthly Reserve/Guard Enlisted Drill Military Pay Scales

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	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
	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
	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

2012 Monthly Basic Reserve/Guard Officer Military Pay Scale

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	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
	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

Pay Grade	Years of Service
	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

Note: The Guard and Reserve pay scale amounts are based on a typical months payment for 4 drills.

E pay scale is Enlisted, W scale is Warrant Officer, O scale is Commissioned Officer. Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Effective January 1, 2012.

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