Military pay

[J_J]

For those of you that have no idea what the pay is for our military members.

As an E-2, I was making about $98.00 a month. 2011 pay for an E-2 is $1644.90.

http://www.military.com/military/benefits/0,15465,2011-14-Pct-Military-Pay,00.html

 

[20 20]

As an e-2 I was making around 400.00 in the late 80's. I remember my dad saying in the late 40's-early50's for an e-6 he made 80.00 something per month, that would have been close to the 3200per month today. Thanks for the post J J

 

[Army grunt]

As a sgt e-5 with combat pay an 2 dependents i got $280.00 a mouth.
Army Grunt

 

[MossRoad]

For those of you that have no idea what the pay is for our military members.

As an E-2, I was making about $98.00 a month. 2011 pay for an E-2 is $1644.90.

Military Pay Charts

That's about what, $33K per year? Throw in free room and board on top of that. Not a bad wage for a single guy. Tough to make a go of it with a wife and kids, though.

 

[ToadHill]

Moss I think your math is off. $1644 per month is just a bit over 19K per year.

JJ you must be younger than me. E2 pay for me was $92 per month.

 

[J_J]

That figure was to the best of my recollection for 1960/61 era.

 

[Bird]

As an E-2, I was making about $98.00 a month. 2011 pay for an E-2 is $1644.90.

Yep, for the pay numbers to mean anything, whether for military or others, you have to know when. I started out as a police officer in March, 1964, when the salary was $370 a month.:laughing: We got paid on the 9th and 24th of each month. It was several years later when police officers and firefighters began being paid on Friday, every 2 weeks like the rest of the city employees.

 

[KentT]

Moss I think your math is off. $1644 per month is just a bit over 19K per year.

Yep, and don't forget the all-expenses-paid 6-12 month "vacation" to Iraq or Afghanistan that comes every 18-36 months...

Most "lifers" that I know have been at least 3 times so far, some as many as 5....

 

[MossRoad]

Moss I think your math is off. $1644 per month is just a bit over 19K per year.

JJ you must be younger than me. E2 pay for me was $92 per month.

Yar! My brain converted it to $16.44 per hour! :confused2: :drool:

:laughing:

 

[mjarrels]

Chief, thats why many folks volunteered to fly, loved the flight pay skins, doubled your pay with only four hours of flight time required each month.

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