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.

mark

 

[BobRip]

How can you ever pay soldiers enough to be away from home for a year, live in a desert environment in tents, eat MREs, and oh yeah risk their life every day. God bless them.

 

[mjarrels]

Heck, I would have been happy to only be gone for a year. Three or four years was the normal. Did get to see the world about ten times over, did I mention, I got paid too. Dang Navy, they made me retire at 42.

mark

 

[BobRip]

Heck, I would have been happy to only be gone for a year. Three or four years was the normal. Did get to see the world about ten times over, did I mention, I got paid too. Dang Navy, they made me retire at 42.

mark

Thank you for your service to our country.

 

[phiferpharm]

Gotta say that I just retired after 39 years as a CW5 and the retirement pay makes me smile on the 31st .

 

[TRR]

As for flight pay - I'm not sure how you got away with only 4 hours a month. I ended up averaging 10 hours per day, every day for 2 weeks in the early 70's. Then I got 3 days off and got to do it all over again. Different place every day makes for interesting travel, I got to see lots of southeast asia, a little of europe, and a little of the middle east. Pretty difficult maintaining a relationship at home when you're gone so much. But it is an interesting job and certainly gives one an understanding as to just how great this county is and how good americans really have it. But, yes flight pay and combat pay was nice although $60/month to get shot at seems a bit on the low side.

 

[ayelvington]

I'm a retired "Mustang" Lieutenant Commander with over 30 years, and I'm eternally grateful for the folks that fly me a check the first of each month.

I started out as an E-1 in 1977, and that $400/mo seemed pretty darn good. O-4 retired pay isn't bad either.

If you don't remember, basic pay is the only pay that's taxed. Allowances for housing (over $1000/mo in some places), food, uniforms, combat, and the like are NOT taxed.

The kicker with that is that retirement (about 50% of base pay for your highest paygrade) is really about 1/3 of what you were used to taking home.

I'm still adjusting!

Again, thank you for giving me the best career I could have ever imagined, and thank you for the retirement check in these difficult times.

Al Yelvington, USCG (retired)

 

[DiverDarrell]

E6 soon to be E7 active duty USCG BM here.

 

[bradm64]

To the retired veterans in this thread, and those on active duty, let me say a heart felt thank you for your service.

 

[Badback]

In 1970, when I got out of the Army as an E6, I made $368/month. About what I get from SS in todays dollars (no rigorus calculations done, just an impression). So I have come full circle. I sure miss the days when buying a new PT would have been a minor purchase.