Basic Pay Rates FY2020

The pay charts below show MONTHLY pay for Enlisted servicemembers in the Military. Members are paid twice a month on the first and fifteenth, therefore you will receive half of the amount listed below on each payday.

The pay scales below are for active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard.

Enlisted Basic Pay Rates

January 1, 2020 Monthly Military Pay for Enlisted – Less than 12 Years of Service

2 Or Less to Over 8 Years of Service
Cumulative Years of Service
Pay Grade	2 or less	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6	Over 8
E-9
E-8						4,345.50
E-7	3,020.70	3,296.70	3,423.30	3,590.10	3,720.90	3,945.00
E-6	2,612.70	2,875.20	3,002.10	3,125.40	3,254.10	3,543.30
E-5	2,393.40	2,554.80	2,678.10	2,804.40	3,001.50	3,207.00
E-4	2,194.50	2,307.00	2,431.80	2,555.40	2,664.00	2,664.00
E-3	1,981.20	2,105.70	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50
E-2	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00
E-1 (Note 5)	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90

Over 10 to Over 20 Years of Service
Cumulative Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16	Over 18	Over 20
E-9	5,308.20	5,428.50	5,580.30	5,758.20	5,938.80	6,226.50
E-8	4,537.50	4,656.60	4,798.80	4,953.60	5,232.30	5,373.60
E-7	4,071.60	4,295.70	4,482.60	4,609.80	4,745.40	4,797.60
E-6	3,656.40	3,874.80	3,941.40	3,990.00	4,046.70	4,046.70
E-5	3,376.20	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60
E-4	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00
E-3	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50
E-2	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00
E-1 (Note 5)	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90

Over 22 to Over 30 Years of Service
Cumulative Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26	Over 28	Over 30
E-9	6,470.70	6,726.60	7,119.30	7,119.30	7,474.80
E-8	5,613.90	5,747.40	6,075.60	6,075.60	6,197.70
E-7	4,974.30	5,068.80	5,429.10	5,429.10	5,429.10
E-6	4,046.70	4,046.70	4,046.70	4,046.70	4,046.70
E-5	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60
E-4	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00
E-3	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50
E-2	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00
E-1 (Note 5)	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90

Over 32 to Over 40 Years of Service
Cumulative Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 32	Over 34	Over 36	Over 38	Over 40
E-9	7,474.80	7,848.90	7,848.90	8,241.90	8,241.90
E-8	6,197.70	6,197.70	6,197.70	6,197.70	6,197.70
E-7	5,429.10	5,429.10	5,429.10	5,429.10	5,429.10
E-6	4,046.70	4,046.70	4,046.70	4,046.70	4,046.70
E-5	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60	3,396.60
E-4	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00	2,664.00
E-3	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50	2,233.50
E-2	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00	1,884.00
E-1 (Note 5)	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90	1,680.90

Source: Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
See Military Pay Rates for more information on pay in the Military.

Basic pay for senior enlisted member (grade E-9) is $8,578.50 regardless of years of service while serving as:

a. Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;

b. Sergeant Major of the Army;

c. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy;

d. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force;

e. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps;

f. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard; or

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g. Senior Enlisted Adviser to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

If a member is placed on terminal leave pending retirement immediately following the completion of service as the senior enlisted member of a Military Department, the member is entitled to the higher senior enlisted pay $8,578.50 up to a maximum of 60 days. If a member is hospitalized, and during or immediately before such hospitalization, completed service as the senior enlisted member of that Military Department’s Armed Force, the member will continue to be entitled, for not more than 180 days while so hospitalized, to the rate of basic pay authorized for a senior enlisted member.