Commissioned Officer Basic Pay Rates (FY2008)

Officer Basic Pay Rates

January 1, 2008 Monthly Military Pay for Commissioned Officers Less than 12 Years of Service
Years	Less Than 2	2	3	4	6	8	10
O-10
O-9
O-8	8748.90	9035.10	9225.60	9278.70	9516.00	9912.30	10004.70
O-7	7269.60	7607.40	7763.70	7887.90	8112.60	8334.90	8591.70
O-6	5388.30	5919.30	6307.80	6307.80	6331.80	6603.30	6639.00
O-5	4491.60	5059.80	5410.50	5476.20	5694.60	5825.70	6113.10
O-4	3875.70	4486.50	4785.60	4852.50	5130.30	5428.20	5799.00
O-3	3407.40	3862.80	4169.40	4545.60	4763.10	5002.20	5157.00
O-2	2943.90	3353.10	3861.90	3992.40	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30
O-1	2555.70	2659.80	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10
O-3E*				4392.00	4602.00	4833.00	4982.70
O-2E*				3857.40	3936.60	4062.00	4273.40
O-1E*				3215.10	3317.70	3440.10	3565.50

*Commissioned Officers with Over 4 years as Enlisted or Warrant

Officer Basic Pay Rates

January 1, 2008 Monthly Military Pay for Commissioned Officers More than 12 Years of Service
Years	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26
O-10					1437.20	14206.20	14501.70	15016.50
O-9					12364.80	12542.70	12800.10	13249.20
O-8	10381.20	10488.90	10813.50	11282.40	11715.30	12004.20	12004.20	12004.20
O-7	8847.90	9105.00	9912.30	10594.20	10594.20	10594.20	10594.20	10647.90
O-6	6639.00	7016.40	7683.60	8075.10	8466.30	8688.90	8914.50	9351.90
O-5	6324.00	6596.40	7013.70	7212.00	7408.50	7631.10	7631.10	7631.10
O-4	6088.20	6288.90	6404.10	6471.00	6471.00	6471.00	6471.00	6471.00
O-3	5411.40	5543.40	5543.40	5543.40	5543.40	5543.40	5543.40	5543.40
O-2	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30	4074.30
O-1	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10	3215.10
O-3E*	5411.40	5625.60	5748.60	5916.00	5916.00	5916.00	5916.00	5916.00
O-2E*	4592.40	4718.40	4718.40	4718.40	4718.40	4718.40	4718.40	4718.40
O-1E*	3817.80	3992.40	3992.40	3992.40	3992.40	3992.40	3992.40	3992.40

*Commissioned Officers with Over 4 years as Enlisted or Warrant

New Commissioned Officer Over 26 Years Pay Chart

January 1, 2008 Monthly Military Pay for Commissioned Officers More than 26 Years of Service
Years	Over 30	Over 34	Over 38
O-10	15767.10	16555.50	17383.20
O-9	13911.90	14607.60	15337.80
O-8	12304.50	12612.30	12612.30
O-7	10860.90	10860.90	10860.90
O-6	9538.80	9538.80	9538.80

Source: Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)

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Officer Basic Pay Rates

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New Commissioned Officer Over 26 Years Pay Chart

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