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2010 Involuntary Separation Pay
Most members involuntarily separated from active duty are eligible for separation pay. The figures shown here are the payments to people who have exactly the number of years of service listed; actual payments are based on both full and partial years of service. A dash in the chart indicates that none of the services reported any members with that combination of years and paygrade. Payment levels effective Jan. 1:
  Years of Service  
Paygrade 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
O-5 44,049 51,390 60,083 67,593 78,811 86,692 97,835 105,988 119,060 127,564 144,674 153,716 167,359
O-4 39,684 46,297 55,984 62,982 74,761 82,237 94,185 102,033 113,511 121,619 132,100 140,356 150,161
O-3 36,843 42,984 51,589 58,038 66,481 73,129 83,713 90,689 100,054 107,201 114,348 121,494 128,641
O-2 31,517 36,769 42,022 47,275 52,528 57,780 63,033 68,286 73,539 78,791 84,044 89,297 94,550
O-3E 36,843 42,984 51,589 58,038 66,481 73,129 83,713 90,689 101,531 108,783 118,575 125,986 137,285
O-2E 31,517 36,769 43,361 48,781 57,024 62,726 71,047 76,967 85,161 91,244 97,327 103,410 109,493
O-1E 26,559 30,986 36,720 41,310 47,578 52,335 59,063 63,985 72,057 77,204 82,351 87,498 92,645
W-4 32,394 37,792 45,072 50,706 58,716 64,588 74,762 80,992 91,617 98,161 109,480 116,323 127,559
W-3 28,436 33,176 40,838 45,943 54,853 60,339 67,971 73,635 82,197 88,069 97,361 103,446 116,433
W-2 26,603 31,036 38,428 43,231 49,864 54,850 62,005 67,172 75,424 80,811 88,957 94,517 102,889
W-1 24,540 28,630 35,464 39,897 45,932 50,526 57,806 62,623 70,525 75,562 83,370 88,581 96,669
E-9 - - - - 54,850 60,335 67,310 72,919 80,721 86,486 95,201 101,151 110,439
E-8 - - 35,919 40,409 46,886 51,575 57,737 62,548 69,426 74,385 81,896 87,014 97,317
E-7 23,069 26,914 32,610 36,687 42,066 46,273 53,266 57,704 64,840 69,471 76,205 80,968 88,251
E-6 20,170 23,532 29,290 32,951 37,778 41,556 48,038 52,042 57,012 61,085 65,964 70,086 75,265
E-5 18,604 21,705 26,513 29,827 34,880 38,368 42,116 45,625 49,135 52,645 56,154 59,664 63,174
E-4 16,515 19,268 22,020 24,773 27,526 30,278 33,031 35,783 38,536 41,288 44,041 46,794 49,546
E-3 13,846 16,153 18,461 20,768 23,076 25,384 27,691 29,999 32,306 34,614 36,922 39,229 41,537