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2010 Regular Military Compensation (22-40 years of service)

Regular Military Compensation combines basic pay, the Basic Allowance for Subsistence, the Basic Allowance for Housing, and the tax advantage of those two untaxed allowances. They do not include the overseas housing allowance or the overseas cost-of-living allowance. The monthly rates listed below represent the average RMC for all service members with the paygrades and years of service listed. A dash indicates that none of the services reported any members having that combination of service and grade. Average military salaries as of Jan. 1:

  Years of Service        
Paygrade 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
O-10 - - - - 225,764.68 225,764.68 225,764.68 225,764.68 225,764.68 225,764.68
O-9 - - - - 225,380.92 225,380.92 225,730.98 225,730.98 225,730.98 225,730.98
O-8 - 200,469.61 200,469.61 200,469.61 204,470.80 204,470.80 208,518.00 208,518.00 208,518.00 208,518.00
O-7 181,450.16 181,450.16 182,172.72 182,172.72 185,030.41 185,030.41 185,030.41 185,030.41 185,030.41 185,030.41
O-6 153,915.28 156,831.63 162,531.00 162,531.00 165,000.43 165,000.43 165,000.43 165,000.43 165,000.43 165,000.43
O-5 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52 138,463.52
O-4 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23 118,608.23
O-3 100,263.29 100,263.29 100,263.29 - - - - - - -
O-2 - - - - - - - - - -
O-1 - - - - - - - - - -
O-3 E 107,224.33 107,224.33 107,224.33 107,224.33 107,224.33 107,224.33 107,224.33 - - 107,224.33
O-2 E 88,087.49 88,087.49 88,087.49 - 88,087.49 - - 88,087.49 - -
O-1 E 76,682.75 76,682.75 76,682.75 - - - - - - -
W-5 114,285.98 117,688.91 121,358.10 121,358.10 126,140.70 126,140.70 130,998.71 130,998.71 136,036.98 136,036.98
W-4 107,424.28 110,666.92 114,372.80 114,372.80 116,241.99 116,241.99 116,241.99 116,241.99 116,241.99 116,241.99
W-3 97,425.27 99,244.42 101,737.62 101,737.62 101,737.62 101,737.62 101,737.62 - 101,737.62 101,746.31
W-2 86,494.53 87,490.04 87,490.04 87,490.04 87,490.04 87,490.04 87,490.04 - 87,490.04 -
W-1 78,610.52 78,610.52 78,610.52 78,610.52 - - - - - -
E-9 98,092.33 101,056.73 105,612.79 105,612.79 109,757.16 109,757.16 114,116.66 114,116.66 118,691.30 118,691.30
E-8 86,746.45 88,146.91 91,637.21 91,637.21 92,955.69 - - - - -
E-7 78,689.27 79,668.47 83,390.87 83,390.87 83,390.87 - - - - -
E-6 67,996.05 67,996.05 67,996.05 67,996.05 - - - - - -
E-5 58,111.51 58,111.51 - - - - - - - -
E-4 - - - - - - - - - -
E-3 - - - - - - - - - -
E-2 - - - - - - - - - -
E-1 - - - - - - - - - -