US Military Pay Chart 2025

The military officers in the US have different ranks or positions. The basic pay that will be paid to these officers are mainly based on their rank or positions. Every year US Department of Defense issues the pay chart for the military officers. Based on that pay chart the officers will get their salaries. This guide will provide theUS Military Pay Chart 2025which will describe the monthly payments of the military officers as per their positions. Also the number of years they have been given to the military will also describe the monthly payments. Check this guide to know the basic active duty payments.

The pay structure for the military personnel is designed to ensure that the service members would receive a fair payment for their services. The US military uses a system of pay grades. This means that as per the ranks the compensation will be paid across the Army, air force, marine corps, navy, coast guards. These grades have Enlisted Personnel, Warrant Officers, Commissioned Officers. All these have distinct compensation based on the grade and the number of years in the services. Let’s know the US Military Pay Chart 2025 as per these grades. Check this guide to know the pay charts for the US military officers.

Military Pay Chart 2025 – Highlights

Post Title	US Military Pay Chart 2025
Year	2025
Name of the Country	USA
Name of the Issuing Agency	US Department of Defense
Name of the Payment	Military Payment
Pay Chart Effectiveness	1st January 2025
Post Category	US Finance
Official Page	www.militarypay.defense.gov

Enlisted Personnel USA Military Pay Chart 2025

Service Years Till Over 8 Years

Pay Grade/ Experience	2 Years or less	Above 2 Years	Above 3 Years	Above 4 Years	Above 6 Years	Above 8 Years
E-1 less than 4 Months	$1865.10	–	–	–	–	–
E-1	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20
E-2	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10
E-3	$2377.50	$2526.90	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20
E-4	$2633.70	$2768.40	$2918.40	$3066.30	$3197.40	$3197.40
E-5	$2872.20	$3065.70	$3214.20	$3365.70	$3601.80	$3848.70
E-6	$3135.60	$3450.60	$3603	$3750.90	$3904.80	$4252.50
E-7	$3624.90	$3956.40	$4108.20	$4308.30	$4465.50	$4734.60
E-8	–	–	–	–	–	$5214.90

Service Years Till Over 20 Years

Pay Grade/ Experience	Above 10 Years	Above 12 Years	Above 14 Years	Above 16 Years	Above 18 Years	Above 20 Years
E-1	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20
E-2	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10
E-3	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20
E-4	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40
E-5	$4052.10	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40
E-6	$4387.80	$4649.70	$4729.80	$4788	$4856.40	$4856.40
E-7	$4886.40	$5155.20	$5379.30	$5532.30	$5694.90	$5757.90
E-8	$5445.61	$5588.40	$5759.40	$5944.50	$6279.30	$6449.10
E-9	$6370.50	$6514.80	$6696.60	$6910.50	$7127.10	$7472.10

Service Years Till Over 32 Years

Pay Grade/ Experience	Above 22 Years	Above 24 Years	Above 26 Years	Above 28 Years	Above 30 Years	Above 32 Years
E-1	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20
E-2	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10
E-3	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20
E-4	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40
E-5	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40
E-6	$4856.40	$4856.40	$4856.40	$4856.40	$4856.40	$4856.40
E-7	$5969.70	$6083.10	$6515.70	$6515.70	$6515.70	$6515.70
E-8	$6737.40	$6897.30	$7291.20	$7291.20	$7437.30	$7437.30
E-9	$7765.20	$8072.70	$8544	$8544	$8970.30	$8970.30

Service Years Till Over 40 Years

Pay Grade/ Experience	Above 34 Years	Above 36 Years	Above 38 Years	Above 40 Years
E-1	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20	$2017.20
E-2	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10	$2261.10
E-3	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20	$2680.20
E-4	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40	$3197.40
E-5	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40	$4076.40
E-6	$4856.40	$4856.40	$4856.40	$4856.40
E-7	$6515.70	$6515.70	$6515.70	$6515.70
E-8	$7437.30	$7437.30	$7437.30	$7437.30
E-9	$9419.40	$9419.40	$9891.30	$9891.30

Commissioned Officers Pay Chart 2025

Pay Grade	Less than Two Years	Above 40 Years
O-1	$3826.20	$4814.70
O-2	$4408.50	$6100.80
O-3	$5102.10	$8301
O-4	$5803.20	$9689.10
O-5	$6725.70	$11426.70
O-6	$8067.90	$14282.40
O-7	$10638.90	$15895.80
O-8	$12803.70	$18458.10
Pay Grade	Above 20 Years	Above 40 Years
O-9	$18096	$18491.70
O-10	$18491.70	$18491.70

Warrant Officers Pay Chart 2025

Pay Grade	Less than Two Years	Above 40 Years
W-1	$3739.80	$6462.90
W-2	$4260.90	$7111.80
W-3	$4815.60	$8447.10
W-4	$5273.10	$9821.70
Pay Grade	Above 20 Years	Above 40 Years
W-5	$9375.60	$12269.10

Fact Check- US Military Pay Chart 2025

The Pay chart that we provided in the post is reliable as this Pay chart is taken from the official sources. The users can rely on this pay chart. The more detailed pay chart is available on the official page of US Department of Defense. This pay chart is distributed as per the grades and the number of years the members serve.