As the April 2025 pay chart revisions roll out, ... Military personnel in all ranks will see a 4.5% boost in basic pay. Junior enlisted troops (E-1 to E-4) will gain the most, ...

Service members saw their biggest pay raise in 22 years — 5.2% — this past January. The pay bump in 2025 likely won’t be as large for all troops, but some junior personnel could get a ...

Law mandates that the basic pay scale be adjusted yearly with the ECI as a guide. The traditional benchmark has been to stay in the 70th percentile, ...

The pay raise amounts to a 2.2% across-the-board increase to basic pay along with an average 0.5% increase in locality pay for General Schedule employees.

Base pay does not include other forms of compensation that the member receives, such as the basic allowance for housing (BAH), clothing, bonuses, hazard pay, and cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).