Are you thinking to join the military? Are you the one that wants to serve its state, and wants to do something mark able? If your head nodded yes, then you must be very curious about their time chart, rank insignia and prior enlisted officer pay.
Let us take you through the detailed guide about everything you need to know. We have enough information to clear out your mind, and it will help you make a sane decision.
One should know enough about the field that they want to become a part of, and pay ranks must be one of the priorities. In case of army, navy and air force services two things are prior to know about, their pay chart and rank insignia. Additionally we will also cover air force pay chart and air officer pay grade too.
Military pay chart is a easy task to know about as USA uses one same scale across all branches. Although ranks are specific to branches, and pay is according to one’s rank and position. Pay scales are than sub-divided into three groups as to make things simpler. Each group has a specific range of ranks, and that is how they handle a great amount of information.
Now if you are wondering about how they know about what rank is getting what amount of pay, so let’s find out! The pay grades have specific letters and numbers. Letters show which member of a specific service, falls into what group as it avoids the confusion and saves time. The numbers on the other hand indicate their ranks. For instance, D-4 pay chart shows that the member is in fourth enlisted grade and it does not matter what branch he/she might be in.
The monthly pay is a much smaller amount that they get, but that has its reasons. Military may have its challenges bit it comes with a more opportunities and extra free care. Military members get to have a residence, that is either on-base or they may get the allowance of housing, and that is considered separate, for each base. They are also offered free health care, and discounted food charges. A civilian may get a better pay than a military officer, but not the other support and benefits.
Military Pay Grade Chart For Commissioners
Army pay chart ranks and army insignia all are covered in this blog. Also the pay chart for navy, air force and marine officers is mentioned below.
We all know about, the high pay ranks for commissioned officers, but there is a reason for it that we usually do not consider. The officers that gain so much out of their duty has already been giving too much into it, and that makes them deserving for the best of all. These officers has studied a lot and has done all the hard work that needed to be done, to reach this level of success.
We often notice how these military officers are getting the benefits out of their job, but do we know about their struggles? Do we even for one second think through our judgements? We all know the answer, and it’s disappointing as a human being.
Military commissioners get the pay they deserve along with some major discounted resources. Officers are responsible for playing an important role in the management, but they are also, often brought to fill in some professional and high status positions, let it be to fill in as doctor or chaplain. But it is not that easy to get their, the ones that are brought to these positions has already earned their post-graduate degrees in the mentioned fields, and thus are permitted for such status.
One of the most common means by which you can apply to be a commissioner is through completing your bachelor’s degree. It is much better and beneficial for you if you choose a military academy for getting a degree as it increases your chance of promotion to the higher ranks, and we know the higher, the better. Although it is not the only way to your promotion, but your performances under the supervision of your commander can also get you to the higher ranks as they might recommend you to the higher board. Also an enlisted candidate has more chance for promotion than a non-enlisted candidate, so make sure you keep all these things in your mind.
Now when we talk about Navy and coastguards, their system is a bit different in ranks and insignia as they use different rank titles and insignia than other branches. Although when naval officers are on a base, that is controlled by other branch then they wear insignia equal to their ranks and title. For example ‘2 Silver Bars for lieutenant’ and this is the naval equilateral to a captain.
| Categories (In Navy) | Ranks (In Navy) |
| Company Grade Officers or Junior Grade officers | (0-1)-(0-3) |
| Field Grade Officers | (0-4)-(0-6) |
| General or Flag Officers | (0-7) and so on. |
Now let us mention the details about pay chart, ranks and insignia. All this information is true and researched based.
Number#1
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Second Lieutenant
Insignia: Single Gold Bar
- Navy
- Coast Guard
Title: Ensign
Insignia: Single half inch Stripe under Corps Device
Number#2
Monthly Base Pay: $3,900.30 (2 years of time in service)
Prior Enlisted Pay: $4,739.40 (6 years of time in service)
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: First Lieutenant
Insignia: Single Silver Bar
- Navy
- Coast Guard
Title: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Insignia:
- Single 1/2 Inch Stripe.
- 1/4 Inch Stripe, Device.
Number#3
Monthly Base Pay: $5,287.20 (4 years of time in service)
Prior Enlisted Pay: $5,818.80 (8 years of time in service)
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Captain
Insignia: Double Silver Bars
- Navy
- Coast Guard
Title: Lieutenant
Insignia: Two half Inch Stripes under the Device.
Number#4
Monthly Base Pay: $6,745.80 (10 years of time in service).
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Major
Insignia: Gold Oak Leaf
- Navy and,
- Coast Guard
Title: Lieutenant Commander
Insignia:
- 1/4 Inch Stripe Between,
- Two 1/2 Inch Stripes under the Device.
Number#5
Monthly Base Pay: $8,158.50 along with 16 years of time in service.
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Lieutenant Colonel
Insignia: Silver Oak Leaf
- Navy and,
- Coast Guard
Title: Commander
Insignia: Three 1/2 Inch Stripes under the device
Number#6
Monthly Base Pay: $9,847.80 along with 20 years.
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Colonel
Insignia: Silver Eagle
- Navy and,
- Coast Guard
Title: Captain
Insignia: Four 1/2 Inch Stripes Below Device
Number#7
Monthly Base Pay: $12,043.80 along with twenty two years of time in service.
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Brigadier General
Insignia: Single Silver Star
- Navy
- Coast Guard
Title: Rear Admiral Lower Half
Insignia: Two Inch Stripe Below Device
Number#8
Monthly Base Pay: $13,647.30 ( 24 years of time in service).
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Major General
Insignia: Two Silver Stars
- Navy and,
- Coast Guard
Title: Rear Admiral Upper Half
Insignia:
- 2 inch Stripe And,
- Single half inch Stripe Below Device.
Number#9
Monthly Base Pay: $15,062.40 ( for 26 years in service).
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: Lieutenant General
Insignia: Three Silver Stars
- Navy
- Coast Guard
Title: Vice Admiral
Insignia:
- 2 Inch Stripe And,
- Two and a half Inch Stripes Below Device
Number#10
Monthly Base Pay: $17,071.50 along with 28 years of service.
Special positions known as Chief of Staff receives base pay equal to $21,147.30.
- Army
- Air Force
- Marine Corps
Title: General
Insignia: Four Silver Stars
- Navy and,
- Coast Guard
Title: Vice Admiral
Insignia:
- 2 Inch Stripe And,
- 3 and a half inch Stripes under the Device
During wars, additional ranks may get added into the list.
Warrant Officers Pay Scales
To become a warrant officer, one needs to be one of the two, either a personnel or a commissioned officer. But the personnel getting this rank has not got very common yet. They are usually the skilled people, and they serve specific roles in the military.
During Vietnam War, it was scene for the last time that a warrant officer held higher ranks as the army needed more helicopter pilots.
Pay Grades By Ranks
Monthly Base Pay: $2,905.50 ( less than 2 years of time in service)
Rank Insignia By Branch
- Navy and Coast Guard: Yellow Border Around a Blue Bar With Single Yellow Hash Mark
- Marines: Yellow Border Around a Red Bar With Single Yellow Hash Mark
- Army: Single Black Square on a Silver Bar
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NUMBER 2 (PAY GRADE W-2)
Monthly Base Pay: $3,785.40 (four years of time in service).
Rank Insignia By Branch
- Navy and Coast Guard: Yellow Border Around a Blue Bar With Two Yellow Hash Marks
- Marines: Yellow Border Around a Red Bar With Two Yellow Hash Marks
- Army: Two Black Squares on a Silver Bar
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NUMBER 3 (PAY GRADE W-3)
Monthly Base Pay: $4,605.90 ( eight years of time in service)
Rank Insignia (By Branch)
- Navy and Coast Guard: Silver Border Around a Blue Bar With 1 Silver Hash Mark
- Marines: Silver Border Around a Red Bar With 1 Silver Hash Mark
- Army: Three Black Squares on a Silver Bar
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NUMBER 4 (PAY GRADE W-4)
Monthly Base Pay: $5,620.80 (12 years of time in service).
Rank Insignia By Branch
- Navy: Silver Border Around a Blue Bar With 2 Silver Hash Marks.
- Coast Guard: Silver Border Around a Blue Bar With 2 Silver Hash Marks
- Marines: Silver Border Around a Red Bar With 2 Silver Hash Marks
- Army: 4 Black Squares on Silver Bar
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NUMBER 5 (PAY GRADE W-5)
Monthly Base Pay: $7,283.10 (20 years of time in service)
Rank Insignia
- A Single Colored Stripe Along A Silver Bar.
- Navy: Blue Stripe
- Coast Guard: Blue Stripe
- Marines: Red Stripe
- Army: Black Stripe
Mexican Military Pay Chart
Here are the pay scales for higher and lower Mexican military ranks. The journey from soldier to Major General has different set of ranks, and the highest rank is of major general.
| Ranks Insignia | Pay Scales | Net Worth |
| Major General | 159,460.31 | 112,026.88 |
| Brigadier General | 145,141.47 | 102,687.30 |
| Brigadier General | 125,594.49 | 89,903.09 |
| Colonel | 104,107.92 | 75,841.51 |
| Lieutenant colonel | 68,898.24 | 51,769.63 |
| Higher | 53,716.12 | 41,253.04 |
| Captain 1 / o. | 45,434.46 | 35,618.85 |
| Captain 2 / o. | 40,558.80 | 32,188.74 |
| Lieutenant | 25,480.94 | 20,712.84 |
| Second lieutenant | 21,012.72 | 17,269.78 |
| Sergeant 1 / o. | 17,133.71 | 14,624.30 |
| Sergeant 2 / o. | 16,595.32 | 14,215.25 |
| Corporal | 15,258.69 | 13,204.83 |
| Soldier | 14,493.34 | 12,625.63 |
Just like any other military system, Mexican military also comes with its own challenges and benefits. They also need to acquire a certain level of academic system. Benefits may include certain assets, stocks, technical services, allowance for food, salary etc. These benefits are for the military members but even their family members get a lot of benefits like; life insurance, child welfare service, funeral service, discounts on healthcare products.
They get proper agreements with universities and educational institutions to carry out their children’s studies at a higher level, master’s and doctorate depending on the educational field and interest of the party. The reference party can also get scholarships, and technology benefits according to their needs and interests.
But all this does not come by living a glorious life, but to go out there and fight, for what they believe and what they know they deserve, and to serve their state/country.
Non-Commissioned Officers Pay Scale
We already have discussed commissioned officers pay chart, now let’s move forward to NCO pay scales, how they vary according to ranks and insignia. These officers/ soldiers are the backbone of military. Non-commissioner seniors are enlisted personnel before they advance. Then senior NCOs can get higher ranks I.e. First Sergeant. They have the responsibility for maintaining discipline and many other heavy duties, they keep the balance by advising their unit’s commander. They are ranked as E-1, E-2 and so on.
E-1
Base Monthly Pay: $1566.90
No uniform insignia.
- Army: Private
- Marines: Private
- Air Force: Airman Basic
- Navy and Coast Guard: Seaman Recruit
The title for junior enlisted personnel and color of their stripes in the Navy and Coast Guard are specific to their jobs.
E-2
Base Monthly Pay: $1,756.50
- Army: Private E-2, wears a single inverted chevron.
- Marines: Private First Class, wears only one inverted chevron.
- Air Force: Airman, wears only one chevron.
- Navy and Coast Guard: Seaman Apprentice, wears 2 stripes.
E-3
Base Monthly Pay: $1963.20 (2 years in the time with service).
- Army: Private First Class, wears one single chevron and also below an inverted chevron.
- Marines: Lance Corporal (wears one single inverted chevron above 2 crossed rifles).
- Air Force: Airman First class (wears 2 chevrons).
- Navy and Coast Guard: Seaman (wears 3 stripes)
E-4
Base Monthly Pay: $2,150.40 (two years of time in service)
- Army: Specialist (wears the General Service Army Eagle).
- Corporal (wears 2 inverted chevrons).
- Marines: Corporal (wears 2 inverted chevrons above 2 crossed rifles)
- Air Force: Senior Airman (wears 3 chevrons).
- Navy and Coast Guard: Petty Officer Third Class (wears one eagle above a chevron)
NCOs in the Navy and Coast Guard wear a specific device matching their job specialty that is between the eagle and the chevrons.
E-5
Base Monthly Pay: $2,614.20 (4 years of time in service)
- Army: Sergeant (wears 3 inverted chevrons)
- Marines: Sergeant (wears 3 inverted chevrons above 2 crossed rifles)
- Air Force: Staff Sergeant (wears 4 chevrons)
- Navy and Coast Guard: Petty Officer Second Class (wears an eagle above 2 chevrons).
E-6
Base Monthly Pay: $3,033.60 ( 6 years of time of service.
- Army: Staff Sergeant (wears only 1 chevron and 3 inverted chevrons)
- Air Force: Technical Sergeant (wears 5 chevrons).
- Navy and Coast Guard: Petty Officer First Class (wears only one eagle above 3 chevrons).
E-7
Base Monthly Pay: $3,795.60 (10 years of time in service).
- Army: Sergeant First Class (wears 2 chevrons below 3 inverted chevrons).
- Air Force: Master Sergeant (wears 5 chevrons below 1 inverted chevron).
- Navy and Coast Guard: Chief Petty Officer (wears an eagle above 1 inverted chevron and 3 chevrons).
E-8
Base Monthly Pay: $4,473.90 ( 14 years of time in service)
- Army: Master Sergeant ( wears 3 chevrons below 3 inverted chevrons).
- Marines: Master Sergeant (wears only three chevrons and 3 inverted chevrons with 2 crossed rifles in between)
- Air Force: Senior Master Sergeant (wears 5 chevrons below 2 inverted chevrons).
- Navy and Coast Guard: Senior Chief Petty Officer (wears a single star and an eagle above an inverted chevron and 3 chevrons)
E-9
Base Monthly Pay: $5,536.20 (18 years of time in service).
- Army: Sergeant Major (wears three chevrons below three inverted chevrons with one single star in between)
- Marines: Master Gunnery Sergeant (wears 3 chevrons and 3 inverted chevrons with two crossed rifles between).
- Air Force: Chief Master Sergeant (wears 5 chevrons below 3 inverted chevrons).
- Navy and Coast Guard: Master Chief Petty Officer (wears 2 stars and one eagle above an inverted chevron and 3 chevrons).
Green To Golden Pay Chart (Scholarship Program)
Green to gold is a two years course that allows enlisted candidates a chance to complete baccalaureate degree and be eligible as an Army Officer. The scholarship time period varies from 2-4 years.
Requirements For Scholarship
- Must be U.S. resident.
- Must be younger than 30 years.
- Must have the recommendations of first Field Grade Officer and their company Commander.
- Be done with academic junior (minimum 2 years course)
- GPA of 2.0 on the scale of 4.0 is acceptable.
- No criminal backgrounds.
- Not involve in domestic violence.
- GT score of 110 (minimum).
- No single parents (no waivers)
- High school graduate. (Or equivalent)
- ACT score of 19 or,
- Sat score of 920 if applying for 3 or 4 years of scholarship.
- Shall pass Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) (minimum 60 points required for each round) (no waivers)
- Height and weight equivalent to IAWAR (600-9).
- No more than 3 dependents (spouse included).
- Eligible for reenlist
- Medical qualifications DODMERB.
