What is Military Pay 2024? for All Branches

This video is about Military Pay in 2024…. for all branches. We will discuss Pay Timing, the 5.2% Pay Raise, Pay Tables, Expectations (Enlisted / Officer) and Enlisting Bonuses.

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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Pay Timing
01:30 Pay Raise
02:00 Pay Table 2024
02:24 Enlisted Pay Expectations
03:39 Officer Pay Expectations
04:17 Enlisting Bonuses

[steveshapland]

My 1st pay as an E1(1967) was $98/month.

[djzrobzombie]

Well a bottle girl in las Vegas are making 250.000 a year ....

[wwobbles]

For the record that is base pay, you will actually receive somewhere around 75% as an enlisted. (Depending on TSP and any other non-taxable contributions) Your housing and food allowances are non-taxable.
For example I'm an E5 with ~3.5yrs in and make ~2400 a month with maxed matching deductions for TSP, and maxed life insurance (~$31/month). I live in the barracks so I don't get BAH or BAS (BAH is for housing, and they take your BAS when in barracks)

[Bombsuitsandkilts]

I absolutely love my job, but I'm not able to support my family anymore, I have lots of specialty pays, but I also have a family to support, and with promotion rates the way they are it's not getting much better. For those in use your TA to take language classes, you can earn up to 500 extra a month if you get proficient.

[SuparNerd]

You can change your payment frequency? I never heard anything even hinting at that my whole time in.

[Me-ebwv]

E1 pay ain’t bad considered the fact that you’re only on that rank during bootcamp and your training. After you finish with training you should be an E2 or an E3 when you start working. At least that’s how it’s done in the navy, there are many ways to rank up during bootcamp and during your A/B/C school training.

[ProJanitor]

Don’t understand why there would be an amount for any general grade officers in the 2 years or less column

[abdullaali]

Only red colour flesh tuna are way lean, some countries like Thailand and Persian tuna is red, and strong lea, fresh market tuna mostly not good flesh, and there is many different type of tuna fish

[askarzhaanbaev]

Monthly salary is after taxes or before taxes?

[KookieKatKid]

I always look forward to a new video, Helps PMCS my brain and my troops brains.

[mr-vet]

In 1989, as an E-1 in the Army, my base pay was less than $500/month--after taxes were taken out, I cleared about $350/month--no housing allowance as I lived in the barracks. The year I retired, at pay grade O-3E; with 25.5 yrs of service, my base pay was just over $6700/month plus over $2800 in housing allowance. Then rolled into a govt contractor gig made over $180K the first year--working 50- hrs/week, plus profit share and the company's 401K match, which I made the max contribution to. And, I was getting my military retirement pay and 100% VA disability. My wife (who was a fed govt employee---GS-14-- at the time) and I owed taxes (above and beyond what was deducted fro our pay checks) for the first time ever that first year after retiring from the military (in Virginia) we had to pay state taxes for the first time (was FL "resident" while I was in the military, so I never paid state tax where I was stationed in the US).

[cosmicusstardust]

I just enlisted in the Army as a 25H with student loans. This video is a great insight as to what I am to expect soon. Thanks for the heads up!

[BenjaminFouks]

The "Hoo Lala" is still here. Thanks for the video.

[abdullaali]

I mean, quality of life, starting from food, must look and search for good products not cheated, honey is one hard to find best natural hone

[wheezy]

Pay is even worse for Guard and Reserve soldiers. For Example:

No BAH pay, and any incentive pay gets pro-rated for the 1 or 2 days you work. I fly army Helicopters and have 10 years in service. I work 2 times a week as a reservist to maintain flight minimums. I average about 25 dollars per hour. I thought I had it bad, but then I checked out brand new Private Joe and his paycheck. He was averaging 7 dollars an hour. Geez.

[Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury]

Military service is a single man's game. Don't enlist with wife and kids baggage. You will be miserable.

[Clutch]

THIS is the REASON Enlistment goals are DOWN. You can make MUCH more money in the Civilian World, not live in dorms/barracks or RISK DEATH IN COMBAT! My own kid is an E-5 with 6 years in the JAG Corps and is leaving and will TRIPLE the Income in ANY JUST FACTS... IF WE Want the best, GOTTS PAY THE BEST.

[ericaustin]

All threee of my sons are in the service. 2 in the Navy 1 in the 82nd Airborne. When he joined the Army as 11Bravo his contract gave him $35k My oldest who is 22 is an AC in the Navy. His reenlistment bonus was $80k. He is overseas now and getting his salary, housing allowance and this $80k all tax free. He will make well over $150k tax free in 8 months, .

[twofourxo]

My first pay as e1 with college (1775) was $0.15

[matthewmelange]

2:00 are you asserting that inflation was higher than 5.2% for 2023?
Because it wasn’t.