Basic pay: Enlisted, 2026
Basic Pay – Enlisted, effective January 1, 2026: DFAS lists 9 pay grades (E-1 to E-9) by 22 years-of-service columns, monthly rates from $2,407.20 (E-1) to $10,729.20 (E-9), for enlisted members.
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Basic Pay – Enlisted, monthly rates
Rows are pay grades, highest first, as DFAS prints them; the grade links open that grade's page. The note numbers after a grade are DFAS's, and the notes follow the tables. The figures are dollars per month.
| Pay grade | Cumulative Years of Service (Note 1) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 or less | Over 2 | Over 3 | Over 4 | Over 6 | Over 8 | Over 10 | Over 12 | Over 14 | Over 16 | Over 18 | |
| E-9 (Notes 2 & 3) | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | 6,910.20 | 7,066.50 | 7,263.60 | 7,496.10 | 7,730.70 |
| E-8 | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | 5,656.50 | 5,907.00 | 6,061.80 | 6,247.20 | 6,448.20 | 6,811.20 |
| E-7 | 3,932.10 | 4,291.50 | 4,456.20 | 4,673.10 | 4,843.80 | 5,135.70 | 5,300.40 | 5,591.70 | 5,835.00 | 6,000.90 | 6,177.30 |
| E-6 | 3,401.10 | 3,743.10 | 3,908.10 | 4,068.90 | 4,235.70 | 4,612.80 | 4,759.50 | 5,043.30 | 5,130.30 | 5,193.60 | 5,267.70 |
| E-5 | 3,342.90 | 3,598.20 | 3,775.80 | 3,946.80 | 4,110.00 | 4,299.90 | 4,395.30 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 |
| E-4 | 3,142.20 | 3,303.00 | 3,482.40 | 3,658.50 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 |
| E-3 | 2,836.80 | 3,015.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 |
| E-2 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 |
| E-1 (Notes 4 & 5) | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 |
| Pay grade | Cumulative Years of Service (Note 1) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 20 | Over 22 | Over 24 | Over 26 | Over 28 | Over 30 | Over 32 | Over 34 | Over 36 | Over 38 | Over 40 | |
| E-9 (Notes 2 & 3) | 8,105.10 | 8,423.10 | 8,756.70 | 9,267.90 | 9,267.90 | 9,730.20 | 9,730.20 | 10,217.40 | 10,217.40 | 10,729.20 | 10,729.20 |
| E-8 | 6,995.40 | 7,308.30 | 7,481.70 | 7,908.90 | 7,908.90 | 8,067.30 | 8,067.30 | 8,067.30 | 8,067.30 | 8,067.30 | 8,067.30 |
| E-7 | 6,245.70 | 6,475.20 | 6,598.20 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 | 7,067.40 |
| E-6 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 | 5,267.70 |
| E-5 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 | 4,421.70 |
| E-4 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 | 3,815.40 |
| E-3 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 | 3,198.00 |
| E-2 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 | 2,697.90 |
| E-1 (Notes 4 & 5) | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 | 2,407.20 |
DFAS's notes
- For rank titles, see Volume 7A Comparable Grades.
- Basic pay for senior enlisted member (grade E-9) is $11,166.90 regardless of years of service while serving as: a. Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; b. Sergeant Major of the Army; c. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; d. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force; e. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; f. Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force; g. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard; or h. Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
- If a member is placed on terminal leave pending retirement immediately following the completion of service as the senior enlisted member of a Military Department, the member is entitled to the higher senior enlisted pay $11,166.90 up to a maximum of 60 days. If a member is hospitalized, and during or immediately before such hospitalization, completed service as the senior enlisted member of that Military Department’s Armed Force, the member will continue to be entitled, for not more than 180 days while so hospitalized, to the rate of basic pay authorized for a senior enlisted member.
- Must have 4 months of active duty or more.
- Basic pay for an E-1 with less than 4 months of active duty is $2,225.70.
Related
- Grade pages: E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-6, E-7, E-8, E-9.
- Reserve component drill pay for these grades.
- Basic allowance for subsistence and housing allowance.
About these figures
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Sources
- DFAS, Basic Pay – Enlisted (page updated January 12, 2026; capture basic-pay-EM.json SHA-256 2b200c337ed96c98f7c72487347ca77b4d028aadbcec6d47fa10fb45c02b0cab; upstream page 121,019 bytes, SHA-256 19c4b691c5af044e2a88bcd62d2291dbdef1eb383a86a404d92e17988b5e6392)
- DFAS, Military Pay Tables (index of the pages above)
- 37 U.S.C. 203, Rates of basic pay