Basic pay: Officers (O-1, O-2 and O-3) with more than 4 years of creditable service, 2026
Basic Pay – Officers (O-1, O-2 and O-3) with more than 4 years of creditable service (see paragraph 2.3), effective January 1, 2026: DFAS lists 3 pay grades (O-1E to O-3E) by 22 years-of-service columns, monthly rates from $5,222.40 (O-1E) to $9,609.60 (O-3E), for commissioned officer with more than 4 years of enlisted or warrant officer service members.
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Basic Pay – Officers (O-1, O-2 and O-3) with more than 4 years of creditable service, 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 (Notes 1, 2, 3,& 4) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 or less | Over 2 | Over 3 | Over 4 | Over 6 | Over 8 | Over 10 | Over 12 | Over 14 | Over 16 | Over 18 | |
| O-3E | no entry | no entry | no entry | 7,382.70 | 7,737.00 | 8,125.50 | 8,375.70 | 8,788.20 | 9,137.10 | 9,336.90 | 9,609.60 |
| O-2E | no entry | no entry | no entry | 6,484.50 | 6,617.70 | 6,828.00 | 7,183.80 | 7,458.90 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 |
| O-1E | no entry | no entry | no entry | 5,222.40 | 5,576.70 | 5,783.10 | 5,993.70 | 6,200.70 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 |
| Pay grade | Cumulative Years of Service (Notes 1, 2, 3,& 4) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 20 | Over 22 | Over 24 | Over 26 | Over 28 | Over 30 | Over 32 | Over 34 | Over 36 | Over 38 | Over 40 | |
| O-3E | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 | 9,609.60 |
| O-2E | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 | 7,663.50 |
| O-1E | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 | 6,484.50 |
DFAS's notes
- The amount of the maximum combat zone tax exclusion in effect for a qualifying month equals the sum of the basic pay for the senior enlisted member (grade E-9) payable (Basic Pay – Enlisted, Note 3) and the amount of hostile fire or imminent danger pay ($225) payable to the officer for the qualifying month.
- For rank titles, see Volume 7A Comparable Grades.
- Creditable service to be taken into account for purposes of this table is active service as an enlisted member or as a warrant officer or as both an enlisted member and a warrant officer, in the case of a commissioned officer on active duty who is paid from funds appropriated for active-duty personnel; or a commissioned officer on active Guard and Reserve duty. Effective November 24, 2003, creditable service to be taken into account for purposes of this table in the case of a commissioned officer is service as an enlisted member or as a warrant officer, or as both an enlisted member and a warrant officer, for which more than 1,460 points have been credited to the officer for the purposes of title 10, U.S.C. § 12732(a)(2).
- These rates do not apply to Doctor of Medicine students of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences who do not have over 4 years (i.e., at least 4 years and 1 day) of active duty service as an enlisted member or as a warrant officer or as both an enlisted member and a warrant officer. See the Basic Pay – Officers table for applicable rates. DOM USUHS students with over 4 years of prior enlisted and/or warrant officer service are entitled to the O-1E rate of basic pay in this table during such active duty periods. Also see subparagraphs 2.2.1.6
Related
- Grade pages: O-1E, O-2E, O-3E.
- Reserve component drill pay for these grades.
- Basic allowance for subsistence and housing allowance.
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Sources
- DFAS, Basic Pay – Officers (O-1, O-2 and O-3) with more than 4 years of creditable service (see paragraph 2.3) (page updated January 12, 2026; capture basic-pay-CO_FE.json SHA-256 93cfd16c94c3e035bcdf2ea114e782d27e62b5bc522a359f79f0c997f61a21f7; upstream page 96,561 bytes, SHA-256 8a6f2209851f788c2893f69d4aa86d409127473146acc794542ecaf9b9265d61)
- DFAS, Military Pay Tables (index of the pages above)
- 37 U.S.C. 203, Rates of basic pay