Basic pay: Warrant Officers, 2026
Basic Pay – Warrant Officers, effective January 1, 2026: DFAS lists 5 pay grades (W-1 to W-5) by 22 years-of-service columns, monthly rates from $4,056.60 (W-1) to $13,308.30 (W-5), for warrant officer members.
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Basic Pay – Warrant Officers, 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 | |
| W-5 | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry | no entry |
| W-4 | 5,719.80 | 6,152.10 | 6,328.50 | 6,502.20 | 6,801.90 | 7,098.00 | 7,398.00 | 7,848.30 | 8,243.70 | 8,619.90 | 8,928.60 |
| W-3 | 5,223.30 | 5,440.50 | 5,664.30 | 5,736.90 | 5,970.90 | 6,431.10 | 6,910.50 | 7,136.40 | 7,397.70 | 7,665.90 | 8,150.40 |
| W-2 | 4,621.80 | 5,058.90 | 5,193.30 | 5,286.00 | 5,585.40 | 6,051.00 | 6,282.60 | 6,509.40 | 6,787.50 | 7,005.00 | 7,201.50 |
| W-1 | 4,056.60 | 4,493.70 | 4,611.00 | 4,859.10 | 5,152.20 | 5,584.20 | 5,786.10 | 6,069.30 | 6,346.50 | 6,564.90 | 6,766.20 |
| 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 | |
| W-5 | 10,169.70 | 10,685.70 | 11,070.30 | 11,495.10 | 11,495.10 | 12,070.80 | 12,070.80 | 12,673.50 | 12,673.50 | 13,308.30 | 13,308.30 |
| W-4 | 9,228.90 | 9,669.60 | 10,032.00 | 10,445.40 | 10,445.40 | 10,653.60 | 10,653.60 | 10,653.60 | 10,653.60 | 10,653.60 | 10,653.60 |
| W-3 | 8,476.50 | 8,671.80 | 8,879.70 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 | 9,162.60 |
| W-2 | 7,437.00 | 7,591.50 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 | 7,714.20 |
| W-1 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 | 7,010.10 |
DFAS's notes
- For rank titles, see Volume 7A Comparable Grades.
Related
- Grade pages: W-1, W-2, W-3, W-4, W-5.
- 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 – Warrant Officers (page updated January 15, 2026; capture basic-pay-WO.json SHA-256 67c129537790d06c32ff3e82fd0eb28270f79da517bfb88d85045fc0a8ab8879; upstream page 101,787 bytes, SHA-256 cc9d84c9fce1e848a02dd2af219519c8ffb5d587fd6d2a33f83ec7850f6b7c2a)
- DFAS, Military Pay Tables (index of the pages above)
- 37 U.S.C. 203, Rates of basic pay