Pay grade E-2: 2026 basic pay

DFAS's 2026 basic pay table lists pay grade E-2, an enlisted grade, at $2,697.90 a month for 2 years or less of service and longer, the same figure in every column it prints. Twelve times the monthly rate is 12 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80 a year. The figures are effective January 1, 2026.

Effective . Source: DFAS, Basic Pay – Enlisted, page updated January 12, 2026; captured in a browser (DFAS blocks scripted downloads); capture SHA-256 2b200c337ed9… Source: DFAS, Reserve Component Drill Pay – Enlisted, page updated January 20, 2026; captured in a browser (DFAS blocks scripted downloads); capture SHA-256 2db38b8b414a…

Monthly basic pay by years of service

From Basic Pay – Enlisted, row E-2. The last column is twelve times the monthly rate, with the arithmetic shown; it is not a DFAS figure and leaves out allowances, special pays and taxes.

Years of serviceMonthly basic payTwelve times the monthly rate
2 or less2,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 22,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 32,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 42,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 62,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 82,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 102,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 122,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 142,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 162,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 182,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 202,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 222,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 242,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 262,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 282,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 302,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 322,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 342,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 362,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 382,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
Over 402,697.9012 × $2,697.90 = $32,374.80
E-2: monthly basic pay by years of service, 2026, from $2,697.90 to $2,697.90$0$1k$2k$3k≤2>2>3>4>6>8>10>12>14>16>18>20>22>24>26>28>30>32>34>36>38>402 or less years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 2 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 3 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 4 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 6 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 8 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 10 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 12 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 14 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 16 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 18 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 20 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 22 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 24 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 26 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 28 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 30 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 32 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 34 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 36 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 38 years: $2,697.90 a monthOver 40 years: $2,697.90 a monthYears of service (DFAS column: ≤2, then over N)Monthly basic pay
Monthly basic pay for E-2 by DFAS years-of-service column, 2026; the table above gives the same figures. Columns are equally spaced brackets, not equal spans of years.

Reserve component drill pay

From DFAS's drill pay table: 1 Drill is the monthly rate divided by 30, to the cent, and 4 Drills is four times 1 Drill.

Years of service1 Drill4 Drills
2 or less89.93359.72
Over 289.93359.72
Over 389.93359.72
Over 489.93359.72
Over 689.93359.72
Over 889.93359.72
Over 1089.93359.72
Over 1289.93359.72
Over 1489.93359.72
Over 1689.93359.72
Over 1889.93359.72
Over 2089.93359.72
Over 2289.93359.72
Over 2489.93359.72
Over 2689.93359.72
Over 2889.93359.72
Over 3089.93359.72
Over 3289.93359.72
Over 3489.93359.72
Over 3689.93359.72
Over 3889.93359.72
Over 4089.93359.72

Neighbouring grades

About these figures

FastWages is not affiliated with the Department of Defense, DFAS or any military service. The tables reproduce what DFAS publishes, cell for cell, and are reference data: they are not pay, career or financial advice, and what a member is actually paid depends on facts this site does not know. Nothing on these pages is compared with civilian wages.

Sources

  1. 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)
  2. DFAS, Reserve Component Drill Pay – Enlisted (page updated January 20, 2026; capture drill-pay-E.json SHA-256 2db38b8b414a3bb27ba3e02b17e294974241bd36e9fd55bb925df3d2343e65d7; upstream page 194,223 bytes, SHA-256 e92729e6e3b93d355188eb68e9a18f159ad1265d0a27e5fbfe81b32c45b35d05)
  3. DFAS, Military Pay Tables (index of the pages above)
  4. 37 U.S.C. 203, Rates of basic pay