Military service members in the junior enlisted ranks received a 14.5% raise in 2025. Most other service members got a 4.5% pay bump. Some senior officers received smaller percentages.

Like all U.S. military personnel, Air Force members are paid a minimum basic pay based on rank and years of service. The Department of Defense budget increased that pay by 5.2% in 2024 — the ...

The military, however, appears headed for a bigger boost. Lawmakers increased Trump's proposed 2.1 percent military pay raise to 2.4 percent when passing the fiscal 2018 National Defense ...

The military pay chart varies greatly when it comes to how much is being paid to service members based on their rank and length of service. Here is a list of how much troops can earn while on active.

This is a list of typical military pay, from entry-level Army privates ($24,648 a year) to Air Force generals ($203,688). Base pay for a new enlistee comes out to $20,340 per year, but they'll ...

Junior enlisted service members will soon see a significant boost in their pay as the Pentagon rolls out a targeted raise aimed at improving quality of life for the military’s lowest-paid ranks.