Editor's note: The rates of pay in the pay calculator are effective Jan. 1, 2025, and don't include the additional raise service members in the E-1 to E-4 pay grades are due to receive in April.

Official pay charts for 2016 have been released. The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act included a 1.3 percent increase in military pay for 2016. However, the law essentially froze the pay ...

The cost-of-living adjustment is significantly less than last year’s, which at 8.7% was the largest bump in four decades.

However, the Pentagon uses a different metric that extends beyond basic pay, which it calls regular military compensation. This includes benefits such as tax advantages and housing and food ...

U.S. service members earn more in money and benefits than most civilians in similar demographics, the Defense Department said this week following the release of a military pay review done every ...