How much do we pay an enlisted soldier or officer for each tour of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan?

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It is dependent on your rank and other factors listed below....... A military member's income is based on their rank or their grade, as it is also called, and that is a fixed, salaried income each month from the Department of Defense. Servicemen and servicewomen receive step-up type pay raises (these are automatic) per their rank until they 'top out' in that pay grade. In my case, I am currently an E-5 (Staff Sergeant) with 19 years in the military.

I received annual step-up pay raises for my current rank until I reached my 15 year mark at which time I 'topped out' in my current pay grade. The only way to receive more raises now is to get promoted and for Congress to continue authorizing military pay raises across the board like they usually do each January. (They're not big raises but any little bit helps.) Now, when you are deployed into a forward area or a war zone (Iraq and Afghanistan, for instance), you then add in additional income derived from such elements as family separation pay, hazardous duty pay, and hostile fire pay.

If you're an aviator then you'll get flight pay also. For those in highly specialized career fields (Special Forces, Explosive Ordinance Disposal, etc.) you may receive even further monetary compensation for the duty hazards that come with that career field. Sources: Active duty military member .

That depends on the solder's rank and time in service, and other things Using those 2 values, you can find the base monthly pay at the link below. Then you add to that several allowances, some of which vary by rank, # of dependents, and home station: Subsistence allowance Housing allowance Family separation allowance Hazardous duty incentive pay Aviation duty incentive pay (only if you are in an aviation slot, load master, etc. ) So, an E-4 with at least 3 years of military service starts out with 1949.10 per month. Let's say this person is a front line troop, with no dependents, and not on an aircrew, which is the most common.

The additional allowances would be: Subsistence allowance: 294.43 Housing allowance: 445.20 Family separation allowance: 250 Hazardous duty incentive pay: 225 That comes to $3163.73 per month, or 37964.76 per year, which is a normal tour for most jobs. Now this is not perfect for comparison to civilian salaries, since there are also tax advantages, and other benefits, like no health insurance premiums, no life insurance premiums, etc.The numbers change with rank, years of service, dependents, job hazard, etc. These men and women are not getting rich, protecting us from the bad guys. I hope this helps.

Sources: http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/militarypaytables/2008MilitaryPayCharts35.pdf .

Here you go It goes by your pay grade on the left side of the chart, and the number of years you have been in arcoss the top of the chart. Intersect the two and you have your base pay for the month. Here is the Air Force pay chart for 2008.

airforce.com/careers/paychart/index.php Enlisted on the top and officers on the bottom For example a E2 over 2 years of service, but under 3 years of service will get paid $1509.90 a month. This is just "base pay". You can get other allowances such as housing allowing for living on base, combat pay allowance for being in a combat zone, etc.Their is also substance allowance, for food.

This chart just covers base pay. Doc † .

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2 Goldie:It's not much. Base pay is dependent on rank but for an enlisted man it starts out quite low. It used to be about $800 a month when I was in the Navy, but that includes "perks" of base housing (all your food and medical care also paid for)...and discounts at the PX.

Combat pay boosts that up considerably but its still not much depending on your rank. An example of the great disparity is that a convoy driver in Iraq makes about 10% of someone doing the same exact job who works for a private security firm in Iraq (such as Blackwater). A Blackwater combat convoy driver (these guys are in charge of security for all the diplomatic personell for instance) can clear well into six figures a year.

Your typical grunt is barely above the poverty level from U.S. standards...These guys are literally putting their lives on the line for a pittance.

Goldie:It's not much. Base pay is dependent on rank but for an enlisted man it starts out quite low. It used to be about $800 a month when I was in the Navy, but that includes "perks" of base housing (all your food and medical care also paid for)...and discounts at the PX.

Combat pay boosts that up considerably but its still not much depending on your rank. An example of the great disparity is that a convoy driver in Iraq makes about 10% of someone doing the same exact job who works for a private security firm in Iraq (such as Blackwater). A Blackwater combat convoy driver (these guys are in charge of security for all the diplomatic personell for instance) can clear well into six figures a year.

Your typical grunt is barely above the poverty level from U.S. standards...These guys are literally putting their lives on the line for a pittance.

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