What pay for soldiers?

[Mohoender]

I was just reading about soldiers pay today. It seemed relevant even to the game as it can influence your background.

Here is the pay for french soldiers (€/month, rounded up):
Soldat (Private): 1044
Caporal (Corporal): 1058
Caporal-chef (Technician Corporal): 1107

Sergent (Sergeant): 1104
Sergent-chef (Staff Sergeant): 1271
Adjudant (Technical Sergeant): 1369
Adjudant-chef (Master Sergeant): 1594
Major (First Sergeant): 1934

Sous-lieutenant (2nd Lieutnant): 1533
Lieutenant (1st Lieutnant): 1719
Capitaine (Captain): 2259
Commandant (Major): 2693
Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt Colonel): 3103

Pay in OPEX is regular pay+1.5 regular pay. For a private it will be 2610€ (for exemple currently in Afghanistan). Of course, all of this will be disrupted by T2K but not immediately. At the time of T2K the principles were already the same but pay was in French Francs. I'll try to do some research on that later. What about your armies?

[pmulcahy11b]

In T2K, your pay is going to be food, ammunition, gear, and above all else, security. And possibly hope for the future.

[jester]

Pay at that time was pretty meager. It was not quite half of what the current pay is today. An example, a PFC I knew made 30% more than I was I made as a Cpl ten years before. But for most of the 90s the pay seldom kept up with inflation and your annual increase on your anniversary date was usualy 15 to 20 a month increase which sucked.

Off of memory in the early 90s;

Pvt was about 738 a month
PFC was about 820
Lance Cpl was about 900 a month
Cpl was about 1200 a month

Of course these numbers changed each year and the pay amount would also increase on the anniversary of your enlistment, but those are close.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

In T2K, your pay is going to be food, ammunition, gear, and above all else, security. And possibly hope for the future.

Obviously. I'm interested on pays IRL.

[pmulcahy11b]

All I know is what my disability pay is.

[jester]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

All I know is what my disability pay is.

My disability pay is more than your disability pay!

Oh wait, its from the same people....uh...er...never mind

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by jester

My disability pay is more than your disability pay!

Oh wait, its from the same people....uh...er...never mind

My two computer screens are bigger than yours!

[jester]

Mo;

Here is a breakdown of the pay, I will attempt to post it in 5 year incriments 1985, 1990, 1995,2000 and 2005 so you can see howit changed and when the big jumps did occur. I have covered from 1985 to 2005 which are the years that cover most characters

I will only include the basic pay, and not include the time at specific ranks which means you get more. I will break it down to 3 catagories for enlisted and three for officers and one for warrant officers. Here we go!

Rank 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Non-Rates

E-1/Pvt 620.40 724.20 854.40 1,005.60 1235.17
E-2/PFC 695.40 811.80 57.60
1,127.40 1384.50
E-3/L/Cpl 723.00 843.60 995.10 1,171.50 1456.20

NCO's
E-4/Cpl/Spec 767.40 895.50 1,056.00 1,242.90 1612.80
E-5/Sgt 822.60 960.00 1,132.20 1,332.60 1759.50

Staff NCO's
E-6/SSgt 937.20 1,094.10 1,290.30 1,518.90 1920.30
E-7Gunny/ 1089.60 1,271.40 1,499.70 1,765.80 2220.00
Sgt1C

E-8/1stSgt 1560.60 1,821.30 2,148.00 2,528.40 3193.50
Mster/Sgt

E-9/SgtMaj 1860.60 2,171.70 2,561.70 3,015.30 3901.20

Warrant Officers:
W-1 1,061.10 1,238.10 1,460.10 1,719.00 2290.20
W-2 1,273.50 1,485.90 1,752.90 2,063.40 2593.50
W-3 1,453.80 1,696.80 2,001.30 2,355.90 2948.40
W-4 1,599.60 1,866.90 2,202.00 2,592.00 3228.60

Mustang Officers <This only applies to Company Grade Officers>
OE-1/2nd LT 1,495.20 1,745.10 2,058.00 2,423.10 2948.10
OE2/1stLT 1,856.70 2,166.90 2,556.00 3,009.00 3660.90
OE3/Captn. 2,076.30 2,423.40 2,858.10 3,364.80 4168.20


Company Grade Officers:
O1/2nd Lt 1,188.60 1,387.20 1,636.20 1,926.30 2948.10
O2/1st Lt. 1,369.20 1,597.80 1,884.60 2,218.80 3736.20
O3/Captain 1,570.20 1,832.40 2,161.20 2,544.00 5083.20

Field Grade
O4/Major 1,689.60 1,971.90 2,325.60 2,737.80 5766.60
05/Lt.Col. 2,004.60 2,339.10 2,759.10 3,248.40 6048.60
06/Col 2,506.20 2,925.00 3,449.70 4,061.10 6433.80