For the record that is base pay, you will actually receive somewhere around 75% as an enlisted. (Depending on TSP and any other non-taxable contributions) Your housing and food allowances are non-taxable. For example I'm an E5 with ~3.5yrs in and make ~2400 a month with maxed matching deductions for TSP, and maxed life insurance (~$31/month). I live in the barracks so I don't get BAH or BAS (BAH is for housing, and they take your BAS when in barracks)
Adjusted for inflation, that’s $904.94. In 2024 the first psyched an E1 receives is $933.55. So not much has changed. (E1 with less than 4 months makes $1,865.10, an E1 with more than 4 months makes $2,017.20)
In 1989, as an E-1 in the Army, my base pay was less than $500/month--after taxes were taken out, I cleared about $350/month--no housing allowance as I lived in the barracks. The year I retired, at pay grade O-3E; with 25.5 yrs of service, my base pay was just over $6700/month plus over $2800 in housing allowance. Then rolled into a govt contractor gig made over $180K the first year--working 50- hrs/week, plus profit share and the company's 401K match, which I made the max contribution to. And, I was getting my military retirement pay and 100% VA disability. My wife (who was a fed govt employee---GS-14-- at the time) and I owed taxes (above and beyond what was deducted fro our pay checks) for the first time ever that first year after retiring from the military (in Virginia) we had to pay state taxes for the first time (was FL "resident" while I was in the military, so I never paid state tax where I was stationed in the US).
Pay is even worse for Guard and Reserve soldiers. For Example: No BAH pay, and any incentive pay gets pro-rated for the 1 or 2 days you work. I fly army Helicopters and have 10 years in service. I work 2 times a week as a reservist to maintain flight minimums. I average about 25 dollars per hour. I thought I had it bad, but then I checked out brand new Private Joe and his paycheck. He was averaging 7 dollars an hour. Geez.
I loved the guards, I held down a full-time job. I had 13 years of active duty. The time I served in Iraq, I was paid the same as active duty soldiers of the same rank. When I retired, I am paid almost as much as my full-time retirement on my Cillian job. I don't have a rating, but I am drawing social security. I think I made a good decision, by completing my time and retired.
All threee of my sons are in the service. 2 in the Navy 1 in the 82nd Airborne. When he joined the Army as 11Bravo his contract gave him $35k My oldest who is 22 is an AC in the Navy. His reenlistment bonus was $80k. He is overseas now and getting his salary, housing allowance and this $80k all tax free. He will make well over $150k tax free in 8 months,.
I absolutely love my job, but I'm not able to support my family anymore, I have lots of specialty pays, but I also have a family to support, and with promotion rates the way they are it's not getting much better. For those in use your TA to take language classes, you can earn up to 500 extra a month if you get proficient.
Imagine if you had to pay taxes, healthcare, rent, and save for retirement… Edit: I’m dumb. I meant to state something along the lines of tax and lending protections exist for some service members. Obviously I mistyped. Not changing it bc that was my bad
@1rstTry so I'm sure you are just speaking out of ignorance, but I have 4 kids and was making below the poverty threshold before the BNA came into place. I Doordash and do odd jobs when I'm off work to pay bills, and I learned a second language to get more pay, which actually takes money away from our BNA which is ass backwards.
@@Bombsuitsandkilts that’s messed up. I’m sorry to learn that. I’m just saying that there are definitely benefits offered to service members that civis would die for. We all getting screwed I guess
E1 pay ain’t bad considered the fact that you’re only on that rank during bootcamp and your training. After you finish with training you should be an E2 or an E3 when you start working. At least that’s how it’s done in the navy, there are many ways to rank up during bootcamp and during your A/B/C school training.
Only red colour flesh tuna are way lean, some countries like Thailand and Persian tuna is red, and strong lea, fresh market tuna mostly not good flesh, and there is many different type of tuna fish
Not true at all, Married you get out of the barracks/dorms, can live off base. you get BAS or BAH, and if your are smart with your money you can get a huge fiscal advantage. not to mention, familiy separation pay for deployments and extended TDY. Most folks in the military are terrible with their money and get stupid with debt and credit cards. the amount of family support services available compared to the civilian world is equally hard to beat. the military life is tougher on families but to say its a single mans game is naïve.
@@philparnell757 My mom was able to live off base as an E-3 or E-4 and she wasn’t married. This was in the 80s though. Also maybe the whole single man game applies to just special operations? I’ve heard that repeatedly from guys in that community.
THIS is the REASON Enlistment goals are DOWN. You can make MUCH more money in the Civilian World, not live in dorms/barracks or RISK DEATH IN COMBAT! My own kid is an E-5 with 6 years in the JAG Corps and is leaving and will TRIPLE the Income in ANY STATE..... JUST FACTS... IF WE Want the best, GOTTS PAY THE BEST.
4:43 army enlistment bonus? If you're a woman, you'll get a RANGER tab, and if you're not sure what you are, you'll get lifetime s3xchange health care. I'm so glad I served during President Reagan's administration. #FJB
Haha. I'm still in and held the line and eventually won during the covid coercion. But it's really bad now. Most E-5s I see think and behave like the E-1s when I joined back in 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan. Nobody can form a complete sentence or coherent thought because they're glued to screens all day. And we're supposed to be deploying again to someplace else in April.
@@Dan-pt2tn stay hard, do the work, and come home. My son wants to join after high school. He's got eyes on the 160th SOAR. Not if that fkn biden is still sh!tting things up.
Most food sold in supermarkets are expensive and not natural, canned tuna is very lean but cheated, how cheated? Some companies they see spray substance in brown flesh tuna to change colour to red colour flesh tuna
For the record that is base pay, you will actually receive somewhere around 75% as an enlisted. (Depending on TSP and any other non-taxable contributions) Your housing and food allowances are non-taxable.
For example I'm an E5 with ~3.5yrs in and make ~2400 a month with maxed matching deductions for TSP, and maxed life insurance (~$31/month). I live in the barracks so I don't get BAH or BAS (BAH is for housing, and they take your BAS when in barracks)
My 1st pay as an E1(1967) was $98/month.
Adjusted for inflation, that’s $904.94.
In 2024 the first psyched an E1 receives is $933.55. So not much has changed.
(E1 with less than 4 months makes $1,865.10, an E1 with more than 4 months makes $2,017.20)
I just enlisted in the Army as a 25H with student loans. This video is a great insight as to what I am to expect soon. Thanks for the heads up!
Well a bottle girl in las Vegas are making 250.000 a year ....
That's your sign to become a bottle girl then, go for it
@@jamesmccloud7535 I'm a dude who f ING them
GOOD FOR YOU.
@@straydog2002 I'm not a female ...
@djzrobzombie2813 well, you can fool me! 🤣
I always look forward to a new video, Helps PMCS my brain and my troops brains.
What's up skid Marks?
@@djzrobzombie2813 That's funny, not much killer. Hope you're doing good.
The "Hoo Lala" is still here. Thanks for the video.
In 1989, as an E-1 in the Army, my base pay was less than $500/month--after taxes were taken out, I cleared about $350/month--no housing allowance as I lived in the barracks. The year I retired, at pay grade O-3E; with 25.5 yrs of service, my base pay was just over $6700/month plus over $2800 in housing allowance. Then rolled into a govt contractor gig made over $180K the first year--working 50- hrs/week, plus profit share and the company's 401K match, which I made the max contribution to. And, I was getting my military retirement pay and 100% VA disability. My wife (who was a fed govt employee---GS-14-- at the time) and I owed taxes (above and beyond what was deducted fro our pay checks) for the first time ever that first year after retiring from the military (in Virginia) we had to pay state taxes for the first time (was FL "resident" while I was in the military, so I never paid state tax where I was stationed in the US).
You can change your payment frequency? I never heard anything even hinting at that my whole time in.
always good content on this channel
Don’t understand why there would be an amount for any general grade officers in the 2 years or less column
Monthly salary is after taxes or before taxes?
Thank you.
Pay is even worse for Guard and Reserve soldiers. For Example:
No BAH pay, and any incentive pay gets pro-rated for the 1 or 2 days you work. I fly army Helicopters and have 10 years in service. I work 2 times a week as a reservist to maintain flight minimums. I average about 25 dollars per hour. I thought I had it bad, but then I checked out brand new Private Joe and his paycheck. He was averaging 7 dollars an hour. Geez.
I loved the guards, I held down a full-time job. I had 13 years of active duty. The time I served in Iraq, I was paid the same as active duty soldiers of the same rank. When I retired, I am paid almost as much as my full-time retirement on my Cillian job. I don't have a rating, but I am drawing social security. I think I made a good decision, by completing my time and retired.
All threee of my sons are in the service. 2 in the Navy 1 in the 82nd Airborne. When he joined the Army as 11Bravo his contract gave him $35k My oldest who is 22 is an AC in the Navy. His reenlistment bonus was $80k. He is overseas now and getting his salary, housing allowance and this $80k all tax free. He will make well over $150k tax free in 8 months,.
Reenlistment bonuses aren’t paid all at once. 150k a year in the military is reserved for the highest ranks with the most time in.
Yeah that bonus is paid out over his enlistment. They don’t give it to you in a lump sum
@@WarInHDyup and $80k more like 60k after taxes. Assuming he did another 4 years that is $15k a year. Extra $1250 a month.
My first pay as e1 with college (1775) was $0.15
The pay tables are gross pay correct?
5:01 What is the thumbnail from?
You can not setup once a month anymore it’s only twice a month
Honey 🍯🍽️😁
Quality of life, I just ate canned cheddar cheese 🧀 with Turkish slice labneh and two brown bread with cheddar cheese, all with brown Pakistan honey 🍯
I absolutely love my job, but I'm not able to support my family anymore, I have lots of specialty pays, but I also have a family to support, and with promotion rates the way they are it's not getting much better. For those in use your TA to take language classes, you can earn up to 500 extra a month if you get proficient.
Imagine if you had to pay taxes, healthcare, rent, and save for retirement…
Edit: I’m dumb. I meant to state something along the lines of tax and lending protections exist for some service members. Obviously I mistyped. Not changing it bc that was my bad
@@1rstTry who told you service members don't pay taxes?
@1rstTry so I'm sure you are just speaking out of ignorance, but I have 4 kids and was making below the poverty threshold before the BNA came into place. I Doordash and do odd jobs when I'm off work to pay bills, and I learned a second language to get more pay, which actually takes money away from our BNA which is ass backwards.
@@Bombsuitsandkilts that’s messed up. I’m sorry to learn that. I’m just saying that there are definitely benefits offered to service members that civis would die for. We all getting screwed I guess
@@Bombsuitsandkilts I typed too fast. Of course income is taxed. I should have stated “tax protections.” My bad for sure. All income is taxed
how many billions to other countries?
MILITARY MONEY HACK-----
get married
With a prenup…
E1 pay ain’t bad considered the fact that you’re only on that rank during bootcamp and your training. After you finish with training you should be an E2 or an E3 when you start working. At least that’s how it’s done in the navy, there are many ways to rank up during bootcamp and during your A/B/C school training.
Only red colour flesh tuna are way lean, some countries like Thailand and Persian tuna is red, and strong lea, fresh market tuna mostly not good flesh, and there is many different type of tuna fish
I mean, quality of life, starting from food, must look and search for good products not cheated, honey is one hard to find best natural hone
Thank you.
Military service is a single man's game. Don't enlist with wife and kids baggage. You will be miserable.
Not true at all, Married you get out of the barracks/dorms, can live off base. you get BAS or BAH, and if your are smart with your money you can get a huge fiscal advantage. not to mention, familiy separation pay for deployments and extended TDY. Most folks in the military are terrible with their money and get stupid with debt and credit cards. the amount of family support services available compared to the civilian world is equally hard to beat. the military life is tougher on families but to say its a single mans game is naïve.
@@philparnell757 My mom was able to live off base as an E-3 or E-4 and she wasn’t married. This was in the 80s though. Also maybe the whole single man game applies to just special operations? I’ve heard that repeatedly from guys in that community.
Best childhood possible being an air Force brat... Up until mid-late teens I guess😂
@@crzycolchris and BX privileges 💪🇺🇸
Only a government employee would expect pay increase to exceed inflation. Private sector employees no the only taxes increase faster than inflation
2:00 are you asserting that inflation was higher than 5.2% for 2023?
Because it wasn’t.
Yep
THIS is the REASON Enlistment goals are DOWN. You can make MUCH more money in the Civilian World, not live in dorms/barracks or RISK DEATH IN COMBAT! My own kid is an E-5 with 6 years in the JAG Corps and is leaving and will TRIPLE the Income in ANY STATE..... JUST FACTS... IF WE Want the best, GOTTS PAY THE BEST.
What JAG is risking death in combat? lmao
And YOU just SHIT on The Entire JAG CORPS............good luck@@phobos1826
punk a$$ REMF
4:43 army enlistment bonus? If you're a woman, you'll get a RANGER tab, and if you're not sure what you are, you'll get lifetime s3xchange health care. I'm so glad I served during President Reagan's administration. #FJB
Fuck democrats in general but FJB works
Haha. I'm still in and held the line and eventually won during the covid coercion. But it's really bad now. Most E-5s I see think and behave like the E-1s when I joined back in 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan. Nobody can form a complete sentence or coherent thought because they're glued to screens all day. And we're supposed to be deploying again to someplace else in April.
@@Dan-pt2tn stay hard, do the work, and come home. My son wants to join after high school. He's got eyes on the 160th SOAR. Not if that fkn biden is still sh!tting things up.
@@Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury The 160tg are awesome. Good luck to him!
@RealBREAKtheArtist thank you sir! I'll pass it on 💪🇺🇸
First! ✊🏻
2nd
Most food sold in supermarkets are expensive and not natural, canned tuna is very lean but cheated, how cheated? Some companies they see spray substance in brown flesh tuna to change colour to red colour flesh tuna