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2008 British Officer Pay Chart

United Kingdom (UK) Officer Pay Chart

Joint Services' Job Evaluation Team (JSJET) makes recommendations for the amount British military pay should be based on civilian earnings (including bonuses, civilian overtime and fringe benefits) for comparable work. No civilian occupation can be directly compared to serving in the Army so the JSJET, with military members trained in job analysis, constantly updates job descriptions over the whole range of Service trades. The trades are evaluated against six factors which include knowledge, skills and experience - complexity and mental challenge - judgement and decision making - use of resources - communication (both internal and external) - and working conditions. The services are then compared to the scores for civilian jobs that have been similarly evaluated. This information, together with evidence from the MOD, is presented to the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (AFPRB). The pay charts are for the Royal Navy (RN), Royal Marines (RM), British Army (BA) and the Royal Air Force (RAF).

NOTE: Pay charts reflect an annual pay rate in British Pounds (£).

Rates of Pay for Officers

Rank1 April 2008
OF6 RangeJPA ANNUAL
Royal Navy: CommodoreLevel 5 96,287.76
Royal Marines: BrigadierLevel 4 95,343.12
Army: BrigadierLevel 3 94,410.24
RAF: Air CommodoreLevel 2 93,473.40
Level 1 92,536.56
OF5 RangeJPA ANNUAL
Level 985,267.68
Level 884,300.00
Level 7 83,332.20
Royal Navy: CaptainLevel 6 82,368.24
Royal Marines: ColonelLevel 5 81,404.40
Army: ColonelLevel 4 80,440.44
RAF: Group CaptainLevel 3 79,476.60
Level 2 78,508.80
Level 1 77,544.84
OF4 RangeJPA ANNUAL
Level 974,022.60
Level 873,065.00
Level 7 72,107.52
Royal Navy: CommanderLevel 671,158.56
Royal Marines: Lieutenant ColonelLevel 5 67,293.84
Army: Lieutenant ColonelLevel 4 66,454.32
RAF: Wing CommanderLevel 3 65,614.32
Level 2 64,774.80
Level 1 63,927.36
OF3 RangeJPA ANNUAL
Level 954,550.56
Level 853,421.72
Level 7 52,300.92
Royal Navy: Lieutenant CommanderLevel 6 51,176.16
Royal Marines: MajorLevel 5 50,043.72
Army: MajorLevel 4 48,922.68
RAF: Squadron LeaderLevel 3 47,790.12
Level 2 46,673.40
Level 1 45,548.64
OF2 RangeJPA ANNUAL
Level 9 43,916.04
Royal Navy: LieutenantLevel 8 43,916.04
Royal Marines: CaptainLevel 7 44,587.80
Army: CaptainLevel 6 43,916.04
RAF: Flight LieutenantLevel 5 43,146.84
Level 4 42,389.16
Level 3 41,623.68
Level 2 40,920.72
Level 1 40,131.60
OF1 RangeJPA ANNUAL
Level 1031,188.36
Level 9 30,442.56
Royal Navy: See chart belowLevel 8 29,704.32
Royal Marines: See chart belowLevel 7 28,962.48
Army: See chart belowLevel 6 28,216.32
RAF: See chart belowLevel 5 23,475.24
Level 4 20,800.08
Level 3 17,710.80
Level 2 16,230.96
Level 1 14,852.28

Army Welbexian Officer Cadets who started an in-service degree course before the Army rolled out JPA, are to be paid at the following levels of the University Cadet Entrants (UCEs) level 1 on Appointment, level 3 in year 2 and level 4 in year 3.

DE-Direct Entrant, UCE-University Cadet Entrant, DNS-Defence Nursing Services, GYC-Gap Year Commission

RankPay Spine
OF1 Range
Non-graduate direct entrants (for pay purposes will be classed as Officer Cadets, but may hold different ‘addressable ranks).Level 1
Army: 2nd LieutenantGap Year CommissionLevels 2-3
Level 4
Graduates direct entrants during initial Officers Training and nongraduate direct entrants on commissioningªRN: Midshipman
RM: 2nd Lieutenant
Army 2nd Lieutenant
RAF: Acting Pilot Officer/Pilot Officer
Level 5
Graduates direct entrants during initial Officers Training and nongraduate direct entrants on commissioningªRN: Sub-Lieutenant
RM: Lieutenant
Army: Lieutenant
RAF: Flying Officer
DNS: Tri-Service
Level 6 - 10

# Army: Officer cadets will remain on Level 1 rates of pay until commissioned.
## Army: These rates include an educational grant of £6.21 a day in accordance with Article 630 of the Pay Warrant 1964.

ª On completion of training non-graduate direct entrants will move to level 5, however progression to level 6 will be dependent on promotion to Sub Lt/Lt/Fg Off. Graduate direct entrants will enter Service on at least level 5 dependent on seniority awarded for civilian qualifications.

RATES OF PAY EFFECTIVE FROM 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 and are subject to change without notice.

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