1964 Military Pay Chart

1964 U.S. Military Basic Pay Charts

Military members received a pay raise, depending on their Pay Grade and time in service, as a result of the legislation that produced Public Law 88-422 that included $207 million in total pay raises for the military. The law authorized an 8.5% increase for all officers with less than two years of service and a 2.5% increase for all officers and enlisted with more than two years of service.

1963 Pay | 1965 Pay | Pay Raises

During this pay period, more emphasis was placed on tenure as Pay Grades saw additional longevity opportunities added over previous years, including longevity raises for all effected Pay Grades at 20 years of service.

The United States military pay scales below became effective on September 1, 1964 and continued to be in effect until August 31, 1965. It is the basic pay amounts for the active components of the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard.

The pay rates are monthly, US dollar.

1964 Enlisted Basic Military Pay Chart

Enlisted pay for less than 2 to over 6 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-7	206.39	282.00	292.20	302.40	312.60
E-6	175.81	246.00	256.20	266.40	276.90
E-5	145.24	215.40	225.60	235.80	251.10
E-4	122.30	184.50	194.70	210.00	220.50
E-3	99.37	148.50	159.00	169.20	169.20
E-2	85.80	123.00	123.00	123.00	123.00
E-1	83.20	112.80	112.80	112.80	112.80

Enlisted pay chart for 8 to over 16 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
E-9		445.80	456.00	466.50	476.70
E-8	374.10	384.30	394.50	405.00	415.20
E-7	322.80	333.00	343.50	358.80	369.00
E-6	287.10	297.30	312.60	322.80	333.00
E-5	261.30	271.50	282.00	287.10	287.10
E-4	220.50	220.50	220.50	220.50	220.50
E-3	169.20	169.20	169.20	169.20	169.20
E-2	123.00	123.00	123.00	123.00	123.00
E-1	112.80	112.80	112.80	112.80	112.80

Enlisted pay chart for 18 to over 26 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
E-9	486.90	497.10	522.90	522.90	573.90
E-8	425.40	435.60	461.40	461.40	512.40
E-7	379.20	384.30	410.10	410.10	461.40
E-6	338.40	338.40	338.40	338.40	338.40
E-5	287.10	287.10	287.10	287.10	287.10
E-4	220.50	220.50	220.50	220.50	220.50
E-3	169.20	169.20	169.20	169.20	169.20
E-2	123.00	123.00	123.00	123.00	123.00
E-1	112.80	112.80	112.80	112.80	112.80

1964 Officer Basic Military Pay Chart

Officer pay chart for under 2 years to 6 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
O-10 See Note 1	1302.00	1347.90	1347.90	1347.90	1347.90
O-9 See Note 1	1153.80	1183.80	1209.60	1209.60	1209.60
O-8	1045.20	1076.40	1101.90	1101.90	1101.90
O-7	868.20	927.60	927.60	927.60	968.70
O-6	643.20	707.40	753.30	753.30	753.30
O-5	514.50	604.80	645.90	645.90	645.90
O-4	434.10	528.00	563.70	563.70	573.90
O-3	353.70	450.90	481.80	533.10	558.60
O-2	281.40	384.30	461.40	476.70	486.90
O-1	241.20	307.50	384.30	384.30	384.30
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E				533.10	558.60
O-2E				476.70	486.90
O-1E				384.30	410.10
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-4	361.20	440.70	440.70	450.90	471.60
W-3	328.50	405.00	405.00	410.10	415.20
W-2	287.40	353.70	353.70	363.90	384.30
W-1	238.20	312.60	312.60	338.40	353.70

Officer pay chart for 8 years to 16 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
O-10 See Note 1	1399.20	1399.20	1506.90	1506.90	1614.30
O-9 See Note 1	1240.20	1240.20	1291.50	1291.50	1399.20
O-8	1183.80	1183.80	1240.20	1240.20	1291.50
O-7	968.70	1025.10	1025.10	1076.40	1183.80
O-6	753.30	753.30	753.30	779.10	902.10
O-5	645.90	666.30	702.00	748.20	804.60
O-4	599.20	640.50	676.50	707.40	738.00
O-3	579.00	609.90	640.50	656.10	656.10
O-2	486.90	486.90	486.90	486.90	486.90
O-1	384.30	384.30	384.30	384.30	384.30
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	579.00	609.90	640.50	666.30	666.30
O-2E	502.20	528.00	548.40	563.70	563.70
O-1E	425.40	440.70	456.00	476.70	476.70
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-4	492.00	512.40	548.40	573.90	594.60
W-3	445.80	471.60	486.90	502.20	517.50
W-2	405.00	420.30	435.60	450.90	466.50
W-1	369.00	384.30	399.90	415.20	430.50

Officer pay chart for 18 years to 26 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
O-10 See Note 1	1614.30	1722.00	1722.00	1722.00	1829.70
O-9 See Note 1	1399.20	1506.90	1506.90	1506.90	1614.30
O-8	1347.90	1399.20	1455.60	1455.60	1455.60
O-7	1266.00	1266.00	1266.00	1266.00	1266.00
O-6	948.00	968.70	1025.10	1025.10	1112.10
O-5	850.80	876.30	907.20	907.20	907.20
O-4	758.40	758.40	758.40	758.40	758.40
O-3	656.10	656.10	656.10	656.10	656.10
O-2	486.90	486.90	486.90	486.90	486.90
O-1	384.30	384.30	384.30	384.30	384.30
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	666.30	666.30	666.30	666.30	666.30
O-2E	563.70	563.70	563.70	563.70	563.70
O-1E	476.70	476.70	476.70	476.70	476.70
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-4	609.90	630.30	651.00	651.00	702.00
W-3	533.10	553.50	573.90	573.90	594.60
W-2	481.80	497.10	517.50	517.50	517.50
W-1	445.80	461.40	461.40	461.40	461.40

NOTE 1. Pay Grades O-9, O-10 and Fleet Admiral(O-10) received an additional "Personal Money Allowance" of $41.67, $183.33 and $333.33, respectively. While in Pay Grade O-9, serving as a member of the United Nations, the Personal Money Allowance of $225.00 was authorized. The Chief of Naval Operations pay, $2019.30, regardless of time in service.

E pay scale is Enlisted, W scale is Warrant Officer, O scale is Commissioned Officer.
Effective September 1, 1964 through August 31, 1965.

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