1966 Military Pay Chart

1966 U.S. Military Basic Pay Charts

Military members received a pay raise of 3.2% as a result of the legislation that produced Public Law 89-501.

The United States military pay scales below became effective on July 1, 1966 and continued to be in effect until September 30, 1967. It is the basic pay amounts for the active components of the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard.

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The pay rates are monthly, US dollar.

1966 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	269.40	322.80	334.80	346.50	358.20
E-6	232.20	281.70	293.40	305.40	317.40
E-5	200.40	246.90	258.60	270.00	287.70
E-4	168.60	211.50	222.90	240.60	252.60
E-3	121.80	170.10	182.10	193.80	193.80
E-2	100.00	141.00	141.00	141.00	141.00
E-1	96.90	129.00	129.00	129.00	129.00

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		510.60	522.30	534.30	546.00
E-8	428.40	440.40	452.10	463.80	475.50
E-7	369.60	381.30	393.60	411.00	422.70
E-6	328.80	340.50	358.20	369.60	381.30
E-5	299.40	311.10	322.80	328.80	328.80
E-4	252.60	252.60	252.60	252.60	252.60
E-3	193.80	193.80	193.80	193.80	193.80
E-2	141.00	141.00	141.00	141.00	141.00
E-1	129.00	129.00	129.00	129.00	129.00

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	558.00	569.40	599.10	599.10	657.30
E-8	487.20	499.20	528.60	528.60	587.10
E-7	434.40	440.40	469.80	469.80	528.60
E-6	387.60	387.60	387.60	387.60	387.60
E-5	328.80	328.80	328.80	328.80	328.80
E-4	252.60	252.60	252.60	252.60	252.60
E-3	193.80	193.80	193.80	193.80	193.80
E-2	141.00	141.00	141.00	141.00	141.00
E-1	129.00	129.00	129.00	129.00	129.00

1966 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	1424.10	1474.50	1474.50	1474.50	1474.50
O-9 See Note 1	1262.10	1295.10	1323.30	1323.30	1323.30
O-8	1143.30	1177.50	1205.40	1205.40	1205.40
O-7	949.80	1014.90	1014.90	1014.90	1059.90
O-6	703.80	773.70	824.10	824.10	824.10
O-5	562.80	661.50	706.50	706.50	706.50
O-4	474.90	577.80	616.80	616.80	627.90
O-3	441.60	493.20	526.80	583.20	611.10
O-2	353.70	420.30	504.60	521.40	532.50
O-1	303.90	336.30	420.30	420.30	420.30
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E				583.29	611.15
O-2E				521.40	532.50
O-1E				420.30	448.50
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-4	449.40	482.10	482.10	493.20	515.70
W-3	408.60	443.10	443.10	448.50	454.20
W-2	377.70	408.60	408.60	420.30	443.70
W-1	298.20	342.00	342.00	370.20	387.00

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	1530.60	1530.60	1648.20	1648.20	1766.10
O-9 See Note 1	1356.60	1356.60	1412.70	1412.70	1530.60
O-8	1295.10	1295.10	1356.60	1356.60	1412.70
O-7	1059.90	1121.40	1121.40	1177.50	1295.10
O-6	824.10	824.10	824.10	852.30	986.70
O-5	706.50	728.70	767.70	818.70	880.20
O-4	656.10	700.50	739.80	773.70	807.30
O-3	633.30	667.20	700.50	717.60	717.60
O-2	532.50	532.50	532.50	532.50	532.50
O-1	420.30	420.30	420.30	420.30	420.30
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	633.44	667.19	700.62	728.80	728.80
O-2E	549.30	577.80	600.00	616.80	616.80
O-1E	465.30	482.10	498.90	521.40	521.40
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-4	538.20	560.40	600.00	627.90	650.40
W-3	487.50	515.70	532.50	549.30	565.80
W-2	468.00	485.70	503.10	520.80	538.80
W-1	403.80	420.30	437.40	454.20	471.00

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	1766.10	1883.70	1883.70	1883.70	2001.60
O-9 See Note 1	1530.60	1648.20	1648.20	1648.20	1766.10
O-8	1474.50	1530.60	1592.40	1592.40	1592.40
O-7	1384.80	1384.80	1384.80	1384.80	1384.80
O-6	1037.10	1059.90	1121.40	1121.40	1216.50
O-5	930.60	958.50	992.40	992.40	992.40
O-4	829.80	829.80	829.80	829.80	829.80
O-3	717.60	717.60	717.60	717.60	717.60
O-2	532.50	532.50	532.50	532.50	532.50
O-1	420.30	420.30	420.30	420.30	420.30
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	728.80	728.80	728.80	728.80	728.80
O-2E	616.80	616.80	616.80	616.80	616.80
O-1E	521.40	521.40	521.40	521.40	521.40
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-4	667.20	698.40	712.20	712.20	767.60
W-3	583.20	605.70	627.90	627.90	650.40
W-2	556.20	573.90	597.60	597.60	597.60
W-1	487.50	504.60	504.60	504.60	504.60

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, $2807.10, regardless of time in service.

E pay scale is Enlisted, W scale is Warrant Officer, O scale is Commissioned Officer.
Effective July 1, 1966 through September 30, 1967.

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