1972 Military Pay Chart

1972 US Military Basic Pay Charts

During the first session of the 92nd Congress, Public Law 92-204, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1972, was approved on December 18, 1971. The law funded a 7.2% basic pay raise for the uniformed members of the Armed Forces.

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The United States military pay scales below became effective on January 1, 1972 and continued to be in effect until September 30, 1972. 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.

1972 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	475.50	513.00	531.90	550.50	569.70
E-6	410.40	447.90	466.50	485.70	504.30
E-5	360.60	392.40	411.30	429.30	457.50
E-4	346.80	366.00	387.30	417.60	434.10
E-3	333.60	351.90	365.70	380.10	380.10
E-2	320.70	320.70	320.70	320.70	320.70
E-1	288.00	288.00	288.00	288.00	288.00

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		811.50	830.10	849.00	868.20
E-8	681.00	699.90	718.50	737.40	756.30
E-7	587.70	606.30	625.50	653.70	672.00
E-6	522.60	541.50	569.70	587.70	606.30
E-5	476.10	495.00	513.00	522.60	522.60
E-4	432.10	432.10	432.10	432.10	432.10
E-3	380.10	380.10	380.10	380.10	380.10
E-2	320.70	320.70	320.70	320.70	320.70
E-1	288.00	288.00	288.00	288.00	288.00

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	887.40	904.80	952.80	952.80	1045.20
E-8	774.30	793.50	840.00	840.00	933.60
E-7	690.60	699.90	746.70	746.70	840.00
E-6	615.90	615.90	615.90	615.90	615.90
E-5	522.60	522.60	522.60	522.60	522.60
E-4	432.10	432.10	432.10	432.10	432.10
E-3	380.10	380.10	380.10	380.10	380.10
E-2	320.70	320.70	320.70	320.70	320.70
E-1	288.00	288.00	288.00	288.00	288.00

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1972 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	2263.50	2343.30	2343.30	2343.30	2343.30
O-9 See Note 1	2006.40	2059.20	2103.00	2103.00	2103.00
O-8	1817.10	1871.70	1916.40	1916.40	1916.40
O-7	1509.60	1612.80	1612.80	1612.80	1684.50
O-6	1119.00	1230.00	1310.10	1310.10	1310.10
O-5	894.90	1051.50	1123.50	1123.50	1123.50
O-4	754.80	918.30	980.40	980.40	997.80
O-3	701.40	783.90	837.60	927.30	971.40
O-2	611.40	667.80	802.20	828.90	846.30
O-1	530.70	552.60	667.80	667.80	667.80
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E				927.30	971.40
O-2E				828.90	846.30
O-1E				667.80	713.10
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-4	714.30	766.20	766.20	783.90	819.60
W-3	649.50	704.40	704.40	713.10	721.80
W-2	568.50	615.00	615.00	633.00	667.80
W-1	473.70	543.60	543.60	588.60	615.00

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	2433.00	2433.00	2619.60	2619.60	2807.10
O-9 See Note 1	2156.10	2156.10	2245.50	2245.50	2433.00
O-8	2059.20	2059.20	2156.10	2156.10	2245.50
O-7	1684.50	1782.60	1782.60	1871.70	2059.20
O-6	1310.10	1310.10	1310.10	1354.50	1568.70
O-5	1123.50	1158.30	1219.80	1301.40	1398.90
O-4	1042.50	1113.30	1176.30	1230.00	1283.40
O-3	1006.50	1060.50	1113.30	1140.60	1140.60
O-2	846.30	846.30	846.30	846.30	846.30
O-1	667.80	667.80	667.80	667.80	667.80
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	1006.50	1060.50	1113.30	1158.30	1158.30
O-2E	873.00	918.30	954.00	980.40	980.40
O-1E	739.80	766.20	793.20	828.90	828.90
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-4	855.60	891.00	954.00	997.80	1033.50
W-3	774.60	819.60	846.30	873.00	899.40
W-2	704.40	731.10	757.50	783.90	811.20
W-1	641.70	667.80	695.10	721.80	748.50

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	2807.10	2994.60	2994.60	2994.60	3000.00
O-9 See Note 1	2433.00	2619.60	2619.60	2619.60	2807.10
O-8	2343.30	2433.00	2531.00	2531.00	2531.00
O-7	2200.50	2200.50	2200.50	2200.50	2200.50
O-6	1648.80	1684.50	1782.60	1782.60	1933.20
O-5	1479.30	1523.70	1577.40	1577.40	1577.40
O-4	1319.10	1319.10	1319.10	1319.10	1319.10
O-3	1140.60	1140.60	1140.60	1140.60	1140.60
O-2	846.30	846.30	846.30	846.30	846.30
O-1	667.80	667.80	667.80	667.80	667.80
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	1158.30	1158.30	1158.30	1158.30	1158.30
O-2E	980.40	980.40	980.40	980.40	980.40
O-1E	828.90	828.90	828.90	828.90	828.90
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-4	1060.50	1095.90	1132.20	1132.20	1219.80
W-3	927.30	962.70	997.80	997.80	1033.50
W-2	837.60	864.30	899.40	899.40	899.40
W-1	744.60	802.20	802.20	802.20	802.20

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 remains the same as the 1971 rate of $3000.00.

The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy's basic pay is $1270.50 regardless of cumulative years of service.

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E pay scale is Enlisted, W scale is Warrant Officer, O scale is Commissioned Officer. Effective January 1, 1972 through September 30, 1972.

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