1973 Military Pay Chart

1973 US Military Basic Pay Charts

On December 15, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed Executive Order 11692 which provided for a 6.7% pay raise for the uniformed members of the Armed Forces.

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The United States military pay scales below became retroactively effective on October 1, 1972, and continued to be in effect until September 30, 1973. 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.

1973 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	507.30	547.20	567.60	574.40	607.80
E-6	438.00	477.90	497.70	518.10	537.90
E-5	384.60	418.80	438.90	458.10	488.10
E-4	369.90	390.60	413.10	445.50	463.20
E-3	355.80	375.30	390.30	405.60	405.60
E-2	342.30	342.30	342.30	342.30	342.30
E-1	307.20	307.20	307.20	307.20	307.20

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		865.80	885.60	905.70	926.80
E-8	726.60	746.70	776.50	786.60	807.00
E-7	627.00	646.80	667.20	697.50	717.00
E-6	557.70	577.80	607.80	627.00	646.80
E-5	507.90	528.00	547.20	557.70	557.70
E-4	463.20	463.20	463.20	463.20	463.20
E-3	405.60	405.60	405.60	405.60	405.60
E-2	342.30	342.30	342.30	342.30	342.30
E-1	307.20	307.20	307.20	307.20	307.20

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	946.80	965.40	1016.40	1016.40	1115.10
E-8	826.20	846.60	896.10	896.10	996.00
E-7	736.80	746.70	796.80	796.80	896.10
E-6	657.00	657.00	657.00	657.00	657.00
E-5	557.70	557.70	557.70	557.70	557.70
E-4	463.20	463.20	463.20	463.20	463.20
E-3	405.60	405.60	405.60	405.60	405.60
E-2	342.30	342.30	342.30	342.30	342.30
E-1	307.20	307.20	307.20	307.20	307.20

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1973 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	2415.00	2500.20	2500.20	2500.20	2500.20
O-9 See Note 1	2140.50	2196.90	2243.70	2243.70	2243.70
O-8	1938.60	1996.80	2044.50	2044.50	2044.50
O-7	1610.70	1720.80	1720.80	1720.80	1797.30
O-6	1194.70	1312.20	1397.70	1397.70	1397.70
O-5	954.90	1121.70	1198.80	1198.80	1198.80
O-4	805.20	979.80	1046.10	1046.10	1064.70
O-3	748.20	836.40	893.50	989.40	1036.50
O-2	652.20	712.50	855.90	884.40	903.00
O-1	566.10	589.50	712.50	712.50	712.50
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E				989.40	1036.50
O-2E				884.40	903.00
O-1E				712.50	760.80
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-4	762.90	817.50	817.50	836.40	874.50
W-3	693.00	751.50	751.50	760.80	770.10
W-2	606.60	656.10	656.10	675.30	712.50
W-1	505.50	579.90	579.90	627.90	565.10

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	2595.90	2595.90	2794.80	2794.80	2994.90
O-9 See Note 1	2300.40	2300.40	2395.80	2395.80	2595.90
O-8	2196.90	2196.90	2300.40	2300.40	2395.80
O-7	1797.30	1902.00	1902.00	1996.80	2197.90
O-6	1397.70	1397.70	1397.70	1445.10	1673.70
O-5	1198.80	1235.70	1301.40	1388.40	1492.50
O-4	1112.10	1187.70	1254.90	1312.20	1369.20
O-3	1073.70	1131.30	1187.70	1216.80	1216.80
O-2	903.00	903.00	903.00	903.00	903.00
O-1	712.50	712.50	712.50	712.50	712.50
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	1073.70	1131.30	1127.70	1235.70	1235.70
O-2E	931.50	979.80	1017.90	1046.10	1046.10
O-1E	789.30	817.50	846.30	884.40	884.40
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-4	912.90	950.70	1017.90	1064.70	1102.50
W-3	826.50	874.90	903.00	931.50	959.70
W-2	751.50	780.00	808.20	836.40	865.50
W-1	684.60	712.50	741.60	770.10	798.60

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	2994.90	3000.00	3000.00	3000.00	3000.00
O-9 See Note 1	2595.90	2794.80	2794.80	2794.80	2994.80
O-8	2500.20	2595.90	2700.30	2700.30	2700.30
O-7	2347.80	2347.80	2347.80	2347.80	2347.80
O-6	1759.20	1797.30	1902.00	1902.00	2062.50
O-5	1578.30	1625.70	1683.00	1683.00	1683.00
O-4	1407.30	1407.30	1407.30	1407.30	1407.30
O-3	1216.80	1216.80	1216.80	1216.80	1216.80
O-2	903.00	903.00	903.00	903.00	903.00
O-1	712.50	712.50	712.50	712.50	712.50
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	1235.70	1235.70	1235.70	1235.70	1235.70
O-2E	1046.10	1046.10	1046.10	1046.10	1046.10
O-1E	884.40	884.40	884.40	884.40	884.40
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 24	Over 26
W-4	1131.30	1169.10	1207.80	1207.80	1301.40
W-3	989.40	1027.20	1064.70	1064.70	1102.50
W-2	893.70	922.20	959.70	959.70	959.70
W-1	826.50	855.90	855.90	855.90	855.90

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 $3000.00, regardless of time in service.

The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy's basic pay is $1355.40, 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 October 1, 1972 through September 30, 1973.

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