1984 Military Pay Chart

1984 US Military Basic Pay Charts

On December 30, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed Executive Order 12456 which provided for a 4% pay raise for the uniformed members of the Armed Forces.

The Navy active duty end-strength total, officer and enlisted, for 1984 was 564,638.

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The United States military pay scales became effective on January 1, 1984 and continued to be in effect until December 31, 1984. 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.

1984 Enlisted Basic Military Pay Chart

Enlisted pay for less than 2 to over 6 years of service.
Pay Grade	Years of Service
Pay Grade	Less than 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
E-7	1047.60	1130.70	1173.00	1213.80	1255.50
E-6	901.20	982.50	1023.60	1067.10	1106.40
E-5	791.10	861.00	902.70	942.00	1003.80
E-4	738.00	779.10	824.70	888.90	924.00
E-3	695.10	732.90	762.60	792.90	792.90
E-2	668.70	668.70	668.70	668.70	668.70
E-1	596.40	596.40	596.40	596.40	596.40
E-1 Less than 4 months	573.60

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		1788.90	1829.70	1871.10	1914.00
E-8	1500.60	1543.20	1583.70	1625.10	1668.00
E-7	1295.10	1336.80	1378.20	1440.60	1481.40
E-6	1146.90	1188.90	1250.10	1289.40	1331.10
E-5	1044.60	1086.30	1126.20	1146.90	1146.90
E-4	924.00	924.00	924.00	924.00	924.00
E-3	792.90	792.90	792.90	792.90	792.90
E-2	668.70	668.70	668.70	668.70	668.70
E-1	596.40	596.40	596.40	596.40	596.40

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 26
E-9 See Note 1	1956.60	1994.70	2099.70	2303.70
E-8	1706.40	1748.40	1851.00	2057.70
E-7	1523.10	1542.90	1646.40	1851.00
E-6	1351.20	1351.20	1351.20	1351.20
E-5	1146.90	1146.90	1146.90	1146.90
E-4	924.00	924.00	924.00	924.00
E-3	792.90	792.90	792.90	792.90
E-2	668.70	668.70	668.70	668.70
E-1	596.40	596.40	596.40	596.40

1984 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 2	4874.40	5046.00	5046.00	5046.00	5046.00
O-9	4320.30	4433.40	4527.60	4527.60	4527.60
O-8	3912.90	4030.20	4125.90	4125.90	4125.90
O-7	3251.40	3472.50	3472.50	3472.50	3627.90
O-6	2409.90	2647.80	2821.20	2821.20	2821.20
O-5	1927.50	2263.50	2419.50	2419.50	2419.50
O-4	1624.50	1978.20	2110.50	2110.50	2149.20
O-3	1509.90	1687.80	1804.20	1996.50	2091.20
O-2	1316.40	1437.60	1727.10	1785.30	1822.80
O-1	1143.00	1189.80	1437.60	1437.60	1437.60
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E				1996.50	2091.90
O-2E				1785.30	1822.80
O-1E				1437.60	1535.70
Warrant Officers
	Under 2	Over 2	Over 3	Over 4	Over 6
W-4	1538.10	1650.00	1650.00	1687.80	1764.60
W-3	1398.00	1516.50	1516.50	1535.70	1554.00
W-2	1224.60	1324.50	1324.50	1363.20	1437.60
W-1	1020.30	1169.70	1169.70	1267.20	1324.50

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 2	5239.50	5239.50	5499.90	5499.90	5499.90
O-9	4642.80	4642.80	4836.00	4836.00	5239.50
O-8	4433.40	4433.40	4642.80	4642.80	4836.00
O-7	3627.90	3838.50	3838.50	4030.20	4433.40
O-6	2821.20	2821.20	2821.20	2916.90	3378.30
O-5	2419.50	2493.30	2627.10	2808.90	3012.60
O-4	2244.60	2397.30	2532.30	2647.80	2763.90
O-3	2167.50	2284.20	2397.30	2456.40	2456.40
O-2	1822.80	1822.80	1822.80	1822.80	1822.80
O-1	1437.60	1437.60	1437.60	1437.60	1437.60
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	2167.50	2284.20	2397.30	2493.30	2493.30
O-2E	1880.40	1978.20	2053.80	2110.50	2110.50
O-1E	1592.40	1650.00	1707.30	1785.30	1785.30
Warrant Officers
	Over 8	Over 10	Over 12	Over 14	Over 16
W-4	1842.30	1919.70	2053.80	2149.20	2224.80
W-3	1667.70	1764.60	1822.80	1880.40	1936.80
W-2	1516.50	1573.80	1631.40	1687.80	1746.90
W-1	1381.50	1437.60	1497.30	1554.00	1611.30

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 26
O-10 See Note 2	5499.90	5499.90	5499.90	5499.90
O-9	5239.50	5499.90	5499.90	5499.90
O-8	5046.00	5239.50	5449.50	5449.50
O-7	4737.90	4737.90	4737.90	4737.90
O-6	3551.10	3627.90	3838.50	4163.10
O-5	3185.70	3282.00	3396.60	3396.60
O-4	2840.40	2840.40	2840.40	2840.40
O-3	2456.40	2456.40	2456.40	2456.40
O-2	1822.80	1822.80	1822.80	1822.80
O-1	1437.60	1437.60	1437.60	1437.60
Commissioned Officer With Over 4 Years of Active Service as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer
O-3E	2493.30	2493.30	2493.30	2493.30
O-2E	2110.50	2110.50	2110.50	2110.50
O-1E	1785.30	1785.30	1785.30	1785.30
Warrant Officers
	Over 18	Over 20	Over 22	Over 26
W-4	2284.20	2358.30	2437.20	2627.10
W-3	1996.50	2073.90	2149.20	2224.80
W-2	1804.20	1861.50	1936.80	1936.80
W-1	1667.70	1727.10	1727.10	1727.10

NOTE 1. The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy's basic pay is $2800.20 regardless of cumulative years of service.

NOTE 2. The Chief of Naval Operations pay remains $5499.90, regardless of time in service. Basic pay is limited to $5499.90 by the Level V of the Executive Schedule.

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E pay scale is Enlisted, W scale is Warrant Officer, O scale is Commissioned Officer. Effective January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1984.

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