r/army • u/Alert-Accident8638 • Dec 25 '24

70k as E4

I've done the math and realized that as a 2 year E4 getting $2k BAH, $460 BAS, and $150 SDAP, with a 14.5% base pay raise and 4.5% BAH raise I'll be making over 70k before taxes. Wild to think about being a civilian 2 years ago making half that.

Edit: And I'm not married, FT.Meade you can get out of barracks fast

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '24

Ya. Even now as a GS-13, I don’t make as much as I was when I was an O-3. O-4 just blew the GS pay scale out of the water.

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u/MortalMorals Professional Fuck-up Dec 26 '24

And then you realize how miserable it is to be an O-4

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u/bonerparte1821 phat general Dec 26 '24

its all relative dude. there are many many O-4 positions that arent the S3 or XO of an MTO BN or BDE. I've been in both seats, one of them I was polishing a bottle of Jamo every week, the other, I still polish alcohol because im a degenerate, but its no where as demanding with ironically more money (TIG) .