Sergeant Discount
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Oct 18, 2009
6:12 AM
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What are your thoughts about the proposed Military Pay Chart increase for 2009? The Obama administration asked for a 2.9% increase in basic pay for military members effective 1 January 2010.
2.9 percent is the minimum President Obama could have requested under current law, as this percentage would match, but not exceed, average private-sector wage growth.
However, every year for the past several years, Congress has approved a military pay chart raise slightly larger than that requested by the President, and 2010 is no exception even with the recession.
Both the House of Representatives and the US Senate has agreed to include a 3.4 percent across-the-board military base pay chart raise in the 2010 Defense Authorization Act. This makes a 3.4 percent raise (1/2 a percent above President Obama's request) pretty much a sure thing.
The below chart shows what 2010 military monthly basic pay chart will be for officers, should Congress ultimately include a 3.4 percent raise when it passes the 2010 Defense Authorization Act.
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