Historical Military Pay Rates

The Defense Finance Accounting and Service (DFAS) maintains an archive of historical pay charts dating back to October 1, 1949. You may find it interesting to see how the current military pay compares to what service members made in the past.

The dates below reflect effective dates for the military basic pay rates, which may differ from the effective dates for the various allowances and other pay entitlements. These charts are intended for reference only and are not for official pay purposes. These charts are all in PDF format.

PDFs below require viewer software .

1949-1979		1980-1999		2000-Present
Oct 1, 1949  May 1, 1952  Apr 1, 1955  Jun 1, 1958  Oct 1, 1963  Sep 1, 1964  Sep 1, 1965  Jul 1, 1966  Oct 1, 1967  Jul 1, 1968  Jul 1, 1969 Jan 1, 1970  Jan 1, 1971  Oct 1, 1971  Jan 1, 1972  Oct 1, 1972  Oct 1, 1973  Oct 1, 1974  Oct 1, 1975  Oct 1, 1976  Oct 1, 1977  Oct 1, 1978  Oct 1, 1979		Oct 1, 1980  Oct 1, 1981  Oct 1, 1982  Jan 1, 1984  Jan 1, 1985   Jan 1, 1987  Jan 1, 1988  Jan 1, 1989 Jan 1, 1990  Jan 1, 1991  Jan 1, 1992  Jan 1, 1993  Jan 1, 1994  Jan 1, 1995  Jan 1, 1996  Jan 1, 1997  Jan 1, 1998  Jan 1, 1999		Jan 1, 2000  Jul 1, 2000  Jan 1, 2001  Jul 1, 2001  Jan 1, 2002  Jan 1, 2003  Jan 1, 2004  Jan 1, 2005  Jan 1, 2006  Jan 1, 2007  Apr 1, 2007  Jan 1, 2008  Jan 1, 2009 Jan 1, 2010  Jan 1, 2011