2006 Military Base Pay Charts
The House of Representatives has approved their version of the FY 2006 Military Authorization Act (HR 1815). The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved the Senate version (S 1042), but floor debate has been delayed due to Senate politics.
One factor which is not in contention is the annual raise amount for military base pay. Both versions of the bill authorize an across-the-board base pay increase of 3.1 percent, which makes it pretty much a "done deal."
This is because of a law passed four years ago which regulates military pay raises through FY 2006. Under this law, if Congress does not approve a different amount, the military base pay raise is automatically set at one percent below the CPI.
This is the second year in a row that Congress did not "target" the pay raise by giving some ranks a higher raise percentage than other ranks. In FY 2004, the average pay raise was 4.1 percent, but some members received as little as 3.7 percent, while others received as much as 6.25 percent. In 2005, all members received a base pay raise of 3.5 percent.
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