Title: Are Military Personnel Paid Less Than Minimum Wage? | Fiscal Tiger
Headings: Are Active Military Personnel Paid Less than Minimum Wage?
Are Active Military Personnel Paid Less than Minimum Wage?
Chelsy Meyer
Table of Contents
The Big Picture of Military Pay
Salary vs. Hourly Pay
Comparing the Advantages
Understanding the Disadvantages
Keep Learning
Chelsy Meyer

Content: Soldiers are given meals, housing, and bonuses. For this reason, military members can save more money since a bulk of it doesn’t have to go towards the average living expenses. As a retired veteran, you’re still given military benefits and security as well – something extremely important to the aging veteran population. Honor: Many military members don’t go into their military career looking at the numbers: it’s an honor for them to serve with the U.S. military, and that alone can make all the difference in their decision to serve despite the possibility of working more hours than they are paid. Understanding the Disadvantages
There’s a reason why the military offers so much to new recruits. Different kinds of pay, bonuses, allowances, benefits, etc., can be a small compensation when the job requires so much sacrifice. Time away from family, long hours, physically demanding work, overseas deployments, and being in imminent danger are all aspects to a military career that aren’t altogether strange or unheard of — quite the opposite.