Title: How Much Do You Get Paid for Each Rank in the Marine Corps? | Work - Chron.com
Headings: How Much Do You Get Paid for Each Rank in the Marine Corps?
How Much Do You Get Paid for Each Rank in the Marine Corps?
The Basic Pay Scales for Marines in 2018
What Makes the Marines Different

Content: The following are pay scales for Marines with less than three years of service at the given rank, beginning with soldiers at rank E-2. E-2, Private First Class $1,836
E-3 Lance Corporal $1,931
E-4 Corporal $2,139
E-5 Sergeant $2,333
E-6 Staff Sergeant $2,546
E-7 Gunnery Sergeant $2.944
E-8 Master Sergeant $4,235
E-9 Master Gunnery Sergeant $5,173
W-1 Warrant Officer 1 $3,038
W-2 Chief Warrant Officer 2 $3,461
W-3 Chief Warrant Officer 3, $3,911
W-4 Chief Warrant Officer 4 $4,282
W-5 Chief Warrant Officer 5 $7,615
0-one second Lieutenant $3,108
0-2 First Lieutenant $3,580
0-3 Captain $4,144
0-5 Lieutenant Colonel $5,460
0-7 Brigadier General $8,641
0-8 Major General $10,399
0-9 Lieutenant General $14,696
0-10 General $15,800
Marine Corps Promotion Practices
The Marine Corps' promotion protocols are an interesting and somewhat complicated mix of promotion for length of service and promotion for merit. The Marine Corps gives only one pay raise for soldiers serving at the two lowest ranks. E-1's, Privates receive an automatic promotion after four months of service, but no further pay increases at that rank. A pay raise accompanies promotion to E-2 (Private First Class), but without further pay raises at E-2. The first pay increase based on both length of service and merit comes at E-3, Lance Corporal. After a minimum of 2-years service at that rank, marines can receive a pay raise. If their performance merits it, they can receive a second in-rank pay raise after a total minimum of three years at this rank. But there is no scheduled pay raises after the second in-rank increase. Similar protocols govern pay raises for enlisted personnel up through grade E-7.