Title: What Is the Beginning Salary for a Marine? | Work - Chron.com
Headings: What Is the Beginning Salary for a Marine?
What Is the Beginning Salary for a Marine?
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Content: At this rank, pay remains the same regardless of your time in service. Once you make E-3, pay goes up to $1,931 a month with less than two years of service. Once you go over two years, you make $2,052, and $2,176 when you go over three years. You’ll continue to earn more as you move up in rank. An officer starting out as an O-1 goes from a base pay of $3,107 a month with less than two years of experience to $3,234 a month once they have more than two years in the Marines. When you go over three years, you’ll earn $3,910 a month. Once you promote to O-2, you’ll make $4,077 a month assuming you have at least two years in service, and when you go over three years in the Marines, you’ll make $4,696 a month as an O-2. For both enlisted personnel and officers, housing pay and any incentive pays you receive go up when you promote in rank. Industry
Your work setting in the Marine Corps depends on your job. You may work in an office or carry out the majority of your work out in the field, such as work in a hangar with aircraft or in a hospital.