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Many of us have likely heard from employers that they cannot compete with military pay and benefits. We've also seen examples where people can get out of service and make a much higher salary than the military pays. However, service members face demands and work hours the majority of civilians do not and the hours worked broken down sometimes do not even equal out to minimum wage.
What say you, RallyPoint community?
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https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/military-member-pay-rand-arroyo-center
What say you, RallyPoint community?
Read this article before you vote/answer:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/military-member-pay-rand-arroyo-center
Military Pay
Compensation
Benefits
Edited 6 y ago
Posted 6 y ago
Responses: 29
I do not feel that SMs are paid too much. In comparison to certain amenities (barracks, chow halls, etc.), I can see where some feel we are....but I honestly do not feel we are overpaid. There is a reason why we are paid a salary instead of hourly. 18 hour TOC duty would totally eat up into the overtime pay civilians get. We have long, arduous hours. We get shot at. What I think should happen is these new/very young SMs coming in should receive an in depth financial awareness and budgeting classes to manage their monies better.
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LTC Jason Strickland You can not compare apples and oranges,other than they are both fruit.The duties and requirements of SM's can not be compared to most civilians even when the job titles are similar.
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SGT Robert Pryor
LTC Jason Mackay - Yep, I was mixing yearly salary and annual salary -- sorry. The bottom line is, how long does someone without any college have to serve in the military until their annual salary reaches $160K? And unless the In-N-Out employee works in Southern California, they probably rarely get shot at on the job. In-N-Out does have some great employee benefits, such as a 401k. They pay far better than the rest of the industry as a means of reducing employee turnover. I believe that I read an article about a week or two ago saying Glassdoor had them rated one of the best employers in the USA -- maybe fourth. I still say someone in the military should be paid far more than a burger flipper at In-N-Out.
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CPT Earl George
If you have not been in the service and have not been on active duty, I feel it is quite difficult to say the military is overpaid. (apples to lawnchairs)
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SFC Jerry Teichmiller
If someone is complaining that we were overpaid, has never spent any time in service. Our hours for the most part was long and hard. I spent my time as a Marine and A Soldier.. My time in the Corps was with the grunts, and that time was tough in combat as well as peace time.
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SPC Paul Eiden
Military members have always been underpaid. In the 60's $77 a month was very paltry.
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I was in for 22 years and never felt poor or broke. I think that it is a question of money management and lifestyle. Sure your first four years or so are going to be tight --just like every other normal person in the work force. But once you start collecting BAH/BAS and make a couple of ranks, you should be doing fine. The people in the military who are struggling and most often special cases (like 6 kids) or not living within their means.
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