https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/back-pay-for-back-dated-rank <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I may be getting promoted to SFC with a date of rank in 2008.  Anyone have any idea how the back pay is calculated?  Is it off the pay scales from the subsequent years or off the current pay scale? Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:13:34 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/back-pay-for-back-dated-rank <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I may be getting promoted to SFC with a date of rank in 2008.  Anyone have any idea how the back pay is calculated?  Is it off the pay scales from the subsequent years or off the current pay scale? SSG Robert Burns Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:13:34 -0500 2013-12-12T00:13:34-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/back-pay-for-back-dated-rank?n=19229&urlhash=19229 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It will be off of what the pay would have been each year if you had been actually promoted SGT Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:18:39 -0500 2013-12-12T00:18:39-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/back-pay-for-back-dated-rank?n=19347&urlhash=19347 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I guess my 1st question would be why the almost 6 year delay in promotion and then it would probably help explain the adjusted proper back pay. SFC James Baber Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:09:07 -0500 2013-12-12T10:09:07-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/back-pay-for-back-dated-rank?n=20775&urlhash=20775 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Backpay is calculated at the pay rate effective for that year/month of accrual. CSM Mike Maynard Sat, 14 Dec 2013 05:58:57 -0500 2013-12-14T05:58:57-05:00 2013-12-12T00:13:34-05:00