Military service members in the junior enlisted ranks received a 14.5% raise in 2025. Most other service members got a 4.5% pay bump. Some senior officers received smaller percentages.

The U.S. Military Pay Chart 2025 also incorporates changes to housing allowances, with a 5.3% average nationwide hike in BAH rates. These changes mirror trends in local rental markets, ...

See the 2025 Military Pay Charts. 2025 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) The average BAH is up 5.4% in 2025 for the second year in a row. About a million service members receive the benefit.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision last spring to shutter a slew of advisory committees has imperiled already enacted ...

Junior enlisted service members will soon see a significant boost in their pay as the Pentagon rolls out a targeted raise aimed at improving quality of life for the military’s lowest-paid ranks.

According to the new language, all troops are set for a pay increase, with base pay going up by 4.5%. Additionally, junior enlisted troops (E-1s to E-4s), who will see an additional 10% increase ...