Armed Forces pay: Base pay for armed forces staff to rise by up to 3.75%

[Bob Bacon]

Military personnel are set to receive a pay rise, it has been announced.

Armed Forces personnel up to 1-star will receive an extra 3.75%, whereas senior military personnel, Officers ranked up to 2-star and above will get a 3.5% increase.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced the Government's decision on pay for the Armed Forces for 2022-23 and believes the pay award "will benefit the whole of the Armed Forces".

Mr Wallace in a statement said: "This pay award supports wider recruitment and retention and addresses the requirements of smaller but highly skilled Armed Forces whilst recognising affordability.

"Pay awards this year strike a careful balance between recognising the vital importance of public sector workers, whilst delivering value for the taxpayer, not increasing the country’s debt further, and being careful not to drive even higher prices in the future".

In addition to the package, the MOD has frozen the daily food charge for personnel and will be limiting the increase in accommodation charges to 1%.

"We are also limiting the increase in accommodation charges to 1%, ensuring the Council Tax Rebate reaches those in military accommodation, and are increasing the availability of free wrap-around Childcare from the start of the new academic year," the Defence Secretary said.

"Any service families facing hardships, of any kind, should approach their welfare officer so that further support can be discussed."

[jones20]

Hardly seems fair bearing in mind the last few years what the military have done for this country

[jones20]

Fresh out of training? Here's what you are going to be paid

The AFPBR has revised the pay scale for all ranks and within its report, the differences between last year's pay rates are detailed against the new.
We have crunched the numbers and can reveal that for a newly passed out soldier, fresh in their unit, the pay rise awarded works out as an extra £64 per pay cheque.
That amounts to, in a typical month, £2.64 extra per day – less than the cost of a cup of coffee.
These figures are pre-tax, which means the actual additional pay in your salary will be less, depending on how much tax you pay.

What about officers?

In terms of the percentage increase in salary, officers ranked up to 2-star and above have been awarded slightly less than officers up to 1-star and their subordinates by the AFPRB.
Naturally, officers' pay scales are larger in value than other ranks (ORs), which means, in some instances, towards the upper end of the scale, the monetary increase in wages looks significant.
Take an officer at the very top of the scale, OF Level 6-6, the actual pre-tax increase in pay works out as an additional £355 a month.
That's more than five times the extra money a soldier fresh out of training will be getting in their monthly payments.
For a newly graduated officer fresh out of training, the revised pay scale results in a pre-tax pay rise of £88 per month or £2.94 a day.

[LightOrder]

Definitly not fair, but better than no pay rise at all, I wouldnt mind an extra £60 a month [less the £12 odd in tax deduction] in the bank for those at the bottom end of the scales.