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If you were wondering how much Marines get paid, it really is not the easiest thing to calculate. There are many ways that the amount of money received is affected, when looking at the basic pay chart. We want to help you understand how the paychart works, so here is a brief explanation.

To break down the pay rate into something a new recruit can understand is the fact that the first thing you encounter will be a letter in the vertical column to the left. That letter is either going to be an “E”, a “W” or an “O”. The letter “E” stands for enlisted, the “W” stands for Warrant Officer and the “O” stands for commissioned officer.

If you are fresh out of high school you will be enlisted “E”, and if you have a college degree you will be looking at the letter “O” and being a commissioned officer. If you are asking what is a Warrant Officer, you are not even in the running to become one, so don’t worry about those ranks.
The horizontal column on the top simply refers to how many TOTAL years you have been in the service. As a new recruit, in boot camp, you will be enlisted rank 1 with less than two years of service. Referring to the chart, you will see that based on the 2013 pay-scale, you will earn $1,516.00 per month.  This amount is your base pay, but it is often not what you really get paid.  Also, you may want to note that less than 4 months of service is $1,403.00

As your career progresses in the military you will get a uniform allowance, travel pay, combat pay, hazardous duty pay, a housing allowance and on and on.  All of these add-on’s is why the chart is referred to as basic pay.  If you are a new recruit entering the service, you will not be able to count on receiving the set amount because there will be costs you have to pay when you first start.  Of course you will not see any money while in Marine Corps boot camp as your life style simply will not allow you to have anym avaialble, other than things you will need to spend it on, ie: haircuts and uniforms and everything you receive, you will actually be charged for out of your pay.  While in boot camp you will never touch money, as it will all be done through debit cards and other convienences of modern banking technology.

The chart is just a starting point to understand the basics of your pay.  As you grow in tenure, the pay-scale will become second nature.  The chart is so you can see how much Marines get paid.  Of course this scale is the same for all branches of the military.

One important thing you need to remember is that you should not be counting your money until you finish boot camp and earn the title of Unites States Marine.  Until you get past those Drill Instructors, you will not even be entitled to the USMC title, let alone have a paycheck.

You have one show at boot camp, so don’t screw it up.  Get ready now, before it is too late.  You may have some time before you have to report in so you better not waste any of that time.  You need to use every day you have left as a civilian to prepare for boot camp.  The Drill Instructors will break you down, unless you prepare for the experience.  You need to prepare not only physically, but also mentally.   The money will will take care of itself and you will need to worry about simply surviving.

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