[Toddsterpatriot]

The below chart shows monthly base pay. A military member may be entitled to other pays, such as a housing allowance (if authorized to live off base), or a monthly food allowance (if authorized to consume meals outside of the chow halls). Unless serving in a designated combat zone, base pay is taxable (federal income tax, social security tax, medicare tax, state income tax, etc). Some states do not tax military pay.

Military base pay is based upon grade (rank) and years of service:

Rank	<2	2	3	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26
E-9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3769.20	3854.70	3962.40	4089.30	4216.50	4421.10	4594.20	4776.60	5054.70
E-8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3085.50	3222.00	3306.30	3407.70	3517.50	3715.50	3815.70	3986.40	4081.20	4314.30
E-7	2145.00	2341.20	2430.60	2549.70	2642.10	2801.40	2891.10	2980.20	3139.80	3219.60	3295.50	3341.70	3498.00	3599.10	3855.00
E-6	1855.50	2041.20	2131.20	2218.80	2310.00	2516.10	2596.20	2685.30	2763.30	2790.90	2809.80	2809.80	2809.80	2809.80	2809.80
E-5	1700.10	1813.50	1901.10	1991.10	2130.60	2250.90	2339.70	2367.90	2367.90	2367.90	2367.90	2367.90	2367.90	2367.90	2367.90
E-4	1558.20	1638.30	1726.80	1814.10	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50	1891.50
E-3	1407.00	1495.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50	1585.50
E-2	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70	1337.70
E-1	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40	1193.40
E-1 with less than 4 months of service					$1,104.00

So you're gonna claim that these guys paid a higher rate than Bill Gates?

[sitetest]

Dear Toddsterpatriot,

"So you're gonna claim that these guys paid a higher rate than Bill Gates?"

Rate? Sure, it's possible. The E9 with 26 years appears to be making around $60K per year in base salary. He's paying payroll taxes on the whole thing. Personally, I'd count the employer side, as that's budgeted by his employer (the US government) when figuring out how much is available for compensation. That gives a total payroll tax rate of 14.2% of total salary compensation (including the employer's side of payroll taxes).

Now, it appears that these folks in Iraq don't pay federal income tax, or have it refunded to them? In that case, nothing else is added to their total rate of taxation.

But Mr. Gates may very well be paying less than that 14.2%.

However, if you don't want to count the employer side of payroll taxes, then these folks are paying only 7.65%, which still may be comparable to the rate Mr. Gates is paying.

Nonetheless, Mr. Gates certainly pays, in absolute dollars, thousands of times what any individual soldier pays in income and payroll taxes.


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