U.S. Army Enlisted Pay Scale

Video Transcript

"My name is Staff Sergeant Hawkins. I'm a local army recruiter based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Today I'm going to talk about the enlisted pay grades. When I say enlisted I'm talking about someone that comes in the army that does not have a degree, has come straight out of high school, something of that nature, and does not have a bachelor's degree or something like that. You can come in, if you come in at the bottom, we're talking about private E one, when I say E one, E two, E three, we're talking about the different pay grades. All of the enlisted ranks have a different pay grade from E one all the way through E nine. Your first day in the army as an E one you're getting paid thirteen forty-seven per month, that's thirteen hundred dollars and forty - or thirteen forty seven and zero cents. On top of that you're also going to receive different entitlements. If you are married you're going to receive basic allowance for housing. And what's called separate rations. If you choose to live off base. The different ranks - you get promoted automatically as an enlisted guy, from E one, E two, E three, all the way up to E four. Roughly E one to E two is six months, six months after that is E three, twelve months on top of that is roughly E four. Every two years you're also going to receive a pay raise on top of your normal as you progress through your ranks. If you have any questions on the enlisted pay scale, please give me a call at 801-487-8686."